99 dollar 4 gig iPhones would be huge for them.
Toss on another 100 for 8 gig.
And finally 16 for 299.

And force contracts to even take the phone at that price. isn't this an obvious step?

Thats the issue.

iTunes and iPods are not as safe as they once were. Competition in those markets are fierce now, and Apple is going to have to fight to keep ahead of the curve.

Alot of people were expecting something big at this MacWorld, and while Movie Rentals are a good revenue service, there are not alot of people that want to tie themselves to hardware to get those rentals (just like all the other devices that have and are being released and are/will be sitting on shelves, save the 360 which doesnt break records in movie rentals).

Epic fails usually dont sell.
Vista is selling pretty well, considering its a disaster.

And why was this mentioned in a post about Apples memo to employees and shareholders telling them to "hang in there".
Lets try to keep things on-subject.

Unbalanced playing field.

Its really a simple concept. You can only get so good with analog. Mouse/keyboard will always allow you to get that much better. I say keep them separate.

I dont know. Ive read a quite few stories about reduced confidence in Apples ability to earn large profits due to a lackluster MacWorld (i.e. Potential future profits due to new products and new segments) and increased competition in all the markets they are involved in. This is primarily for this coming year, and not a permanent thing, i might add.

That is one hell of a cash-out, though.

I can tell you which OS Vista isn't selling worse against, but then you might cry.

The Microsoft stock took a hit consistent with what every company faced during these hard times. Apples didn't. Thats why Apple is sending out memos and Microsoft isnt.

"MBA is not meant to be a mass-market computer that will light the world on fire."
-For the sake of their stock, it should have been, and im sure the street wanted it to be. Since its not something that people want, why release it? Apple should have followed the lead of other companies and released a cheap laptop with integration features part of their other devices. Making a "concept" laptop doesnt make you money. Thats why auto makers make their concept cars practical.

"AppleTV rentals/sales are meant to be break-even just to drive hardware sales"
-For a certain amount of time, until they get enough people to own the Apple TV so that they turn a profit on rentals and video purchases. But if theres no compelling reason to get an Apple TV, no one will buy the hardware. If theres isnt a planned profit to be made with the device, then why would stock holders have any confidence in the stock.

"Ditto for iTunes competitors. The more the merrier...guess what MP3 player people are going to play those files on?"
-Well, iTunes (for a while) forced people to stick with iPods. If there are other online purchasing options, then it will open them to other players. This is never a good thing.

"iPhone unlockers: Who cares, Apple already sold them the iPhone. So they miss out on the revenue-sharing. They wouldn't have gotten the sale OR the revenue if the buyer couldn't unlock it! Phones sold to unlockers are icing on the cake, revenue-wise."
-Thats completely false. A percentage of those in the 1/3 of owners would have picked up an AT&T plan because they really wanted an iPhone, thus making Apple money above and beyond the hardware sales, while the others would never get one to begin with (possibly due to them having an existing contract that their happy with). The amount of money that they could have made from residules would easily make up, if not surpass the money they made off of those 1/3 hardware sales alone.

I assume they mean 120GB hard drive.

Its not bad. Its not good.

Its so so, more or less.

I agree.

What is your native language?

Did you use Google Translator to make that post?