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Major Hangups Over the iPod Phone
chadwick writes "It seemed like a sure thing: the iPod mobile phone. What could be more irresistible than a device combining the digital-music prowess of Apple Computer (AAPL) with the wireless expertise of Motorola (MOT)? Motorola sent its buzz machinery into overdrive in January when it leaked word that the product would debut at a cellular-industry conference in New Orleans in mid-March. Well, hold the phone. At the New Orleans confab, a frustrated Edward Zander, Motorola's chief executive, stood before a roomful of analysts and reporters and said the handset's debut would have to wait. "
I bet that "the handset's debut would have to wait." because, at least for hard drive based ipods, a phone on vibrate is a bad thing for the relatively weak hard drives in these things. I dont have the specs handy, but the hard drive in an ipod probably is not up for the abuse of a phone vibrator built in. Killer phone: flash ipod, am/fm, cell phone. Compare international long distance phone card rates at http://www.allegrophone.com
1.) Apple and motorola combine forces to create their own cell phone towers and wireless carrier network!
2.) All geeks transfer over to the new system, and it crashes.
3.) But with the new money, Apple and motorola make an even larger network and buy out a few carriers as well
4.) Profit!
I knew it was a phony iPod story. Now it's time the phonys face the music.
How strange? You mean some sort of sneaky, underhanded mind-meld sort of thing?
In the year 2000 cell phones will do everything but make phone calls.
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stupid AC
he didn't.
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And straight from the FT horse's mouth. (reg required)
"Because the numbers I have (as a shareholder) reveal that margins are closer to 6%"
Then you are not a very astute shareholder. Total operating profits ARE NOT THE SAME as resellers margin. Apple sells their songs at a significant margin. This isn't going to stop them from burning it all on (well recieved) advertising. But it certaintly does not have anything to do with "razor thin" margins. MARGINS are defined based on the cost of a product. PROFITS are defined based on your total revenues and your total costs. There is a HUGE difference here. iTMS is a VERY HIGH MARGIN business. It just so happens that Apple puts nearly every penny they earn off it back into the business in the form of advertising.
Get your facts straight before you go spouting off your BS about being a "shareholder" and your "portfolio" says differently and the "data you have" shows differently. Saying things like this doesn't make you look smarter. Having a Ph.D. doesn't make you look smarter. It just makes other people who read your posts confused because they are reading 2 different things (yours being the wrong one)
"I'll let the Ph.D. and my publications speak to that"
With all due respect, I hope your Ph.D. it is not business, being that you cannot accurately define margin and profit.
Your ignorance is infinitely greater than you realize.
And straight from the FT horse's mouth. (reg required)
Your ignorance is infinitely greater than you realize.
And straight from the FT horse's mouth. (reg required)
Your ignorance is infinitely greater than you realize.
One insider says that even if Cingular and Verizon, the two largest wireless players, won't sell the Motorola-Apple phone, smaller rivals, such as T-Mobile, may peddle it to gain ground on the industry leaders.
The US cell phone market really confuses me, why couldn't you go to a store and buy the phone without the blessing/subscription plan/lock-in of a carrier, and then just pop your current SIM-card into the new phone? Why do you have to buy your phones through a carrier?
Are there no stores which just sell phones without subscription plans?
Can't you move your SIM-card to any phone you want?