Mon, 10 Oct 2011

3:58 AM - Cook Said Apple Can Not Be Imitated

According to media reports, Cook, the new CEO of Apple said, no matter who wants to imitate apple, they can't success. Apple is everywhere, he said so in the "Let's Talk iPhone" conference that held in Apple headquarters in California, he claimed that iPad is the incontrovertible number one Tablet, for now, everyone wants to imitate it, but all failed or haven't get the great influence as iPad do, like HP, RIM, Samsung, Amazon or the coming Window8.

A few months ago, HP TouchPad officially listed in the U.S., as the number one in PC industry, non-Apple camp had high expectations on the TouchPad, hoping it can shake the monopoly of iPad. TouchPad16GB priced $ 499.99 in the U.S. and 32GB priced $ 599.99. However, the response was not satisfactory, and HP had poor sales. Less than a month, TouchPad announced lower $ 100. But even so, it did not attract consumers' desire to buy it. August 19th, the TouchPad 16GB priced $ 99 and 32GB down to $ 149, this fire-sale, and finally led to frenzied purchase craze, all the stock in varieties of markets were sold out in a very very short time, some retailer's Web site almost crashed due to high demand. Only in (Best Buy), there was 25 million to 27 million new stock, almost all sold out in less than a week, I bet even Apple don't have this unbelievable achievement, huh huh.

And you may remember those clashes between Samsung and Apple. After defeated by Apple in Netherlands about the patent, Samsung once again announced they wouldn't sell Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia before September 30. Even Samsung promised they would send the samples to Apple before launching it, and then did as promised, but Apple's lawyers insisted Galaxy Tab 10.1 infringed their patent. The day before yesterday, Apple announced that it has rejected the suggest that offered by Samsung about solving the Tablet disputes peacefully, so we all can see who is the boss.

Because of the great temptation in Tablet market, Amazon, the largest Internet retailer in the world was coveted to pick up a little benefit from it too. But if something only sold $199, what qualification does it have to be called a competitor of something sold $499, but the low price is still an advantage anyway. According to Amazon's latest sales data, since Kindle Fire was released from Sep.28, the pre-sale orders have exceeded more than 250,000 units in the first five days. The market research firm eDataSource said, the order in the first day is 9.50,000 units. But, the first generation of iPad has 300,000 orders in its first day, and iPad2 keep this unbelievable myth, people love it, even even it has some flaws, we only can watch other format videos(except MP4) with the help of ipad converter suite or ipad video converter, but iPad is still our first choice, look the huge difference of those data, we know who is the boss.

According to BCG, compared to iPad, people are more looking forward to Windows Tablet, maybe it just because most people are very familiar to Windows Cooperation System, but lacking of the practical concepts about Windows Tablet, so when it finally show itself to people, the enthusiasm will disappear, and iPad will be continue to dominate the Tablet market.

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Fri, 4 Nov 2011

5:45 AM - Tim Cook Said He Doesnâ??t Worry About Kindle Fire

You may think that Apple feels upset and threatened about Kindle Fire, but no, completely opposite, analyst Ben Reitzes of Barclays spoke to Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer regarding the Kindle Fire, they seem be the last one who will worry about Amazon's tablet.


While the low-low price of Amazon's new tablet, the Kindle Fire, is mistaken being called a viable competitor for the iPad, Apple is perfectly happy with the gadget's introduction into the tablet market because it just adds another level of fragmentation to the Android platform. Kindle Fire that just priced 199 dollar looks very competitive, and most people think it will become the new iPad competitor. However, due to the use of the Amazon Kindle Fire is another system that will further divide the flat panel market. Kindle Fire applications compatible with Android system can either product is compatible with Amazon. The more fragmentation, the better, says Apple, since that could drive more consumers to the stable Apple platform, another product of Apple platform - Mac also has invincible status in the market, this point can be proved by the popularity of Apple's derived products like mac dvd burner.

The Fire has a different look than other Android-based tablets, which may cause them to look strange, and this device may even fuel a whole new category of custom built Kindle Fire apps, further fragmenting the operating system market. While Amazon has made a smart move by offering their tablet at an impossibly low price of $199, the Kindle Fire is also half the device that the iPad is. By undercutting their competitors, Amazon will gain momentum in the category of market share, but it is less likely to sustain longevity once people realize that the Kindle Fire is more like a toy than a piece of technology.


Ben Reitzes believes that Apple will lower the price of iPad in the future, but they will not at the expense of product quality and user experience and as a means to compete. The angle of Apple and Amazon to enter the flat market is completely different. Apple iPad have earned lots of money, but the price of their content and services is relatively low, to maintain the balance of payments. Instead, Amazon is selling low-priced Kindle Fire, and then attracts customers to buy their content, entre their products ecosystem. iPad also have many other applications, like

dvd copy mac

, it's a gadget that can help iPad users enjoy videos on iPad, which certainly is helpful to iPad's sales.



If you just on the sideline about iPad, then you may be tempted by Kindle Fire, after all, it is so cheap. And now it's said that Amazon will introduce its Kindle Smartphone, it is just a matter of time, they said if Amazon want to be Apple or beat Apple, then they have to create something that can compete with iPhone, seems like Amazon just won't stop to chase Apple.



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