How many people say they will vote versus how many actually do? How's that diet doing? Exercise and diet like you said you would in january? Stop eating fatty foods? How many people said they wanted a phone mp3 player? But how many people actually signed up for Cingular's or Sprint's phone service? I'm not saying there's not a reason ($16.50 to buy one song a month is excessive) but people say lots of things when you ask them - the ONLY result that counts is what people actually do. It also depends on who's asking and in what context... are you told the survey is called ARE YOU BEHOLDEN TO ONE COMPANY WHEN BUYING PRODUCTS? Or is it called something more neutral like TECHNOLOGY? Or if you're told you're selected because you have an open mind about being products - or asked - are you open minded about technolgy brands - then how do you answer? Is it done with your friends in front of the mall or are you in quiet lab? Are you in a focus group with others or at home in front of your computer? Is it a 50-year guy asking the questions or a 25-year old girl? All of these skew results and of course if MS paid for it, all the questions are subtlely slanted towards MS... unless they release ALL the original questions, it's like a call in survey - yes, there are results but ultimately, they don't necessarily say much...
First, in the US and in Europe, you cannot really compare the "holiday" quarter with any other without a qualifier. Some retails stores do 40% of their business between November 26 and December 31. A more apt comparison are the two quarters in which 8+ million are sold - it is slightly downward trending but since the ipod hasn't really been refreshed in a year - it's actually pretty good. The more important stat is market share and Apple is essentially about 1% of where it was earlier so clearly the ENTIRE market dropped slightly after the holidays and as the economy toughtened. Now after Apple intros the new video ipods and sales are still down - then it would be bad but I think it's safe to presume there is a massive ipod buying pent up demand to own the latest big screen ipod.
as usual, the Observer then goes all wonky with their comparison - while the first two itemns are clearly fads, only a twit would call VHS a fad... and what company in ANY line of business would not be the license holder for a product (as JVC is) that sells about 1 BILLION units. The writer is clearly clueless.
Until that time - no. Maybe when the Sun is ready to go supernova but still no if Earth 2.0 is already established.
TiVo - you & I could buy them this afternoon.
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How many people say they will vote versus how many actually do? How's that diet doing? Exercise and diet like you said you would in january? Stop eating fatty foods? How many people said they wanted a phone mp3 player? But how many people actually signed up for Cingular's or Sprint's phone service? I'm not saying there's not a reason ($16.50 to buy one song a month is excessive) but people say lots of things when you ask them - the ONLY result that counts is what people actually do. It also depends on who's asking and in what context ... are you told the survey is called ARE YOU BEHOLDEN TO ONE COMPANY WHEN BUYING PRODUCTS? Or is it called something more neutral like TECHNOLOGY? Or if you're told you're selected because you have an open mind about being products - or asked - are you open minded about technolgy brands - then how do you answer? Is it done with your friends in front of the mall or are you in quiet lab? Are you in a focus group with others or at home in front of your computer? Is it a 50-year guy asking the questions or a 25-year old girl? All of these skew results and of course if MS paid for it, all the questions are subtlely slanted towards MS ... unless they release ALL the original questions, it's like a call in survey - yes, there are results but ultimately, they don't necessarily say much ...
First, in the US and in Europe, you cannot really compare the "holiday" quarter with any other without a qualifier. Some retails stores do 40% of their business between November 26 and December 31. A more apt comparison are the two quarters in which 8+ million are sold - it is slightly downward trending but since the ipod hasn't really been refreshed in a year - it's actually pretty good. The more important stat is market share and Apple is essentially about 1% of where it was earlier so clearly the ENTIRE market dropped slightly after the holidays and as the economy toughtened. Now after Apple intros the new video ipods and sales are still down - then it would be bad but I think it's safe to presume there is a massive ipod buying pent up demand to own the latest big screen ipod.
... and what company in ANY line of business would not be the license holder for a product (as JVC is) that sells about 1 BILLION units. The writer is clearly clueless.
as usual, the Observer then goes all wonky with their comparison - while the first two itemns are clearly fads, only a twit would call VHS a fad
Until that time - no. Maybe when the Sun is ready to go supernova but still no if Earth 2.0 is already established. TiVo - you & I could buy them this afternoon.