The only place where your argument holds true is with the regular ipod, which is $229 for the cheapest model.
Lets see Fri Jan 7, 2011 the Apple had the first generation iPad 3G refurbished and sold with a new warranty for $429. There were similar savings all the way to the most expensive 3G iPad. These will not last long.
Apple is probably now clearing the decks for the next generation iPad.
If I were you, I'd put the year-end bonus in a 6-mo CD, and get the tablet when the CD's term is up
In spite of the irony, he just might do better with Apple stock.
After carefully examining all the tablets at 2011 CES, I would have to go with Apple stock hands down as being a runaway investment based on their share of the tablet market in 2011.
What a pile of tech crap compared to the iPad!
I am seeing major businesses lining up to buy tens of thousand of the 2 generation iPads each in the next few months. It is gone way beyond the occasional Apple customer buying one or maybe two iPads. US Enterprise is replacing laptops with iPads as a better fit for their business objectives.
Android is still seriously flawed and can not currently be safely used like an iPad so it is still Apple's exclusive market for 2011. I do not think anyone in Enterprise will ever be interested in seeing advertising from Google on their business tools.
Apple needs to split their stock to allow those with less to invest an opportunity to also share in Apple's rocket like surge in value.
Outselling iOS on phones? Not in the most recent quarters and if you compare OS to OS. Not by a long shot. When you combine iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad sales against Android there is no comparison.
I have mental problem with people trying to compare the market for Android to Apple. It is like comparing the market for Apples to Bananas.
These are trying to compare the market for just one phone company against almost virtually every other phone company combined. Many of these manufacturers and cellular carriers are the ones that made such a mess out of the Windows Mobile phone market with the piles of crap mixed with a few standouts that were very expensive. Apple changed that with the release of the world changing iPhone and Google is determined to change it back again.
Android is like buying bananas, they may or may not be ready for use and within a short period they need to be thrown away as they are past perfection and don't last.
Verizon used to bow to such by allowing Verizon customers to get a discount after about 12 months on a new phone on a two year contract. Verizon indicates this week that will end in less than two weeks with the coming release of the more stable and reliable Verizon iPhone on the Verizon network. New customers buying an Android will have to keep them 22 months before any discount on a new Verizon phone will be available. The days of hardware churn on Verizon are coming to an end in 2011.
But when you think about it all of a sudden the purchase of a Mac becomes far more compelling compared to another Windows PC.
I have both and I am very interested in this new Mac development. I already love the ease of buying decent software for the iPad/iPhone from the Apple app store.
One thing I regret was the purchase of Civilization 5 for the PC in Sept for $50 from Amazon.com. What a time wasting POS.
I own virtually every version of Civilization back to Civ2 on windows.
I had purchased the iPhone version of Civ Revolution before I got an iPad. When the iPad version Civ Rev came out at $14 I decided to pass but I like that game a lot and often play it on Deity to pass a couple of hours.
On New Years eve I decided I would pop for the iPad version since I play Civ Rev so much. I generally hate software designed only for the iPhone on the iPad. Wow! That iPad specific version of Civ Rev is much better over all and easily worth the $14 to me. If I had to drag out to a store or go through the pain of buying from Amazon.com I probably would not have ever purchased the improved version of Civ Rev for the iPad.
I can buy an awful lot of software for an Apple product for every $50 I blow on crap for windows. I have over 850 iPad apps on the iPad right now. Many of them are jewels. Some that were rough a few months ago have been improved dramatically in the last quarter in updates.
I can shut up any car load of kids by handing them that iPad and telling them to knock themselves out.
Not to mention my phone gets OTA updates and iphone still needs itunes and the USB cable to do this. A large part of the "it just works" myth is Apple marketing. Spend some time at the genius bar or get a job supporting Macs to find that "it just works" is more than a bit exaggerated and has more to do with the lack of malware writers targeting Apple.
Unfortunately you are among those Android fanboys that do not have a clue. All the iOS devices apps can be updated over Wi-Fi and 3G. If the app is too big, I have several over 1GB, then they need to update over Wi-Fi or USB.
I have updated over fifty apps at once using the internal Apple app store service that pushes the app updates out. Later when synced to iTunes if you haven't updated the apps on your PC the device sends the updated software out to the PC/
But don't let the little details curb your enthusiasm for Android. Almost every good feature was stolen from Apple during the iPhone development. None of it is Google's original thinking.
Again, if I download and install malware on one of my Linux boxes, how is this a Linux problem?
Linux protects much better than Windows against remote attacks, it can't protect against stupid users.
IMHO a strong case could be made that any non geek buying an Android product is by definition a 'stupid user' as there a better user experience out there for the same price that they would have selected if they were smart.
All the YouTube videos have been pulled. CNN for awhile had nice excerpts that they broadcast live on Dec 24.
The timing of this news event was to scare people who are traveling on the holiday. It will become even bigger international news if there are successful terrorist attacks this holiday season in the USA.
So far the nation has made it to December 25 with out a single successful Al-Qaeda hit, only seven more days to go.
That’s a good question. Personally, I’d be inclined to call the police and inquire about random dudes wearing SWAT gear and carrying guns on the street with no apparent reason to be there.
Here in Atlanta GA it is common for the drug crowd to dress up like SWAT and take out a rivals base of operations in a fake police raid.
The persecution of this pilot isn't for giving away security secrets. It is for making a popular video on YouTube that exposes the security theater. The purpose of the TSA is to make the public feel like they are protected. Pointing out real security issues breaks the illusion.
B I N G O
The original story on CNN said the TSA's airport security was all SMOKE and MIRRORS.
It seems just as likely that the guys running Turbines for your local power company are no better equipped to handle this than Iran. In Iran, they have unlimited budget and first call upon the best brains in the country.
The local guys may be clowns too. But the difference is that my clowns can at least download a patch.
Everyone seems to have missed news from Japan that Toshiba has a fab that just experienced a single millisecond glitch in the power supply to the whole factory. Every chip in production may have been ruined and many industrial processes totally destroyed. The effect may last until Fed or March and could affect the global price of certain chips.
I wonder if this was an effect of an accidental Stuxnet controlled glitch in Japan affecting the power in the Toshiba plant? It is so strange that it happened to the whole plant and lasted for a mere fraction of a second.
I never bought into Applethink, and after every product annoucement I falsely predict they've finally blown it and nobody will "fall for it" this time. Meanwhile they're approaching $100e9 and probably wouldn't give my resume a second look. You win.
I'm not a moderator today, but your post is so hilarious it must be rated funny several times over.. It is so true of those who really think they they know more than the collection of men Apple has assembled.
If I were Steve, I would offer to hire you based on your obviously rare but valuable connection to reality.
@jartan why not take the time to ponder reality? If the iPhone part of Apple was a separate company it would NOW rank as the tenth most profitable company in the whole world, not just the USA but THE WHOLE WORLD!
Now I know this is slash dot but try to know something about your subject.
I'm not putting it down, just saying it's crappy. Wow, I really wouldn't want Woz to put me down if that's his idea of not putting something down.
There is another story of a major Android developer today complaining Android is now a major piece of fragmented donkey dung compared to the ease of knocking out a best seller in the Apple app store. That is an incredible put down of the free stuff Google is shoveling out the door. Between Woz and this guy Android had a bad day!
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Cheapest ipad is $499.
The only place where your argument holds true is with the regular ipod, which is $229 for the cheapest model.
Lets see Fri Jan 7, 2011 the Apple had the first generation iPad 3G refurbished and sold with a new warranty for $429. There were similar savings all the way to the most expensive 3G iPad. These will not last long.
Apple is probably now clearing the decks for the next generation iPad.
If I were you, I'd put the year-end bonus in a 6-mo CD, and get the tablet when the CD's term is up
In spite of the irony, he just might do better with Apple stock.
After carefully examining all the tablets at 2011 CES, I would have to go with Apple stock hands down as being a runaway investment based on their share of the tablet market in 2011.
What a pile of tech crap compared to the iPad!
I am seeing major businesses lining up to buy tens of thousand of the 2 generation iPads each in the next few months. It is gone way beyond the occasional Apple customer buying one or maybe two iPads. US Enterprise is replacing laptops with iPads as a better fit for their business objectives.
Android is still seriously flawed and can not currently be safely used like an iPad so it is still Apple's exclusive market for 2011. I do not think anyone in Enterprise will ever be interested in seeing advertising from Google on their business tools.
Apple needs to split their stock to allow those with less to invest an opportunity to also share in Apple's rocket like surge in value.
Outselling iOS on phones? Not in the most recent quarters and if you compare OS to OS. Not by a long shot. When you combine iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad sales against Android there is no comparison.
I have mental problem with people trying to compare the market for Android to Apple. It is like comparing the market for Apples to Bananas.
These are trying to compare the market for just one phone company against almost virtually every other phone company combined. Many of these manufacturers and cellular carriers are the ones that made such a mess out of the Windows Mobile phone market with the piles of crap mixed with a few standouts that were very expensive. Apple changed that with the release of the world changing iPhone and Google is determined to change it back again.
Android is like buying bananas, they may or may not be ready for use and within a short period they need to be thrown away as they are past perfection and don't last.
Verizon used to bow to such by allowing Verizon customers to get a discount after about 12 months on a new phone on a two year contract. Verizon indicates this week that will end in less than two weeks with the coming release of the more stable and reliable Verizon iPhone on the Verizon network. New customers buying an Android will have to keep them 22 months before any discount on a new Verizon phone will be available. The days of hardware churn on Verizon are coming to an end in 2011.
I agree this is FUD.
But when you think about it all of a sudden the purchase of a Mac becomes far more compelling compared to another Windows PC.
I have both and I am very interested in this new Mac development. I already love the ease of buying decent software for the iPad/iPhone from the Apple app store.
One thing I regret was the purchase of Civilization 5 for the PC in Sept for $50 from Amazon.com. What a time wasting POS.
I own virtually every version of Civilization back to Civ2 on windows.
I had purchased the iPhone version of Civ Revolution before I got an iPad.
When the iPad version Civ Rev came out at $14 I decided to pass but I like that game a lot and often play it on Deity to pass a couple of hours.
On New Years eve I decided I would pop for the iPad version since I play Civ Rev so much. I generally hate software designed only for the iPhone on the iPad.
Wow! That iPad specific version of Civ Rev is much better over all and easily worth the $14 to me. If I had to drag out to a store or go through the pain of buying from Amazon.com I probably would not have ever purchased the improved version of Civ Rev for the iPad.
I can buy an awful lot of software for an Apple product for every $50 I blow on crap for windows. I have over 850 iPad apps on the iPad right now. Many of them are jewels. Some that were rough a few months ago have been improved dramatically in the last quarter in updates.
I can shut up any car load of kids by handing them that iPad and telling them to knock themselves out.
Not to mention my phone gets OTA updates and iphone still needs itunes and the USB cable to do this. A large part of the "it just works" myth is Apple marketing. Spend some time at the genius bar or get a job supporting Macs to find that "it just works" is more than a bit exaggerated and has more to do with the lack of malware writers targeting Apple.
Unfortunately you are among those Android fanboys that do not have a clue.
All the iOS devices apps can be updated over Wi-Fi and 3G. If the app is too big, I have several over 1GB, then they need to update over Wi-Fi or USB.
I have updated over fifty apps at once using the internal Apple app store service that pushes the app updates out. Later when synced to iTunes if you haven't updated the apps on your PC the device sends the updated software out to the PC/
But don't let the little details curb your enthusiasm for Android. Almost every good feature was stolen from Apple during the iPhone development. None of it is Google's original thinking.
It is funny as hell when the drug dealers who are not high tech wizards get hit by this Android bug.
Again, if I download and install malware on one of my Linux boxes, how is this a Linux problem?
Linux protects much better than Windows against remote attacks, it can't protect against stupid users.
IMHO a strong case could be made that any non geek buying an Android product is by definition a 'stupid user' as there a better user experience out there for the same price that they would have selected if they were smart.
Linux really IS communist!
Comrade, it means we now get Android phones and tablets.
Google bless the Communist Party.
Can anyone give a link to the YouTube videos?
All the YouTube videos have been pulled. CNN for awhile had nice excerpts that they broadcast live on Dec 24.
The timing of this news event was to scare people who are traveling on the holiday. It will become even bigger international news if there are successful terrorist attacks this holiday season in the USA.
So far the nation has made it to December 25 with out a single successful Al-Qaeda hit, only seven more days to go.
That’s a good question. Personally, I’d be inclined to call the police and inquire about random dudes wearing SWAT gear and carrying guns on the street with no apparent reason to be there.
Here in Atlanta GA it is common for the drug crowd to dress up like SWAT and take out a rivals base of operations in a fake police raid.
The persecution of this pilot isn't for giving away security secrets. It is for making a popular video on YouTube that exposes the security theater. The purpose of the TSA is to make the public feel like they are protected. Pointing out real security issues breaks the illusion.
B I N G O
The original story on CNN said the TSA's airport security was all SMOKE and MIRRORS.
the distribution is not even. I've found complete idiots at some top schools,
George Bush?
Good Lord Man
You are not saying we should trust Google?
For a lot of people they are the enemy!
Seating on planes is also shrinking so business travel is now far more intimate.
People get used to it.
We also no longer need to spend so much money to put these cheap souls under a roof in the business world.
The cattle and chicken industries have shown us the way.
I dunno man.
I'd put my local power company up against those "Your nuclear power plant control software license has expired please obtain a valid license" clowns any day.
The local guys may be clowns too. But the difference is that my clowns can at least download a patch.
Everyone seems to have missed news from Japan that Toshiba has a fab that just experienced a single millisecond glitch in the power supply to the whole factory. Every chip in production may have been ruined and many industrial processes totally destroyed. The effect may last until Fed or March and could affect the global price of certain chips.
I wonder if this was an effect of an accidental Stuxnet controlled glitch in Japan affecting the power in the Toshiba plant? It is so strange that it happened to the whole plant and lasted for a mere fraction of a second.
Vatican City makes sense. No real morals there.
I didn't see any mention of a international church and condoms yet. There has to be some more embarrassing secrets there.
BP is going to love this!
Slow news day?
I never bought into Applethink, and after every product annoucement I falsely predict they've finally blown it and nobody will "fall for it" this time. Meanwhile they're approaching $100e9 and probably wouldn't give my resume a second look. You win.
I'm not a moderator today, but your post is so hilarious it must be rated funny several times over.. It is so true of those who really think they they know more than the collection of men Apple has assembled.
If I were Steve, I would offer to hire you based on your obviously rare but valuable connection to reality.
@jartan why not take the time to ponder reality? If the iPhone part of Apple was a separate company it would NOW rank as the tenth most profitable company in the whole world, not just the USA but THE WHOLE WORLD!
Now I know this is slash dot but try to know something about your subject.
I'm not putting it down, just saying it's crappy. Wow, I really wouldn't want Woz to put me down if that's his idea of not putting something down.
There is another story of a major Android developer today complaining Android is now a major piece of fragmented donkey dung compared to the ease of knocking out a best seller in the Apple app store. That is an incredible put down of the free stuff Google is shoveling out the door. Between Woz and this guy Android had a bad day!
Especially given Google's track record on employing other then very young people.
Young and Dumb.
The same reason other nations draft teenagers to fill their military.
And the only thing on which you can spend your Google scrip is Adwords. Nightmare.
You forgot Androids.
Help Apple kill FLASH.
Buy another iPad!