Not exactly the most accurate description, but a hell of a lot more effective than the stupid advertising paid by the government from the taxpayer’s money. Enjoy Romania!
Archives for October 2009
The Governator’s Answer
Awesome:
Wall Street Smarts
If you really want to know why the financial system nearly collapsed in the fall of 2008, I can tell you in one simple sentence
Read the full story for the full explanation.
Quote of the Week:
The Macalope:
It’s amazing how future Microsoft products beat current Apple products time and time again, isn’t it? You’d think Apple would have just given up by now.
2006 – The Economist on the iPhone
Sometimes even the best get it wrong. Couldn’t find a story about the success of the iPhone in the marketplace.
The problem for Apple is that mobile phones are not like iPods, but are sold in a completely different way. People do not generally buy them in shops, but from mobile operators. And they do not pay the full price of the handset, but get a subsidy from the operator in return for signing a service contract. So if Apple sells iPhones as though they were iPods, they will be far more expensive than competing handsets. The alternative is for Apple to sell iPhones through operators, as other handset-makers do. But being reliant on operators, with their poor reputation for customer service, could damage Apple’s iconic brand.
A third option would be for Apple to deepen its partnership with Motorola, the second-largest handset-maker. The two firms have already worked together to add Apple’s iTunes software to some of Motorola’s phones. But it seems unlikely that Mr Jobs, a legendary perfectionist, would want to co-brand a handset with Motorola. And any such phone would still have to be sold via operators, as Motorola’s are today.
Full Article: An Apple mobile phone?: I came, iPod, iPhone | The Economist.