Comments on: Apple: Can it stop the Android menace? http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/11/apple-can-it-stop-the-android-menace.html a finance news and opinion site Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:31:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: Edward Harrisonhttp://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/11/apple-can-it-stop-the-android-menace.html#comment-8199 Edward Harrison Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:18:03 +0000 http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/11/apple-can-it-stop-the-android-menace.html#comment-8199 I also didn't touch on RIMM, Nokia, the handset makers, developers or the telcos! I tried to keep a narrow focus on the Apple-Google thing but, like you, I suspect Google is gunning for Microsoft as much if not more than Apple. I see Android as a Trojan Horse into the desktop space.<br><br>I ran this at Naked Capitalism as well and there are a lot of good comments. I also didn't touch on RIMM, Nokia, the handset makers, developers or the telcos! I tried to keep a narrow focus on the Apple-Google thing but, like you, I suspect Google is gunning for Microsoft as much if not more than Apple. I see Android as a Trojan Horse into the desktop space.

I ran this at Naked Capitalism as well and there are a lot of good comments.

]]> By: Joelhttp://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/11/apple-can-it-stop-the-android-menace.html#comment-8198 Joel Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:12:47 +0000 http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/11/apple-can-it-stop-the-android-menace.html#comment-8198 Lost in all of this, except in your opening and closing paragraphs is Microsoft. They have completely missed this transition from home computers to pocket computers and it will cost them big time. I had heard how Google was set to become the new Microsoft, but failed to truly see how until Android OS. Microsoft seems set to become a history lesson. Lost in all of this, except in your opening and closing paragraphs is Microsoft. They have completely missed this transition from home computers to pocket computers and it will cost them big time. I had heard how Google was set to become the new Microsoft, but failed to truly see how until Android OS. Microsoft seems set to become a history lesson.

]]> By: Namehttp://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/11/apple-can-it-stop-the-android-menace.html#comment-8197 Name Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:43:01 +0000 http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/11/apple-can-it-stop-the-android-menace.html#comment-8197 I wasn't around in the '80s to see how Macintosh declined, but I suppose Apple didn't have the same level of market share as it does now in the smartphone segment with the iPhone. Suffice saying, all the people I know that are thinking about getting a better phone are first thinking about the iPhone (or the JesusPhone as The Reg named it). I think eventually the Android will be their biggest competitor in the consumer area (the corporate one is way too dominated by RIM), but this time Apple has a well-consolidated first mover advantage with the Apple Store nearing 90 000 applications. Probably that would be enough for most iPhone users to not make the switch. And if the iPhone moves to Verizon and other carriers it might get an extra push too...<br>Which surely doesn't exclude the possibility that Apple shares aren't overvalued! I wasn't around in the '80s to see how Macintosh declined, but I suppose Apple didn't have the same level of market share as it does now in the smartphone segment with the iPhone. Suffice saying, all the people I know that are thinking about getting a better phone are first thinking about the iPhone (or the JesusPhone as The Reg named it). I think eventually the Android will be their biggest competitor in the consumer area (the corporate one is way too dominated by RIM), but this time Apple has a well-consolidated first mover advantage with the Apple Store nearing 90 000 applications. Probably that would be enough for most iPhone users to not make the switch. And if the iPhone moves to Verizon and other carriers it might get an extra push too…
Which surely doesn't exclude the possibility that Apple shares aren't overvalued!

]]> By: Edward Harrisonhttp://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/11/apple-can-it-stop-the-android-menace.html#comment-7200 Edward Harrison Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:18:03 +0000 http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/11/apple-can-it-stop-the-android-menace.html#comment-7200 I also didn't touch on RIMM, Nokia, the handset makers, developers or the telcos! I tried to keep a narrow focus on the Apple-Google thing but I suspect Google is gunning for Microsoft as much if not more than Apple. I see Android as a Trojan Horse into the desktop space.<br><br>I ran this at Naked Capitalism as well and there are a lot of good comments. I also didn't touch on RIMM, Nokia, the handset makers, developers or the telcos! I tried to keep a narrow focus on the Apple-Google thing but I suspect Google is gunning for Microsoft as much if not more than Apple. I see Android as a Trojan Horse into the desktop space.

I ran this at Naked Capitalism as well and there are a lot of good comments.

]]> By: adminhttp://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/11/apple-can-it-stop-the-android-menace.html#comment-7199 admin Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:19:48 +0000 http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/11/apple-can-it-stop-the-android-menace.html#comment-7199 There is a big move down today in the stock market. <br><br>But there was a way to make money from this move, if only your DJIA index timing signal told you TWO DAYS AGO that the market is in correction mode.<br><br>admin<br><a href="http://invetrics.com" rel="nofollow">http://invetrics.com</a> There is a big move down today in the stock market.

But there was a way to make money from this move, if only your DJIA index timing signal told you TWO DAYS AGO that the market is in correction mode.

admin
http://invetrics.com

]]> By: Joelhttp://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/11/apple-can-it-stop-the-android-menace.html#comment-7197 Joel Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:12:47 +0000 http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/11/apple-can-it-stop-the-android-menace.html#comment-7197 Lost in all of this, except in your opening and closing paragraphs is Microsoft. They have completely missed this transition from home computers to pocket computers and it will cost them big time. I had heard how Google was set to become the new Microsoft, but failed to truly see how until Android OS. Microsoft seems set to become a history lesson. Lost in all of this, except in your opening and closing paragraphs is Microsoft. They have completely missed this transition from home computers to pocket computers and it will cost them big time. I had heard how Google was set to become the new Microsoft, but failed to truly see how until Android OS. Microsoft seems set to become a history lesson.

]]> By: Namehttp://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/11/apple-can-it-stop-the-android-menace.html#comment-7195 Name Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:43:01 +0000 http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/11/apple-can-it-stop-the-android-menace.html#comment-7195 I wasn't around in the '80s to see how Macintosh declined, but I suppose Apple didn't have the same level of market share as it does now in the smartphone segment with the iPhone. Suffice saying, all the people I know that are thinking about getting a better phone are first thinking about the iPhone (or the JesusPhone as The Reg named it). I think eventually the Android will be their biggest competitor in the consumer area (the corporate one is way too dominated by RIM), but this time Apple has a well-consolidated first mover advantage with the Apple Store nearing 90 000 applications. Probably that would be enough for most iPhone users to not make the switch. And if the iPhone moves to Verizon and other carriers it might get an extra push too...<br>Which surely doesn't exclude the possibility that Apple shares aren't overvalued! I wasn't around in the '80s to see how Macintosh declined, but I suppose Apple didn't have the same level of market share as it does now in the smartphone segment with the iPhone. Suffice saying, all the people I know that are thinking about getting a better phone are first thinking about the iPhone (or the JesusPhone as The Reg named it). I think eventually the Android will be their biggest competitor in the consumer area (the corporate one is way too dominated by RIM), but this time Apple has a well-consolidated first mover advantage with the Apple Store nearing 90 000 applications. Probably that would be enough for most iPhone users to not make the switch. And if the iPhone moves to Verizon and other carriers it might get an extra push too…
Which surely doesn't exclude the possibility that Apple shares aren't overvalued!

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