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No, no. Those are all old hat. You need to upgrade!

The HTC HD2 is the new hotness. It has more RAM and is thus a much better phone :)]]>Jan 25th 2010 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
LMFAO]]>Jan 25th 2010 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
I've seen plenty of PhD's in various fields of physics, chemistry, and other physical sciences that would beg to differ with you, troll. ]]>Jan 25th 2010 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
My Thinkpad would probably start a house fire if left unattended :) ]]>Jan 25th 2010 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
This is completely off-topic here, but your touting of the S9 over the iPod Touch is quite a stretch here. Besides the market speaking for itself, that thing has no search function for music, no full web browser, no games, no email, etc.. It seems to be that it's not even close to as useful as an iPod Touch is. Is the AMOLED screen that important for your music player or are you just being a nerd?

Heck, for something that basically only plays music and retails for $259 for its 32 GB version, I really can't see why anyone would bother. If I wanted a pure music player, I have to say that I'd probably save money and go with the 160 GB iPod classic if I were going to stick with Apple's offerings.




]]>Jan 25th 2010 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/No need to be offensive...]]>Jan 25th 2010 11:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
Windows 7 release drove more PC users to buy Macs because they couldn't figure out how to upgrade from Windows XP.]]>Jan 26th 2010 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
Oh and again, for the price premium Apple actually gives its customers something; hundreds of retail stores all over the country where they can go for help and support if something should go wrong; and or to actually shop first person Apple's devices.

And yes people will pay more for something that looks nice and performs well. Some people actually care about aesthetics. A macbook has a clean UI and uncluttered mechanical interface that really set the standard for other hardware vendors.

Your comments have been downranked into oblivion and so have some of mine. But if you are going to shit talk Apple products, at least back up what you are saying with some legitimate critiques.

Ie; things like...

Whats is with the sealed batteries on these things?

Where is the memory expansion ports apple?

Where is the camera on the Ipod Touch?

Likewise that $999 macbook works just fine for most people; especially they use it 90% of the time for writing nonsense posts on Engadget.

So there you have it; apple didn't become so profitable by producing overpriced devices; they became profitable by giving consumers what they want; and people voted with their $.

Since Vista was a total dingleberry, and migrating from XP was not an easy translation; I agree that a lot of mainstream casual computer users told MS and PC vendors to screw that noise and jumped on board with a (reasonably priced considering what you get (not just hardware specs) macbook or macbook pro.....

Likewise the success of the iPhone and iPod Touch speak for themselves; again people voted with their dollars!

Put that in your $900 computer....
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FALSE IQ is rising not going down get your facts straight.]]>Jan 26th 2010 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
No mention of the tablet?]]>Jan 25th 2010 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/Jan 25th 2010 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
No but Engadget has been able to sneak it into almost every Apple post... I hope to god it just slows down until the conference...]]>Jan 25th 2010 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
also, fact correction. this is not Q4. it is Q1. Apple's financial calendar runs Oct to Sept not Jan to Dec]]>Jan 25th 2010 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
No... But this is Engadget.]]>Jan 25th 2010 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/Jan 25th 2010 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
Hourly updates methinks. Every hour, on the hour. All timezones included.]]>Jan 25th 2010 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/Jan 25th 2010 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/Jan 25th 2010 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/Jan 25th 2010 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/Jan 25th 2010 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
only 3.38b????

ENGADGET, YOU AREN'T TRYING HARD ENOUGH!!!]]>Jan 25th 2010 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
(...anybody know where I can rent a good-condition Sarcmarc around here...?)]]>Jan 25th 2010 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
Large profits with low computer sales volume would seem to reinforce this claim. ]]>Jan 25th 2010 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/Jan 25th 2010 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
3.38 billion dollar, that is like 2.4 billion euro]]>Jan 25th 2010 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
For a Windows PC, software is generally $50 to $100 of the total cost. "Apple Tax" is generally anywhere between $400 and $1000 over comparable Windows hardware.]]>Jan 25th 2010 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/For the average consumer, Microsoft Office $150. Antivirus subscription $50-100. Trip to Geek Squad, priceless.

That said, I use both Mac and PC. I'm a very thrifty user. AVG ftw, OpenOffice (or...nvm), and free Google applications (Picasa, etc.).]]>Jan 25th 2010 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://bit.ly/iphone-4g-apple-tablet-details]]>Jan 25th 2010 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
Go Apple yay! ]]>Jan 25th 2010 10:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
Now: WHERE ARE OUR DIVIDENDS?]]>Jan 26th 2010 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
To quote an HP Slate fanboy " I need to change my pants". ]]>Jan 26th 2010 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/Jan 25th 2010 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
Mac sales up 33% too.

Did you know that the iPhone has 51% marketshare amongst smartphones, and Winmo has like 5%? Don't look at me: Windows Fangirl Paul Thurrott said it in the last podcast. Amazing. And iPhone has like a 70% marketshare in Europe. Not Nokia.]]>Jan 25th 2010 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
Yep , Lets give them a big hand.]]>Jan 25th 2010 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/It sure is. People are stupid.]]>Jan 25th 2010 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
Wut?

LOLno. It's sold very well but it's still way behind Nokia.]]>Jan 25th 2010 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
Go back and listen to the podcast and look at the actual report.

AdMob provides "in app advertisements" and their main platform is the iphone which has the largest market share in app's and app usage. Thats what the report says. Paul read it as saying that the iphone outsold Nokia /s60 when Canalis/Gartner show Nokia selling more units than the next 3 manufacturers COMBINED.]]>Jan 25th 2010 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
Eh... next 2 and that won't be the case this quarter.

At the moment there isn't a consumer touchscreen phone that matches the iPhone so it's selling very well - I doubt the Droid will have anything on it at all, similarly Nokia's high end has been poor so a lot have switched.

I still expect Nokia to do pretty well but the high end is Apple's for now. Of course, that may change, but it's gravy just now.]]>Jan 25th 2010 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/Jan 25th 2010 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/Jan 25th 2010 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/yeah, maybe now they can stop making bias commercials and make thier business more professional. As of right now that is the only thing i have against mac, and the only reason i wouldnt buy one.. well, sort of.]]>Jan 25th 2010 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
The problem is that three years down the line we still don't have anything better. Whether this says more about Apple's understanding of the market or their competitors' ineptitude is up for debate.

]]>Jan 25th 2010 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
Oh no... Mobile advertising... Whatever little display real estate we have will diminish further with flashing, music/video, pop up advertisements...

I hope some developer comes up with "Mobile Ad-blocker"]]>Jan 25th 2010 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
I understand where some of you are coming from (and some of you i dont..lol) But in the end..the thing still sells like mad! And as far as the marketing goes, i kinda like it when companies take shots at each other. Reminds me of the good ol' days of Nintendo and Sega :)]]>Jan 25th 2010 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
That phone made from stolen technology. Nokia would be entitled to at least 1 billion of the profit.]]>Jan 25th 2010 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
No. You can't say "the iPhone is behind Nokia." Can you see why? It's like saying "the Honda Accord is behind Ford". You're saying a single product is behind an entire company's lineup of products.

To make a comparison that actually works, you'll need to pick ONE of Nokia's phones and compare THAT to the iPhone. I shouldn't have to tell you what the results of that comparison will be.]]>Jan 25th 2010 8:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/Comparing all of Apple's phones to all of Nokia's phones is perfectly valid. The two companies have two different market strategies.]]>Jan 25th 2010 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
It's silly to think you can compare it like that. Nokia produces phones almost quarterly. Their strategy is not to sell a single device and never has been. The iphone is in competition with the entirety of the Nokia smartphone line of products. It isn't a single product vs a single product. This isn't a boxing ring. Nokia doesn't do single products apart from special cases (MID & smartbook).

They produce high volume devices specifically targetted at targetted segments of the population. Because of the nature of segmentation/targetting, you will rarely ever sell huge numbers of any single product ini any single target segment; but you CAN sell huge numbers through multiple targetted products.

So for example, the N97 sold 10 mill, the music phone sold 15 million, the E devices sold another 13-15 million, the N devices sold another 15 million etc etc.

It's not product A vs product A the way blogs and news outlets would have you believe. Even if you have shitty products, proper market & product segmentation can yield explosive sales and will tend to win out as a whole vs building a great single product and trying to sell it to the general market.

I'm not saying either company has bad or good products; just stating that you cannot compare based on 1 single product.

Another example: In an estate of 1000 residents:

Person A sells roasted peanuts on the street. He sells 100 bags.

Person B sells roasted peanuts in an area of the street where ppl only like roasted peanuts. He sells 50 bags

Person B also has a stall in another corner that just sells steamed peanuts. he sells 30 bags.

person B also has a stall in another corner selling salted peanuts and sells 60 bags.

Person B also has a stall somewhere selling sweetened peanuts and sells 80 bags.

Both person B and person A are selling peanuts. While person A sells more of one type of peanut, person B strategy is to sell based on what each area craves.

The nett result is that Person B outsold Person A and it'ss only a consolation that Person A outsold his rival in roasted nuts.]]>Jan 25th 2010 11:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
Except that Nokia's "design a cellphone in every shape, color and size" strategy isn't working too well and that's why they decided to sue Apple. That's also a fairly pathetic strategy for such a large company with billions of phones to sell. Heck, they've got the N97, the N97 Mini and the N900 to go up against the iPhone. What more do they need?]]>Jan 26th 2010 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/25/apple-q1-earning-beat-expectations-iphone-sales-double/
"Perfectly valid" how, exactly? People love to say "Nokia is kicking Apple's ass" but refuse to admit that Nokia doesn't sell a single phone that outsells the iPhone. This is basically a case of Apple haters choosing the angle that makes Nokia look the best as opposed to facing the fucking FACTS.

Yes they have different business models. That is not the POINT. The only way, and I emphasize the ONLY WAY Nokia is keeping up with Apple in the smartphone market is because of all their phones COMBINED. Which is the same thing as saying all of Ford's cars COMBINED are outselling the Honda Accord.

Anybody with an ounce of common sense will tell you that's a stupid comparison to make, and yet it's the only one left for Nokia fanboys to make.]]>Jan 26th 2010 1:59AM