Comments on: There’s more behind Apple’s iOS 6.1 and 128GB iPad releases than meets the eye

By: max

max — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:13:07 +0000

M$ Surface has a 128 opton – which has already been announced,
( however that because the bloat ware needs 1/3 just to get the OS up and running !)

By: Weekend

Weekend — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:29:26 +0000

The press can be a pain in the ass. You can bet that Apple’s tightlipped approach is from Steve Jobs. That’s great when it works. But unfortunately all businesses need positive press coverage. Even Apple. I think they should beat their own drum a little more often when possible. Tightlipped and mysterious works well when there is little or no competition. That’s just not the case now unfortunately.

By: Webmasters Apprentice

Webmasters Apprentice — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:09:06 +0000

Well it did sound kinda Dark…

By: bataylor

bataylor — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:58:42 +0000

I just hope the “fallout” isn’t a load of shhhhhhipping delays and back orders.

By: bataylor

bataylor — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:56:14 +0000

I guess after all the lawsuit “stuff” they needed an enterprise Ex-Lax…………..”wait?!?!?…These aren’t chocolates!!!!

By: silverhawk1

silverhawk1 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:44:54 +0000

Quit pimping please.

By: Shadowself

Shadowself — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:19:26 +0000

Actually, I believe Apple beat the street’s projections/expectations for over 20 quarters in a row. This led to the street upping its projections/expectations to a level no company could repeatedly beat.

Now, as far as the street is concerned, Apple can’t win no matter what it does.

Apple could come up with a tablet that does 8K Cinema resolution and 3D without needing glasses, has 4 TB of NVRAM, is at thin as a sheet of paper, is as stiff as diamond, weighs 1 gram and is powered by dark energy that will never need recharging — and the street would say, “Powered by DARK energy. Apple is doing something diabolical. Sell! Sell! Sell!”

By: tbone

tbone — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:11:48 +0000

Reading some of the junk here by some of the news sources quoted, I am beginning to think that the world is inhabited by talking penises.

By: Brett

Brett — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:47:03 +0000

Reblogged this on BAR Post and commented: People say that Apple adding the option of the 128 GB iPad was not a good idea. It's just that Apple is the first company to have that much storage in a tablet. Leading the way, yet again.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:31:28 +0000

Researching for another post I found what the author didn’t:

January 22,2008: Apple adds Pink to iPod nano lineup.

November 22, 2010: Apple releases iOS 4.2 for iPod touch…

By: Johnny Appleseed

Johnny Appleseed — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:14:23 +0000

Yep, Apple issues a press release for every product revision. Another Johnny-come-lately over-analyzing.

By: hannahjs

hannahjs — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:14:03 +0000

If they were targeting consumers we should expect media events and ads. Instead, there are press releases. They are talking to Enterprise and sending a message to Wall Street.

I referred to Tim Cook’s remark at the Q1 2013 conference call: “We’re working on some incredible stuff. The pipeline is chock full.”

Wall Street wants more innovation? On the way.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:00:18 +0000

You know, the guy ought to just type http://www.apple.com/pr and take a look at 2012. It’s not that hard. Had he done that (he mentioned he hadn’t) he’d have seen that actually Apple sends out press releases more than one-per-week.
As for a press release on the new iPad Apple introduced a new price point, so of course they issued a press release to get their message out there behind it.
I didn’t see (in 2012) a press release for iOS 5.x upgrades, but iOS 6.1, with it support for LTE more globally, isn’t that much of a stretch for press release candidacy, especially given the press release announcing that AC/DC is now on iTunes (don’t worry, I’m a fan of AC/DC but already own the discs I wanted from them).

By: Grrrilla

Grrrilla — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:56:45 +0000

Point upgrades and incremental product upgrades have been de rigeur for a decade for Apple. The only difference is that this is the first time it has occurred with the iDevice, iOS divisions. Probably means nothing special at all. On the other hand, if you really need to read between lines, I would think the new iPad model implies that the current design is going to last at least a few months longer – either instead of the February/March release of an iPad 5 or alongside a thinner, lighter version ala the iPad mini.

By: bataylor

bataylor — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:53:47 +0000

“Who is Apple talking to, and what is it trying to say?”

I’ll say….
-people with disposable cash
and
-give me more of that disposable cash, Alex?

By: hannahjs

hannahjs — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:31:33 +0000

Message: We told you the pipeline was stuffed, remember? We’re turning the valve now. Get to higher ground.

By: CMFJ

CMFJ — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:12:25 +0000

“…over which it was busted left and right for having record results that failed to meet Wall Street expectations…”

It’s funny how Cook is getting killed over this when even during their rapid revenue growth years they weren’t meeting Wall Street’s expectations.