Why is Apple Cute?
"Apple’s been in the news quite a bit lately. Nowadays, Apple is a media darling. The critics like the company’s direction, and so does Wall Street. But it wasn’t always so. This summer marked the tenth anniversary of Apple’s lowest point–a time in 1996 when the company’s profits and products were hitting bottom. (Steve Jobs’s return to the company he founded was still a year away.)," Write's Pogue in his New York Times blog. Find more about the Apple blog here.
Helge 2008: A year ago apple announced the iPhone. The Apple Smart Phone was a huge success 2007 in USA. Not so big in Europe, but what Steven Jobs said about the post-PC era starting with the iPhone might be a statement that we need go back to in the coming yeas. I'm still a laptop man. I need a big screen and an ergonomic keyboard.
Helge 2008: Nokia is the Finnish Cinderella. Or should I say "the mobile phone giant"? It's not fair to compare it to the Cinderella Apple making cute and elegantly designed high-end niche products. Nokia is an incredibly effective production and distribution machine. We're probably again this year seeing that Nokia's transition from traditional smart phones to smart and slick one's with bigger screens is going to take longer than for some of its competitors. Nokia has to do some catching up. What Apple started has been followed by Samsung and others. Texas Instrument is indicating that there is a change in the market. Nokia isn't selling as well as it used to? We don't know for sure, yet...
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