MacDailyNews Take: Not a good analogy, if only because “Death Star” was ascribed so often to Microsoft back when they mattered.
Allen and McIntyre write, “The success of the company is particularly spectacular because it is largely a four-product enterprise, consisting of the iPad, iPod, Mac, and iPhone. It also produces a suite of supporting software that includes its OSX, the Safari browser, iTunes, and the App Store. These non-hardware products knit together the ‘iProduct’ universe. The reason behind its growth is simple: Apple clobbers the competition Today, Apple is most often blamed for the demise of other large technology brands. As tech evolution has accelerated, Apple has remained ahead of its competitors with innovations that gamble on its ability to assess the consumer and enterprise markets.”
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Allen and McIntyre write, “24/7 Wall St. has analyzed the brands and companies Apple has impacted. They range across many sectors of consumer electronics and mobile devices, and include much of the software that operates on both computers and portable systems.”
Companies and products Apple has impacted:
• RIM and Blackberry
• Amazon’s Kindle
• Asus
• Microsoft and Windows
• Mozilla’s Firefox
• Sony
• Adobe and Flash
• Google: Apple is now converting people from traditional search to the use of Apple Apps as their way to navigate the Internet. Among the most-used applications for the iPhone are those created by social networks like Facebook and providers of targeted content like weather information, movie show times and news. These are the very same terms that are most often searched in Google. The App Store is the first “search” system to provide any strong competition for Google.
Allen and McIntyre write, “Apple is an anomaly. It has the disruptive force of a startup and the consistent message of a mature company. It is one of the largest tech companies, and yet it is a darling of Wall Street. It is a hardware company that is also software company, content company and now consumer-electronics company. It has manufactured not one but three revolutionary consumer products back-to-back, and all on a content distribution model that seems to evolve with the needs of the product. It’s a killer because it continues to be the first to market and often times the only game in town.”
Read more about the companies and products that Apple has impacted in the full article here.
Let’s be honest, apple is rarely first to market with any product: a pc, a music player, a phone, a tablet. It looks at the mess other have made of them, re-engineers their failed products (and supplies content) via a user-centric perspetive. Their innovation is a gift of others myopia. Look for other failures in IT for the next big think.
Let’s be honest, apple is rarely first to market with any product: a pc, a music player, a phone, a tablet. It looks at the mess other have made of them, re-engineers their failed products (and supplies content) via a user-centric perspetive. Their innovation is a gift of others myopia. Look for other failures in IT for the next big think.
Just off the top of my head, I’d add other companies/areas affected by Apple:
Nintendo
Nokia
The entertainment industry
The cell phone industry
Just off the top of my head, I’d add other companies/areas affected by Apple:
Nintendo
Nokia
The entertainment industry
The cell phone industry
What about the GPS industry?
What about the GPS industry?
Please enlighten, Y.
What PC preceded the Apple line back in the early/mid ’70s? Remember, now, the “P” stands for “Personal.”
Let us know, OK?
Please enlighten, Y.
What PC preceded the Apple line back in the early/mid ’70s? Remember, now, the “P” stands for “Personal.”
Let us know, OK?
Mcintyre is an Apple-hater.
Mcintyre is an Apple-hater.
@Yoyo
Yes. Let’s be honest and look past recent history.
Apple II (1979) – started the PC industry
Macintosh (1984) – popularized the GUI
LaserWriter (1985) – popularized desktop publishing
Hypercard (1987) – set the stage for HTML
Newton (1987) – started the PDA industry
That’s just for starters.
@Yoyo
Yes. Let’s be honest and look past recent history.
Apple II (1979) – started the PC industry
Macintosh (1984) – popularized the GUI
LaserWriter (1985) – popularized desktop publishing
Hypercard (1987) – set the stage for HTML
Newton (1987) – started the PDA industry
That’s just for starters.
Roadkill. Yes, but when Microsoft abandoned the “C:” for a mouse and Windows, they were just copping Apple’s Macintosh and stepped if front Apple for a while. It is taking a while for Apple’s tires to fully flatten Microsoft. It may take a few passes over it to get Microsoft to stop squirming and become just another spot on the road.
Roadkill. Yes, but when Microsoft abandoned the “C:” for a mouse and Windows, they were just copping Apple’s Macintosh and stepped if front Apple for a while. It is taking a while for Apple’s tires to fully flatten Microsoft. It may take a few passes over it to get Microsoft to stop squirming and become just another spot on the road.
yeah Jose,
I thought Nintendo was a rather glaring omission. This article scores low points for me due to it’s incompleteness of cataloging the competition.
What I hate about these articles too is rarely do they get into interesting questions of WHY? What is exactly apples management structure, and how does that compare with business models of other companies, with examples. If Apple’s held up as a successful, has-it-all model, what are the missing pieces in the competing companies, and what would be the cost(s) of growing these missing attributes?
yeah Jose,
I thought Nintendo was a rather glaring omission. This article scores low points for me due to it’s incompleteness of cataloging the competition.
What I hate about these articles too is rarely do they get into interesting questions of WHY? What is exactly apples management structure, and how does that compare with business models of other companies, with examples. If Apple’s held up as a successful, has-it-all model, what are the missing pieces in the competing companies, and what would be the cost(s) of growing these missing attributes?
“…These non-hardware products knit together the ‘iProduct’ universe.”
It’s called the Digital Hub, which Steve very plainly told us was the plan a decade ago. Funny how everyone seemed to forget about that.
“…These non-hardware products knit together the ‘iProduct’ universe.”
It’s called the Digital Hub, which Steve very plainly told us was the plan a decade ago. Funny how everyone seemed to forget about that.
Reading this article is like walking through a cemetery.
Reading this article is like walking through a cemetery.
And as long as we are listing phones like the Blackberry, we might as well add:
Kin
Palm
Yes, the list omits much. And what about netbooks and slates? The iPad has affected those.
Adobe: not just Flash, but Premiere!
Office — I use iWork instead.
Google Docs and apps — I use Mobile Me and iWork
And as long as we are listing phones like the Blackberry, we might as well add:
Kin
Palm
Yes, the list omits much. And what about netbooks and slates? The iPad has affected those.
Adobe: not just Flash, but Premiere!
Office — I use iWork instead.
Google Docs and apps — I use Mobile Me and iWork
Apple is the 2nd or 3rd largest company in the world. NOT A NITCHE COMPANY! If turtles try to walk with elephants, they become road kill. Apple is only getting bigger every year! Even in this crappy economy, Apple will grow 35% to 50% EVERY YEAR!!!
For those like RIM and Dell, they haven’t got a chance. Mr Dell, CLOSE THE DOORS AND GIVE THE STOCKHOLDERS BACK THEIR MONEY WHILE THESE IS SOME TO RETURN!
Apple is the 2nd or 3rd largest company in the world. NOT A NITCHE COMPANY! If turtles try to walk with elephants, they become road kill. Apple is only getting bigger every year! Even in this crappy economy, Apple will grow 35% to 50% EVERY YEAR!!!
For those like RIM and Dell, they haven’t got a chance. Mr Dell, CLOSE THE DOORS AND GIVE THE STOCKHOLDERS BACK THEIR MONEY WHILE THESE IS SOME TO RETURN!
Give me a break. AlI see in this article is a list of companies negatively affected by Apple. What about all the companies that are positively affected by Apple’s influence?