“Almost everything Apple’s touched, from their retail stores to new or updated devices such as the iPhone 3G, the fourth-generation iPod nano and the well-established iMacs and MacBooks have set records, or come close to it,” Garry Barker reports for The Sydney Morning Herald.
“The iPhone was Apple’s triumph of 2008, dubbed by Time Magazine the invention of the year. That award must have been all the sweeter in Cupertino, given that so many gurus of the telecommunications industry had told Apple it knew nothing about telephones and would wind up with a hatful of eggs, mostly of the curate variety,” Barker reports.
“But the gurus failed to realise that phones are now hand-held computers, in constant contact with the global internet, that can also be used to make calls. And Apple is the leading innovator of the computer industry,” Barker reports. “The advent of iPhone 3G turned the mobile phone industry on its head.”
At Apple, “innovations continue to flow and there is no sign of a slowdown,” Barker reports.
“This year was also when MobileMe, Apple’s move into ‘cloud’ computing, was launched. Its many early problems produced red faces at Apple and a humble and honest admission of error and omission,” Barker reports. “But within a month or so, it had settled down and users now take for granted that emails, calendars, contacts and other information are automatically synchronised to Macs, PCs, iPhones and iPod touch devices without stirring the grey cells.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “mrsteve1” for the heads up.]
I love my Apple products… and I have many. But MobileMe is still a no go – twice it has wiped out my contacts on my iPhone, and there is no rhyme or reason to it. Lots of problems I say.
Can’t imagine life without MobileMe ever again.
“But the gurus failed to realise that phones are now hand-held computers, in constant contact with the global internet, that can also be used to make calls.”
Understatement.
Not just the gurus of the Telcom either. Add music, television, and the computer industries to the list as well.
Apple can set the bar so high at times, it takes many some time to realize the scope and magnitude of the offering.
I find it interesting to hear people complain about Mobile Me. I haven’t had any issues at all since the initial launch. I indeed can’t imagine life without mobile me keeping all my computers and iPhone in sync.
You haven’t seen anything yet! Just wait till Apple unveils the iTele! Teleportation for the mainstream.
Hold on to your pants, people!
Apple can set the bar so high at times, it takes many some time to realize the scope and magnitude of the offering.
One might also ask, in the wake of new offerings, who’s business model has left the longer trail of wrecked business, planned or otherwise, Microsoft or Apple?
Sweet in everything except AAPL…
I couldn’t live without MobileMe now I’ve got it. Contacts, Calendars, all sync perfectly.
Definitly adds to the beauty of my iPhone. Add an appointment or contact, and it is instantly* available on any of my 3 Macs (my wifes, my work Mac and my personal MacBook.
*within 15 mins, but I can live with that!
Yes, all of that is true. However, Apple investors have had their head handed to them for owning their AAPL stock. I and others would like to have had more support protecting the 50% drop in stock value. Perhaps take a billion out of the bank and do a stock buy back or a special dividend pay out.
Dude, I’ve got an iTele. I’m writing this from 2011. AAPL is 420 a share, the Cubs just won the world series, and we’re still waiting for cut and paste.
“Sweet in everything except AAPL…”
Just wait’ll next year!
@ Jersey_Trader
When stock is held by by Hedge Funds and others looking for quick profits and after making a loss such ‘investors are keen to cut and run as soon as stock rises a little since that is the time when stocks are in greatest demand.
Until there is more regulation holding stocks is often nothing more than just a pure gamble.
@bluemarlin1402
You are full of crap! The Cubs will never win another World Series. But AAPL at 420 sounds about right.
“This year was also when MobileMe, Apple’s move into ‘cloud’ computing, was launched. Its many early problems produced red faces at Apple and a humble and honest admission of error and omission,” Barker reports. “But within a month or so, it had settled down and users now take for granted that emails, calendars, contacts and other information are automatically synchronised to Macs, PCs, iPhones and iPod touch devices without stirring the grey cells.”
BULL!! Read the MobileMe forums at Apple.com and see how much people utterly hate MobileMe. There you can read all about email outage after outage after outage. What a puff piece this is about MobileMe.
I am grateful that the homers on this thread don’t work for Apple. They’d be content with Mac OS 7 on a Performa. It’s those who criticize, question, and second guess that make Apple the wonderful company that it is (July 11, 2008 excluded).
As for MobileMe, 2008 will be a year to forget (let’s hope that Apple will try to make 2009, the year of MobileMe and get it in sync – pun intended).
The 3G iPhone had nothing to do with it. The 2 big events that transformed the phone industry were the release of the first iPhone (2007) and the opening of the App Store.