On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Randall Lee Reetz <[email protected]>wrote:
> What is the base fear or desire the iphad satisfies? Surely apple won't > always own the only product that will meet that need. > > > Again you've hit the nail on the head. There is no base fear or desire that the iPad satisfies. Apple has never had the only product around, in fact far from it; there were PCs before the Mac, really cheap PCs before the iMac, mp3 players before the iPod, mobile phones before the iPhone, and tablet PCs before the iPad. Jobs just has an uncanny, some think unnatural, ability to persuade enough people (not everyone, not even the majority, in some cases a piddling insignificant percentage) that they need to open their wallet and outlay a premium on a device they don't need, that has functionality they didn't realise they couldn't live without. The ranking success of a company, the effectiveness of an entrepreneur, isn't measured by how stupid the consumer is, it's by how black the balance sheet is. Could Jobs make a mistake that could take Apple in to the red? Oh, absolutely. Within 1 quarter? Definitely. Could he turn all Howard Hughes? On the cards. Is he obnoxious? Undoudtedly. But IMO this current turmoil will not decline Apple's quarterly revenue, much less have a long term effect on their profitability. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
