So the Apple iPhone 4S was a ‘disappointment’?
According to this press release iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Top One Million in First 24 Hours I’d have to question that sentiment.
So if this is a disappointment all I have to ask the financial auguries is what the hell constitutes a success? Given the track record of the financial ‘industry’ of late I’d have to say that the disappointment sits with them.
Apple moved a million units in 24 hours! That is an astounding figure.
God help the competition if, according to the genius financial analysts, Apple exceeds their expectations with the next iteration of the iPhone.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Vodafail and RIM: A match made in Heaven
So rumours are flying that Vodafone may want to buy RIM.
So lets see, the carrier who has managed to comprehensively screw themselves and the Australian consumer is going to ‘buddy up’ with RIM who displayed breathtaking arrogance and gave away a market they created and delivered below standard, half finished products.
Excellent!
The only winners out of this one are going to be the RIM shareholders who may actually be able to get a reasonable price, assuming the rumours are true, and they haven’t been started by some Wall Street analyst desperate to dump his ‘dog’ stocks before bonus time at a price inflated by a stupid rumour.
Nahhhh. That’d never happen.
So lets see, the carrier who has managed to comprehensively screw themselves and the Australian consumer is going to ‘buddy up’ with RIM who displayed breathtaking arrogance and gave away a market they created and delivered below standard, half finished products.
Excellent!
The only winners out of this one are going to be the RIM shareholders who may actually be able to get a reasonable price, assuming the rumours are true, and they haven’t been started by some Wall Street analyst desperate to dump his ‘dog’ stocks before bonus time at a price inflated by a stupid rumour.
Nahhhh. That’d never happen.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Steve Jobs
To my mind there are two things that defined Steve Jobs for me and they are best exemplified by, firstly, his pitch to hire John Scully
“Do you want to sell sugared water for the rest of your life or come with me and change the world?”
and the Think Different campaign that was launched after he returned to Apple
“Do you want to sell sugared water for the rest of your life or come with me and change the world?”
and the Think Different campaign that was launched after he returned to Apple
You did change the world.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
I want my iPhone 5!!!
From the reaction you’d expect that Apple has just run over a litter of newly born puppies.
The iPhone 4S? They all cry, where’s the iPhone 5 I’ve been reading about in the press and tech blogs? You know the one with the different form factor. The aluminium back. NFC payment facilities.
Lets see. The ones crying foul the loudest are those same tech blogs who have a barnyard full of eggs on their collective faces because their prized and carefully cultivated “highly placed source who cannot be named” turned out to be some putz with no idea and a big mouth.
The market analysts are also shocked and upset. “We were expecting an iPhone 5”, they all cry. “Oh dear God!” they exclaim.
"Our research notes have just been revealed for what they really are!"
The recorded ravings of a bunch of alcohol and fine food addled, overpaid, astrologers and carnival side-show hucksters.
The true worth of their highly priced research notes have just taken a dip in the order of the Greek economy.
To most users its an improvement in performance. Their collection of cases, accessories and suction cup vehicle mount thingies will all work with the new device saving the average consumer a small fortune in buying new stuff and the 4S will be available in even more carriers in the US.
Doesn’t sound like its too bad all in all if you're in the market for a new phone.
Anyway for all you bitter and twisted souls who want to rail and rant at the world to express your frustration at Apple destroying your lives because they didn’t deliver the iPhone 5 you wanted…too late…some has done it for you.
The iPhone 4S? They all cry, where’s the iPhone 5 I’ve been reading about in the press and tech blogs? You know the one with the different form factor. The aluminium back. NFC payment facilities.
Lets see. The ones crying foul the loudest are those same tech blogs who have a barnyard full of eggs on their collective faces because their prized and carefully cultivated “highly placed source who cannot be named” turned out to be some putz with no idea and a big mouth.
The market analysts are also shocked and upset. “We were expecting an iPhone 5”, they all cry. “Oh dear God!” they exclaim.
"Our research notes have just been revealed for what they really are!"
The recorded ravings of a bunch of alcohol and fine food addled, overpaid, astrologers and carnival side-show hucksters.
The true worth of their highly priced research notes have just taken a dip in the order of the Greek economy.
To most users its an improvement in performance. Their collection of cases, accessories and suction cup vehicle mount thingies will all work with the new device saving the average consumer a small fortune in buying new stuff and the 4S will be available in even more carriers in the US.
Doesn’t sound like its too bad all in all if you're in the market for a new phone.
Anyway for all you bitter and twisted souls who want to rail and rant at the world to express your frustration at Apple destroying your lives because they didn’t deliver the iPhone 5 you wanted…too late…some has done it for you.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Larry Ellison tells HP Shareholders how smart their board is
On CNN Money there was a piece the other day Oracle kicks HP while it’s down. But why?
Unkind people would say because its hard not to. In reality its because HP is rapidly going from Silicon Valley icon to the punch line of a joke.
Between new CEO, Meg Whitman, claiming she’s ideally suited to running HP because “I bought a lot of software. I was one of the largest enterprise customers in Silicon Valley”, and paying out Leo for 11 months of spectacular decline.
Leo got $11 million. $7.2 million just to go away and $2.4 million for ‘results based bonus’. Results Based Bonus?!
Lets see, shut down the whole Palm thing, a share valuation that jumped off a cliff and putting it out there that HP will get out of the server/PC business and he gets a performance based bonus? I suppose if the bonus is based on decimating the company, then I guess its justified.
The best bit is they’re paying him to go back to France or Belgium and if he loses money on selling his house in California HP will kick in up to $300,000 to help poor Leo.
The reason Larry wants to kick HP while they’re down is because they deserve it!
Hell! I want to kick HP. This just makes me angry. Its stupidity of such a colossal scope. A Board that obviously did nothing to keep the CEO under control and now wants to keep its job by hiring Goldman Sachs to deal with ‘activist’ shareholders.
The best thing that could happen to HP right now would be for Oracle to buy them out and let Larry treat the HP Board to a bit of Ellison love.
Unkind people would say because its hard not to. In reality its because HP is rapidly going from Silicon Valley icon to the punch line of a joke.
Between new CEO, Meg Whitman, claiming she’s ideally suited to running HP because “I bought a lot of software. I was one of the largest enterprise customers in Silicon Valley”, and paying out Leo for 11 months of spectacular decline.
Leo got $11 million. $7.2 million just to go away and $2.4 million for ‘results based bonus’. Results Based Bonus?!
Lets see, shut down the whole Palm thing, a share valuation that jumped off a cliff and putting it out there that HP will get out of the server/PC business and he gets a performance based bonus? I suppose if the bonus is based on decimating the company, then I guess its justified.
The best bit is they’re paying him to go back to France or Belgium and if he loses money on selling his house in California HP will kick in up to $300,000 to help poor Leo.
The reason Larry wants to kick HP while they’re down is because they deserve it!
Hell! I want to kick HP. This just makes me angry. Its stupidity of such a colossal scope. A Board that obviously did nothing to keep the CEO under control and now wants to keep its job by hiring Goldman Sachs to deal with ‘activist’ shareholders.
The best thing that could happen to HP right now would be for Oracle to buy them out and let Larry treat the HP Board to a bit of Ellison love.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
The Deadbook gets…well…deader?
The Android Runtime environment for RIM’s Deadbook was looked on as a way to get traction for what has been a tablet “slip slidin’ away’ on the cold, unforgiving Canadian ice.
Nope.
It appears, according to this article RIM releases list of Android-on-Playbook no-nos that this isn’t going to help RIM reverse the growth and final decline of the zombie tablet.
In fact it might just speed up the process.
There’s a feature documentary in this story of how Blackberry gave away the market. Maybe, Dawn of the Deadbook?
Nope.
It appears, according to this article RIM releases list of Android-on-Playbook no-nos that this isn’t going to help RIM reverse the growth and final decline of the zombie tablet.
In fact it might just speed up the process.
There’s a feature documentary in this story of how Blackberry gave away the market. Maybe, Dawn of the Deadbook?
Monday, October 3, 2011
How Confident are HP's Board of their Decisions?
I guess they’re not.
It seems that they’ve hired Goldman Sachs to help defend against ‘activist’ shareholders.
Activist shareholders!?
You mean the guys that actually own the company and hire the Board to run the company in an intelligent and farsighted manner? You mean the guys that own the shares that want to see the board increase the shareholder value?
Oh. Okay.
Just so we’re clear because it sounds a lot like protecting your ass because that loud noise the board is hearing is the sound of pissed off investors who don’t necessarily see the genius in your strategy and would like to fire your collective asses.
It seems that they’ve hired Goldman Sachs to help defend against ‘activist’ shareholders.
Activist shareholders!?
You mean the guys that actually own the company and hire the Board to run the company in an intelligent and farsighted manner? You mean the guys that own the shares that want to see the board increase the shareholder value?
Oh. Okay.
Just so we’re clear because it sounds a lot like protecting your ass because that loud noise the board is hearing is the sound of pissed off investors who don’t necessarily see the genius in your strategy and would like to fire your collective asses.
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