I love that Amazon is giving Apple's iTunes a run for their money..just what we need more competition and variety. Currently, I am a avid user of iTunes apple store as I have an iPod; however, I do love sales and bargains when I see them. I feel Amazon is living up to their reputation as 'the dicounters', by producing this new product. Though I think many people will adopt this new beta because of low prices and better improvements, many will also keep their current usage of iTunes apple store because of the popular apple products circulating the society. Those non-apple users will most likely be the new betas best customers. I am not huge on the Apple/Mac style, but I do love my iPod and probably won't change my current ways. I see Amazon's new beta as a good thing; people can choose to what they are interested in, not just forced to use, 'the one everyone uses.'
Of course the price for a new emerging piece of technology, in this case the iPhone, will cost a couple hundred of dollars, in fact more hundred that it is really worth, but that is the price you pay as an early adopter. If you really, truly want the iPhone, will pay anything and don't mind that it may have 'bugs' being it's brand new to the market; then by all means pay the large price for it. However, when the price comes down due to low sales or the fact that it's not brand new anymore, don't start crying at the fact you want your credited difference. It's called supply and demand or the simple fact that technology prices come down. Be patient or pay more, you pick.
Ah! I am currently working at a place which does, but not limited to, IT audits and a fellow co-worker of mine contributes to that statistic! He was found asleep in his cubicle initially, but we were thinking he was 'resting his eyes' for about 5 minutes or so..however, a hour later he was still asleep AND a game of minesweeper was minimized!
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I love that Amazon is giving Apple's iTunes a run for their money..just what we need more competition and variety. Currently, I am a avid user of iTunes apple store as I have an iPod; however, I do love sales and bargains when I see them. I feel Amazon is living up to their reputation as 'the dicounters', by producing this new product. Though I think many people will adopt this new beta because of low prices and better improvements, many will also keep their current usage of iTunes apple store because of the popular apple products circulating the society. Those non-apple users will most likely be the new betas best customers. I am not huge on the Apple/Mac style, but I do love my iPod and probably won't change my current ways. I see Amazon's new beta as a good thing; people can choose to what they are interested in, not just forced to use, 'the one everyone uses.'
Of course the price for a new emerging piece of technology, in this case the iPhone, will cost a couple hundred of dollars, in fact more hundred that it is really worth, but that is the price you pay as an early adopter. If you really, truly want the iPhone, will pay anything and don't mind that it may have 'bugs' being it's brand new to the market; then by all means pay the large price for it. However, when the price comes down due to low sales or the fact that it's not brand new anymore, don't start crying at the fact you want your credited difference. It's called supply and demand or the simple fact that technology prices come down. Be patient or pay more, you pick.
Ah! I am currently working at a place which does, but not limited to, IT audits and a fellow co-worker of mine contributes to that statistic! He was found asleep in his cubicle initially, but we were thinking he was 'resting his eyes' for about 5 minutes or so..however, a hour later he was still asleep AND a game of minesweeper was minimized!