“They didn’t invent the personal computer, digital music player, the smartphone, or the tablet,” Lee reports. “But they reinvented them and forced their competitors to rethink their strategies. ‘Apple will move if it feels it can enter and capture customers that formerly the incumbents haven’t been able to capture very well or monetize,’ said RBC Capital Markets’ Mike Abramsky. ‘Typically Apple tends to be disruptive because it’s products are powerful and also simple.’,
Lee reports, “It’s a trend that’s been going on for decades.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “James W.” and “Jim – TIV” for the heads up.]
When the iPod first came out I thought, “Why the hell would I want to pay $500 for a walkman?”
Shortly after that “Ah ha” moment hit me, and I knew that I had to have one.
The reason why Apple is so successful is because they are like a drug, and the more you have it, the more you want.
That “Ah ha” moment is very addictive!
Disruptive like an early American colonial vs. the oppressive British empire!!!!!!
Apple A drug? No, more like a vaccine!
@TheConfuzed1
If you’re still interested, I have a Walkman that I will sell to you for $500.
@TheConfuzed1
I’ll find one and sell it to you for $550. Spark, can I buy your Walkman for $500?
Disruptive like the American Empire when their oil supply is in jeperdy.
jeopardy.
I hit the submit button instead of the change button.
Yeah, so what’s your point Melissa?
Very few things in life were original ideas; the guy who invented the wheel was pretty smart, but the guy who invented the other three was a frickin’ genius!
@Big Al
ha! “jeperdy” I thought that was intentional. that’s how the announcer says it!
Tablet??? 2001 Windows tablet or was it the 1991 Newton? Hmmm
They are the first to get it right.
Pefect example is how HP has scuttled their plans for Windows on a tablet.
Haha new interface paradigm, they didn’t see that coming even though it was right in front of them for over 2 years.
That Melissa Lee is one annoying chick to look at talk. I can’t stand her little triangle shaped mouth and the way it moves!
Didn’t Apple invent the personal computer?
@TheConfuzed1
When the iPod came out I knew I wanted one, though the price was a little hard to swallow.
Up until that time I carried a Sony discman, which ran through batteries like anything, was not easy to lug around (not to mention I had to pick the CD I wanted to listen to for the day else carry my entire collection)
And I had hundred of mp3s in my hard drive i didn’t know what to do with… then Bam! iPod to the rescue.
that pesky Apple doing things right… everyone complaining about bsods, never used to be like that … its just so disruptive…
This was one of my favorite things ever, back in the day…
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/23419
Padmasree Warrior – Motorola Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
January 10, 2007
“2. There is nothing revolutionary or disruptive about any of the technologies. Touch interface, movement sensors, accelerometer, morphing, gesture recognition, 2-megapixel camera, built in MP3 player, WiFi, Bluetooth, are already available in products from leaders in the mobile industry – Motorola, Nokia and Samsung. So, what appears to be the initial pricing at $499 and $599 with a minimum 2 year service agreement seems a stretch.”
Read on for more of Paddy’s visionary prescience. It only gets funnier!!!
In fact, the first personal computer was created by Apple.
@ btaylor
The early American colonials WERE the oppressive British Empire in action. George Washinton’s family were the epitome of the new minor aristocrat/merchant elite on the make and those that made most of the decisions were from the same origin. If you ever come to Britain you can go visit their stately home, (or what’s left of it) with the family crest of, you guessed it stars and stripes.
Secondly it was the ‘evil’ British Empire that won North America from the French having been forced to come to their expansionist minded colonist’s aid when the same George Washington foolishly (or deliberately for his own ends) started a colonial war against the French and spent 2 years being whipped by them. If it hadn’t been for the ‘evil’ British military machine the United States in any way as you know it simply would not exist. If you want to rewrite history its best to at least know the real history you are attempting to cover up. The local power brokers were simply a mirror image of those they wished to break free from, so as to keep all the profits of colonialism and expansionism, just won for them, to themselves and to free things up to pursue that expansionism to make a country out of someone else’s continent. So please less of the arrogant holier-than-thou attitude and please don’t insult the intelligence by making some sort of glib comparison to Apple’s success.
Don’t let anyone get away with saying Apple didn’t invent the personal computer.
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@theconfused1
The reason why Apple is so successful is because they are like a drug, and the more you have it, the more you want.
That “Ah ha” moment is very addictive!
The only differens is you can never get the first hi ( chasing the rabit) with drugs, with Apple it’s oppozite you get hier and hier my friend.
Apple ipod?
I have a apple i ipod. I havn’t got no CD with it i only have the USB. I go to my computer and theres no folder says music but when i make a folder and put my songs in it doesnt appear on the ipod. When i open the media player it shows on there what i got on my ipod.
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@nelson
You probably just need to reboot your iBrain…
Actually there were personal computers before Apple, but they were all kits, you had to build it your self. The MITS Altair 8800 was a microcomputer design from 1975 based on the Intel 8080 CPU and sold by mail order was one of them. The Apple I was Apple’s first product, demonstrated in April 1976 at the Homebrew Computer Club in Palo Alto, California. It went on sale in July 1976.
Apple just did it better.
Again – Is “there’s nothing new here” a required part of every piece about apple? Geez, these losers really do say it about EVERYTHING APPLE DOES.
@Big Al
So what kind of bicycle do you ride?