“Research In Motion Ltd. shares fell as much as 4% Tuesday as analysts had mixed reactions to the company’s latest device — a tablet designed to compete against Apple Inc.’s popular iPad,” Dan Gallagher reports for MarketWatch.
“The tablet — known as the PlayBook — was introduced by RIM Monday at its annual developers conference in San Francisco,” Gallagher reports. “No price was given for the touch-screen device, which is expected to go on sale in the U.S. sometime in early 2011 and in other markets by the second quarter. ‘With the PlayBook only available for consumers after the holiday season, we view this as a mild disappointment,’ wrote T. Michael Walkley of Canaccord Adams in a note to clients Tuesday. Walkley noted that the lack of a product demonstration made it more difficult to gauge its potential.”
Gallagher reports, “Several brokers have grown negative on RIM lately, on the belief that sales of BlackBerry smart phones will face growing competition from rival products such as the iPhone ‘We maintain our negative rating as we believe RIM’s new product launches [PlayBook, Torch] do not address near-term share losses in the North American consumer smart-phone market,’ wrote Jeff Fidacaro of Susquehanna in a report Tuesday.”
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Why do people keep calling the PlayBook announcement a “launch” when the product won’t be available for six months???
Why do people keep calling the PlayBook announcement a “launch” when the product won’t be available for six months???
iPad is the best
iPad is the best
How is it a “book”?
How is it a “book”?
No demonstration?? Vaporware for sure!
No demonstration?? Vaporware for sure!
It’s not the company’s “latest device”. It’s the company’s “latest vapors”.
It’s not the company’s “latest device”. It’s the company’s “latest vapors”.
To be fair, AAPL is down as well.
Still the PlayBook intro was a huge disappointment regardless of how you look at it.
They didn’t actually show the product in use. They didn’t give a lot of specifics. It’s not going to be available for 6 months. It will be competing against Apple’s 2nd version of the iPad.
It gets worse…
Who will buy it?
With the iPad, a lot of people were confused about how it would fit into their lives. What the iPad had going for it was the entire ecosystem.
The iPad also had a huge base of users who…this get’s very close to describing them as fanboys, but really it’s people who appreciate the consistency in Apple’s UI and UE. The iPad was just an extension of what they’ve come to appreciate about Apple’s products.
The PlayBook has none of that. No software other than what they can evangelize (pay for) out of the gate. It’s totally inconsistent with anything RIM has ever produced. The existing base of RIM users consist of a very common interest. They want a phone with a physical keyboard that can be used for email at their corporation. Any RIM user who wants anything beyond that has moved on or will soon.
So the PlayBook is exactly what their user-base does not want. RIM faces this same problem as they try to migrate users to a modern generation of phone…which is why they can’t compete with the iPhone or Androids. When RIM tries to clone the iPhone, they don’t appeal to their core user base and potential customers want the real deal anyway.
Of course it doesn’t help that RIM is promoting the PlayBook as a professional thingie for the enterprise. That’s just not going to work. Security?…not even through obscurity in this case. A new platform is going to have all kinds of problems.
And don’t get me started on the size.
RIM is in a no-win scenario now and will die a *slow* death. It can’t evolve without losing its users, and slowly they’re losing their users anyway.
To be fair, AAPL is down as well.
Still the PlayBook intro was a huge disappointment regardless of how you look at it.
They didn’t actually show the product in use. They didn’t give a lot of specifics. It’s not going to be available for 6 months. It will be competing against Apple’s 2nd version of the iPad.
It gets worse…
Who will buy it?
With the iPad, a lot of people were confused about how it would fit into their lives. What the iPad had going for it was the entire ecosystem.
The iPad also had a huge base of users who…this get’s very close to describing them as fanboys, but really it’s people who appreciate the consistency in Apple’s UI and UE. The iPad was just an extension of what they’ve come to appreciate about Apple’s products.
The PlayBook has none of that. No software other than what they can evangelize (pay for) out of the gate. It’s totally inconsistent with anything RIM has ever produced. The existing base of RIM users consist of a very common interest. They want a phone with a physical keyboard that can be used for email at their corporation. Any RIM user who wants anything beyond that has moved on or will soon.
So the PlayBook is exactly what their user-base does not want. RIM faces this same problem as they try to migrate users to a modern generation of phone…which is why they can’t compete with the iPhone or Androids. When RIM tries to clone the iPhone, they don’t appeal to their core user base and potential customers want the real deal anyway.
Of course it doesn’t help that RIM is promoting the PlayBook as a professional thingie for the enterprise. That’s just not going to work. Security?…not even through obscurity in this case. A new platform is going to have all kinds of problems.
And don’t get me started on the size.
RIM is in a no-win scenario now and will die a *slow* death. It can’t evolve without losing its users, and slowly they’re losing their users anyway.
Exactly. They have nothing. There is no tablet. It’s just wishful thinking. And once they have something, no way it will perform like their videos. People will buy a few but it won’t catch on. And by that time Apple will be on their second gen iPad with a camera and retina display, at a quarter pound lighter.
Exactly. They have nothing. There is no tablet. It’s just wishful thinking. And once they have something, no way it will perform like their videos. People will buy a few but it won’t catch on. And by that time Apple will be on their second gen iPad with a camera and retina display, at a quarter pound lighter.
I don’t see why companies can’t see that when they announce a product, it needs to be ready to go. By the time this crap comes out, no one will even remember this announcement. Just wait til it’s ready and make it available the next week. This has been the case with every windows phone produced.
I don’t see why companies can’t see that when they announce a product, it needs to be ready to go. By the time this crap comes out, no one will even remember this announcement. Just wait til it’s ready and make it available the next week. This has been the case with every windows phone produced.
Maybe they should call it the CrackPad
Maybe they should call it the CrackPad
The reaction in the tech press sure seems positive. They just seem so hungry for iPad killers. I mean is the bar that low? A few specs with a simulated video and RIM is suddenly prepared to take on the iPad?
Gizmodo was quick to slap a comparison chart together showing how the iPad, unveiled nine months ago, compares to this PlayBook that’s six months away from release. It’s incredibly slanted. The press and the tech blogs fall right in line as if they can’t put two and two together and realize that the iPad will be near the end of its current cycle by the time the FailBook sees daylight.
The reaction in the tech press sure seems positive. They just seem so hungry for iPad killers. I mean is the bar that low? A few specs with a simulated video and RIM is suddenly prepared to take on the iPad?
Gizmodo was quick to slap a comparison chart together showing how the iPad, unveiled nine months ago, compares to this PlayBook that’s six months away from release. It’s incredibly slanted. The press and the tech blogs fall right in line as if they can’t put two and two together and realize that the iPad will be near the end of its current cycle by the time the FailBook sees daylight.
First the Storm iPhone killer. strike one. then the Torch iPhone wannabe. strike two. someday the PlayBook iPad wishabe. and then … RIM, you’re out.
First the Storm iPhone killer. strike one. then the Torch iPhone wannabe. strike two. someday the PlayBook iPad wishabe. and then … RIM, you’re out.
And don’t forget the most important point: developers,developers,developers!
It also doesn’t have a quarter of a million apps, now does it?
I just don’t get why they waste their time…
And don’t forget the most important point: developers,developers,developers!
It also doesn’t have a quarter of a million apps, now does it?
I just don’t get why they waste their time…
@R2
Funny how desperate the tech press/Apple haters are for an iPad killer isn’t it? Yeah, a product to kill the very product that essentially invented this product category.
How many years of a head start did everyone else have on tablets?
@R2
Funny how desperate the tech press/Apple haters are for an iPad killer isn’t it? Yeah, a product to kill the very product that essentially invented this product category.
How many years of a head start did everyone else have on tablets?
This is a tactic that Microsoft used to use all the time back in the day. “Show off” a product without really showing anything just to let your current constituency know that you may come to market with your own version of a competitor’s product. This is an attempt to keep anymore from fleeing to another platform and wreaks of desperation. If they weren’t they would wait until the product was actually real and at a usable level.
And by the way, a product can’t be considered “vaporware” until after its initial release date is missed, meaning that the product never materialized.
Basically it is nothing more than a concept until they produce a running prototype.
This is a tactic that Microsoft used to use all the time back in the day. “Show off” a product without really showing anything just to let your current constituency know that you may come to market with your own version of a competitor’s product. This is an attempt to keep anymore from fleeing to another platform and wreaks of desperation. If they weren’t they would wait until the product was actually real and at a usable level.
And by the way, a product can’t be considered “vaporware” until after its initial release date is missed, meaning that the product never materialized.
Basically it is nothing more than a concept until they produce a running prototype.
“…the belief that sales of BlackBerry smart phones will face growing competition from rival products such as the iPhone.”
The belief? Will face?
Has this writer not noticed the blackberry is already being thoroughly crushed under the elegantly designed wheels of the Apple juggernaut?
And as far as the “playbook,” rim and the other me-tooers should know if they cannot bring something as compelling as Apple’s products to market, then their announcements amount to farting in front of the entire world. Just ask Ballmer.
“…the belief that sales of BlackBerry smart phones will face growing competition from rival products such as the iPhone.”
The belief? Will face?
Has this writer not noticed the blackberry is already being thoroughly crushed under the elegantly designed wheels of the Apple juggernaut?
And as far as the “playbook,” rim and the other me-tooers should know if they cannot bring something as compelling as Apple’s products to market, then their announcements amount to farting in front of the entire world. Just ask Ballmer.
Everyone understands that the iPad will be near the end of its cycle.
This does not change the outstanding specifications on the Blackberry tablet.
It outclasses the current iPad, Android, and vapor chrome tablets with reported capabilities.
Will will not be getting dual core processors in the new iPad.
We will not be getting dual HD cameras in the iPad. Lucky if we get one as Apple likes to add small features one per year.
We will definitely not be getting symmetrical multiprocessing.
We will not be getting Flash. Yes, Flash sucks. However I would rather have it and watch it fade away as that provides a more seamless web experience than constantly seeing the missing plug-in symbol.
We will not be getting 1GB of RAM.
We WILL still be living in a sandboxed walled garden in which we can’t even treat our iPads like hard drives.
In comparison to the current iPad and probably iPad 2.0, this thing is a beast.
The BlackBerry tablet is a much more professional piece of hardware and enterprise clients will be attracted to it.
So don’t be haten’ just cause there’s no Apple logo on it. Give credit where credit is due and hope Apple can surpass the hurdle of her own arrogance and see that this thing was built from the ground up to provide every feature people complain about missing in the iPad.
It looks more like iPad 4.0 than iPad 2.0.
Everyone understands that the iPad will be near the end of its cycle.
This does not change the outstanding specifications on the Blackberry tablet.
It outclasses the current iPad, Android, and vapor chrome tablets with reported capabilities.
Will will not be getting dual core processors in the new iPad.
We will not be getting dual HD cameras in the iPad. Lucky if we get one as Apple likes to add small features one per year.
We will definitely not be getting symmetrical multiprocessing.
We will not be getting Flash. Yes, Flash sucks. However I would rather have it and watch it fade away as that provides a more seamless web experience than constantly seeing the missing plug-in symbol.
We will not be getting 1GB of RAM.
We WILL still be living in a sandboxed walled garden in which we can’t even treat our iPads like hard drives.
In comparison to the current iPad and probably iPad 2.0, this thing is a beast.
The BlackBerry tablet is a much more professional piece of hardware and enterprise clients will be attracted to it.
So don’t be haten’ just cause there’s no Apple logo on it. Give credit where credit is due and hope Apple can surpass the hurdle of her own arrogance and see that this thing was built from the ground up to provide every feature people complain about missing in the iPad.
It looks more like iPad 4.0 than iPad 2.0.
Did a Google on ‘RIM Developer Conference’
Got:LIVE: RIM’s Huge Developer Conference – Yahoo! Finance
27 Sep 2010 … Greetings! We re here to live blog RIM s BlackBerry Developer conference keynote .It should kick off at 4 PM eastern, 1 PM pacific. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/LIVE-RIM-Reveals-Its-siliconalley-4219274570.html?x=0&.v=4
Couldn’t see any reference to the attendance numbers. Anybody?
Apparently they had 1,000 attendees last year.
Did a Google on ‘RIM Developer Conference’
Got:LIVE: RIM’s Huge Developer Conference – Yahoo! Finance
27 Sep 2010 … Greetings! We re here to live blog RIM s BlackBerry Developer conference keynote .It should kick off at 4 PM eastern, 1 PM pacific. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/LIVE-RIM-Reveals-Its-siliconalley-4219274570.html?x=0&.v=4
Couldn’t see any reference to the attendance numbers. Anybody?
Apparently they had 1,000 attendees last year.
@Michael could be write when he says, “…Basically it is nothing more than a concept until they produce a running prototype….”
but if it’s anywhere close to what’s been advertised… I’m impressed.
@Michael could be write when he says, “…Basically it is nothing more than a concept until they produce a running prototype….”
but if it’s anywhere close to what’s been advertised… I’m impressed.
They should have called this, “Courier”.
They should have called this, “Courier”.
The Blackberry Tablet does have an ecosystem as well.
1. It will have at its disposal the Blackberry e-mail system, which is still faster than typical pop and iMap services.
2. It will obviously participate in the BlackBerry social network.
3. BlackBerry clearly doesn’t have iTunes but they’ve created their own app store and music store. I suspect they will find away to integrate television, movies, and books.
4. Developers will not hesitate to write for the device.
Again, it all depends on how close to the truth the announcement is.
The Blackberry Tablet does have an ecosystem as well.
1. It will have at its disposal the Blackberry e-mail system, which is still faster than typical pop and iMap services.
2. It will obviously participate in the BlackBerry social network.
3. BlackBerry clearly doesn’t have iTunes but they’ve created their own app store and music store. I suspect they will find away to integrate television, movies, and books.
4. Developers will not hesitate to write for the device.
Again, it all depends on how close to the truth the announcement is.
@ theloniousmac
Yeah right……pfffffft.
@ theloniousmac
Yeah right……pfffffft.
You know, it doesn’t work without a blackberry to supply info. That’s their security plan, if you loose it there’s no need to wipe remotely, because there is NO DATA ON THE DEVISE. But what if you loose your Blackberry?
It’s just a peripheral for the phone. “New from RIM, the Trackpad touchscreen”
You know, it doesn’t work without a blackberry to supply info. That’s their security plan, if you loose it there’s no need to wipe remotely, because there is NO DATA ON THE DEVISE. But what if you loose your Blackberry?
It’s just a peripheral for the phone. “New from RIM, the Trackpad touchscreen”
@ theloniousMac
“Will will not be getting dual core processors in the new iPad.”
I bet we won’t be getting a Blu-Ray DVD drive, either. Dang it, Apple!
“This does not change the outstanding specifications on the Blackberry tablet.”
#1. What tablet? Nothing physical has been displayed.
#2. “outstanding specifications” = “feature list”. Yeah, who cares if the thing actually works as advertised, as long as we fill the side of the box with text!
“We will not be getting dual HD cameras in the iPad.”
Battery drain.
And I can just see all these RIM Tablet users running around taking pictures with a tablet.
Imagine the kindergarten play, when Jenny’s Dad get’s in to a fight with Johnny’s dad, because Jenny’s Dad’s tablet camera got in the way of Johnny’s dad’s tablet camera, right at the big solo during “Mary Had a Little Lamb”.
“Flash”
Yep, blame Apple for Adobe’s big mistake.
You have amazing powers, to know that the next gen iPad will or will not have a GB of ram.
“We WILL still be living in a sandboxed walled garden …”
Spoken like a true hater, hating that Apple stuff works.
“In comparison to the current iPad and probably iPad 2.0, this thing is a beast.”
WHAT, is a beast? Where?
I have seen nothing but CGI and a feature list (more accurately, a wish list).
“The BlackBerry tablet is a much more professional piece of hardware …”
Hardware?! … HARDWARE?!
“..hope Apple can surpass the hurdle of her own arrogance …”
Yep, Apple Hater language.
theloniousMac, your Troll skills are declining in direct proportion to the rise in your panic and desperation.
I can smell your bitter sweat from here, and actually, I quite like it.
@ theloniousMac
“Will will not be getting dual core processors in the new iPad.”
I bet we won’t be getting a Blu-Ray DVD drive, either. Dang it, Apple!
“This does not change the outstanding specifications on the Blackberry tablet.”
#1. What tablet? Nothing physical has been displayed.
#2. “outstanding specifications” = “feature list”. Yeah, who cares if the thing actually works as advertised, as long as we fill the side of the box with text!
“We will not be getting dual HD cameras in the iPad.”
Battery drain.
And I can just see all these RIM Tablet users running around taking pictures with a tablet.
Imagine the kindergarten play, when Jenny’s Dad get’s in to a fight with Johnny’s dad, because Jenny’s Dad’s tablet camera got in the way of Johnny’s dad’s tablet camera, right at the big solo during “Mary Had a Little Lamb”.
“Flash”
Yep, blame Apple for Adobe’s big mistake.
You have amazing powers, to know that the next gen iPad will or will not have a GB of ram.
“We WILL still be living in a sandboxed walled garden …”
Spoken like a true hater, hating that Apple stuff works.
“In comparison to the current iPad and probably iPad 2.0, this thing is a beast.”
WHAT, is a beast? Where?
I have seen nothing but CGI and a feature list (more accurately, a wish list).
“The BlackBerry tablet is a much more professional piece of hardware …”
Hardware?! … HARDWARE?!
“..hope Apple can surpass the hurdle of her own arrogance …”
Yep, Apple Hater language.
theloniousMac, your Troll skills are declining in direct proportion to the rise in your panic and desperation.
I can smell your bitter sweat from here, and actually, I quite like it.
Hey, Felonious! Got a really big structure in Brooklyn to sell ya. It’s called the Blackberry Bridge, and it WILL . . . PROMISES . . . SHOULD . . . PLANS TO . . . OUGHT . . . MAY . . . MIGHT . . . MUST . . . CAN . . . IMAGINES . . . COULD . . . HOPES . . . DREAMS . . . .
V-A-P-O-R-W-A-R-E trumps all, sir or madam. Nothing on the market beats it. Kinda’ like your wet dreams and romantic evenings with Beyonce, huh?
Hey, Felonious! Got a really big structure in Brooklyn to sell ya. It’s called the Blackberry Bridge, and it WILL . . . PROMISES . . . SHOULD . . . PLANS TO . . . OUGHT . . . MAY . . . MIGHT . . . MUST . . . CAN . . . IMAGINES . . . COULD . . . HOPES . . . DREAMS . . . .
V-A-P-O-R-W-A-R-E trumps all, sir or madam. Nothing on the market beats it. Kinda’ like your wet dreams and romantic evenings with Beyonce, huh?
These many announcements are so very entertaining which neglect feature number one … IT’S SHIPPING. Trying to freeze the market with vapor-product makes people look foolish, desperate.
These many announcements are so very entertaining which neglect feature number one … IT’S SHIPPING. Trying to freeze the market with vapor-product makes people look foolish, desperate.
I think it’s funny all the analysts give out a doubt on a company financial with a product that goes live after the holidays. Hmm. iPhone. Released in June each year. iPad. May launch for iPad. New iPods in September. Goes to prove when you have a good product that people want it don’t matter when you launch it !
I think it’s funny all the analysts give out a doubt on a company financial with a product that goes live after the holidays. Hmm. iPhone. Released in June each year. iPad. May launch for iPad. New iPods in September. Goes to prove when you have a good product that people want it don’t matter when you launch it !
@theloniousMac
Will will not be getting dual core processors in the new iPad.
I am very sure, that we will see a dual Cortex A9 + retina display in the next major ipad revision sometimes in June 2011
We will not be getting dual HD cameras in the iPad. Lucky if we get one as Apple likes to add small features one per year.
A Webcam in the iPad will come sooner than you expect and HD for video conferencing make not really sense because of bandwidth concerns.
And nobody needs a high resolution photocam in a tablet, because you will take pictures or videos with a form factor like this only in case of emergency. The only good reason for a HD Photocam would be a sophisticated scan app with full automatic OCR and layout recognition or a bar code scanner software.
We will definitely not be getting symmetrical multiprocessing.
Where is the advantage of this “great” feature? A tablet OS should better offer perfect energy and connectivity management and be careful with all kind of resources.
We will not be getting Flash. Yes, Flash sucks. However I would rather have it and watch it fade away as that provides a more seamless web experience than constantly seeing the missing plug-in symbol.
Web developers will never change to new technology without pressure. If everybody supports Flash, this crapy – “all beloved standard” will stay for the next 10 decades.
We will not be getting 1GB of RAM.
See above under Dual Cortex A9
We WILL still be living in a sandboxed walled garden in which we can’t even treat our iPads like hard drives.
Nobody force you to enter this garden
In comparison to the current iPad and probably iPad 2.0, this thing is a beast.
The BlackBerry tablet is a much more professional piece of hardware and enterprise clients will be attracted to it.
You really believe, you can conclude from some hardware specs and a concept demonstration on video to the quality of the final product? They did not show even one working prototype, so they never redeem their announced release date in Q1.
RIM startet from scratch just 6 month ago and they never can catch up 5 years of iOS development in such a short period. There will be some really bad surprises for all people who believe that Playbook will exactly work like in that concept video.
@theloniousMac
Will will not be getting dual core processors in the new iPad.
I am very sure, that we will see a dual Cortex A9 + retina display in the next major ipad revision sometimes in June 2011
We will not be getting dual HD cameras in the iPad. Lucky if we get one as Apple likes to add small features one per year.
A Webcam in the iPad will come sooner than you expect and HD for video conferencing make not really sense because of bandwidth concerns.
And nobody needs a high resolution photocam in a tablet, because you will take pictures or videos with a form factor like this only in case of emergency. The only good reason for a HD Photocam would be a sophisticated scan app with full automatic OCR and layout recognition or a bar code scanner software.
We will definitely not be getting symmetrical multiprocessing.
Where is the advantage of this “great” feature? A tablet OS should better offer perfect energy and connectivity management and be careful with all kind of resources.
We will not be getting Flash. Yes, Flash sucks. However I would rather have it and watch it fade away as that provides a more seamless web experience than constantly seeing the missing plug-in symbol.
Web developers will never change to new technology without pressure. If everybody supports Flash, this crapy – “all beloved standard” will stay for the next 10 decades.
We will not be getting 1GB of RAM.
See above under Dual Cortex A9
We WILL still be living in a sandboxed walled garden in which we can’t even treat our iPads like hard drives.
Nobody force you to enter this garden
In comparison to the current iPad and probably iPad 2.0, this thing is a beast.
The BlackBerry tablet is a much more professional piece of hardware and enterprise clients will be attracted to it.
You really believe, you can conclude from some hardware specs and a concept demonstration on video to the quality of the final product? They did not show even one working prototype, so they never redeem their announced release date in Q1.
RIM startet from scratch just 6 month ago and they never can catch up 5 years of iOS development in such a short period. There will be some really bad surprises for all people who believe that Playbook will exactly work like in that concept video.
I hate to think how people would react if Apple came out with a new product that promised the world but they couldn’t even demonstrate it working….
It would be canned for behaving like that. So why on earth should we give RIM the benefit of the doubt – especially with their terrible track record to date – the Storm, the Torch etc.
This product has no more than a 10% chance of having any traction before it is killed – be end 2011.
I hate to think how people would react if Apple came out with a new product that promised the world but they couldn’t even demonstrate it working….
It would be canned for behaving like that. So why on earth should we give RIM the benefit of the doubt – especially with their terrible track record to date – the Storm, the Torch etc.
This product has no more than a 10% chance of having any traction before it is killed – be end 2011.
Rim CEO says it’s aimed at business users and enterprise and he calls it a … PLAY book.
(to me this shows confusion on what exactly they are trying to do)
Rim CEO says it’s aimed at business users and enterprise and he calls it a … PLAY book.
(to me this shows confusion on what exactly they are trying to do)
@Davewrite
My thought exactly.
A children word for the enterprise. Yeah “that’s gonna work”!
@Davewrite
My thought exactly.
A children word for the enterprise. Yeah “that’s gonna work”!
I played with the Blackberry Torch at Sam’s Club…felt light and plastiky and the buttons were so very small compared to the iPhone/iPod Touch. The slideout was nothing overwhelming…a nice product, but nothing close to a killer.
The iPad’s competitors have the cart ahead of the horse…copy a neighbor’s hardware product…spend your innovation making it slightly different…blog it with extra slots…and THEN try to create an app store.
iTunes, though it needs an oil change, is still the key to Apple’s hardware success.
I expect in March a thinner, lighter iPad with retina display and FaceTime and it is truly game over.
I played with the Blackberry Torch at Sam’s Club…felt light and plastiky and the buttons were so very small compared to the iPhone/iPod Touch. The slideout was nothing overwhelming…a nice product, but nothing close to a killer.
The iPad’s competitors have the cart ahead of the horse…copy a neighbor’s hardware product…spend your innovation making it slightly different…blog it with extra slots…and THEN try to create an app store.
iTunes, though it needs an oil change, is still the key to Apple’s hardware success.
I expect in March a thinner, lighter iPad with retina display and FaceTime and it is truly game over.
All that the Apple wannabes do is: “Let’s look at the iPhone and the iPad and see what’s not on there and put those things on our clones.” That’s their “R&D”. They then post a laundry list of techie specs and features that non-geeks just don’t care about as their “marketing” points: “See! Our stuff has all this stuff that Apple’s stuff doesn’t.” It’s laughable.
When will we see this stuff that they so carefully orchestrate for the press? Still no word on the Samsung Galaxy Tab pricing and availability through the carriers while Apple’s filling the channels at Best Buy and Target. This RIM thing will be available when? Just in time for the launch of iPad 2? LOL This is like watching an NFL powerhouse beat up on a NCAA also-ran.
All that the Apple wannabes do is: “Let’s look at the iPhone and the iPad and see what’s not on there and put those things on our clones.” That’s their “R&D”. They then post a laundry list of techie specs and features that non-geeks just don’t care about as their “marketing” points: “See! Our stuff has all this stuff that Apple’s stuff doesn’t.” It’s laughable.
When will we see this stuff that they so carefully orchestrate for the press? Still no word on the Samsung Galaxy Tab pricing and availability through the carriers while Apple’s filling the channels at Best Buy and Target. This RIM thing will be available when? Just in time for the launch of iPad 2? LOL This is like watching an NFL powerhouse beat up on a NCAA also-ran.