Amen to this article on the market segmentation of smartphone users into discreet pools of consumer and business demographics. I posted way back that BlackBerry wouldn’t make a consumer friendly phone, and although they did in the Pearl, which has a camera and MP3 player, there’s no way it could touch the iPhone on the [...]
iPhone: Redemption with a Splash of Doubt
Yes. Yes. YES, the iPhone is finally out. Nearly the entire IT industry came to a grinding halt as Steve Jobs announced the iPhone officially. Alongside some of the moust highly receptive praise from the analysts, comes the near certain barrage of doubts. We all know that fame begets criticism, and I’d like to share with [...]
Redemption: Where art thou iPhone (Part III)
Interesting how just weeks ago, before the fed rate pause, analysts were hammering Apple’s price target down to 60. Some even had worse sentiment not mentioning, becuase it simply shows how narrowminded analysts can be. In fact, I love playing against the analysts advice. I love gaming analysts. Opportunity is found in what the market is not paying [...]
What a Week for the Market
Whew!
After the Fed maintained rates, the market finally grew some confidence, replenishing support levels for several of my long positions. If you’ve been keeping track, I went long on Whole Foods (WFMI) after it fell from 64. I dug deeper at 55 and even at 47, after the stock went through a cyclically enforced multiple [...]
Thanks for listening, Apple: iPhone (cont.)
I guess you have to be careful what you wish for. My buddies at Engadget report on a quote from the Q3 earnings call I listened to yesterday from CFO Peter Oppenheimer:
“As regards cell phones, we don’t think that the phones that are available today make the best music players. We think the iPod [...]
Where art thou, iPhone?
We have yet to be offered a true contender for a highly consumer-friendly MP3 Phone. Apple needs to do this. And they need to get on this one… now. I’m really disappointed that Motorolla beat them to the punch with the V3 RAZR. Playing MP3’s on your phone old hat?
Ring ring
Absolutely, Motorolla’s V3 RAZR is not new, but it combines an already market-proven phone [...]
