Hi Abdul You may very well be right. You have made some very compelling arguments.
James ----- Original Message ----- From: "Abdul Kamara" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 4:04 PM Subject: Re: Apple plans to blick rival smart phones > > Hi James, > I found the article referenced and the discussion on "This Week in > Tech" (TWIT), podcasted on the 12th of this month, rather interesting. > > Objectively, it can be said that by blocking the Pre, Apple is > practicing the same anti-competitive monopolistic behavior > characteristic of Microsoft throughout the mid to late 90s. And that > would be a valid argument. > > However, as with most things, the devil is in the details. Apple is > vertically consolidated, to the degree that it is able to control the > quality of its products and the environment in which it is used by its > customers. It is a level of quality assurance that Microsoft, Palm, > Dell, LeNovo and other major competitors are unable to match. > > The article points out that Apple had warned they would no longer > support media sync for non-ipod digital audio devices. And why should > they? As such, Apple would be expected to support devices that would > not be under their sphere of control. I think it is Apple's sense (on > which I would completely agree) that it is better to produce and > maintain a seemless but highly functional echo system of products and > services that consistently work, and where thusly the issue of choice > in third party products in line with that echo system is rendered moot. > > > > Palm argues that Apple is cutting its nose to spite its face. I doubt > it. I think a large part of why people would choose a Palm over an > iPhone is because they would be working from the notion that the > iPhone would be insufficient in meeting business needs, i.e., iPhones > are for any old consumers, Palms and Blackberries are for serious > people. I think that perception will soon change; and Palm will once > again be in a difficult position after having resigned themselves to > the reality of things. The iTunes/iPod/iPhone is one of the most > popular consumer platforms of electronic products and services, and > whining about it ain't gonna get you anywhere. > > Abdul > > > > > On 17 Jul 2009, at 23:03, James & Nash wrote: > >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> From the BBC website: >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8155795.stm >> >> Take care >> >> james >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
