http://www.technovia.co.uk/2008/10/apples-results-might-be-great-but-coverage-of-apple-results-is-disappointing.html Ian Betteridge on Macs, mobiles, and technology Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:45:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.technovia.co.uk/2008/10/apples-results-might-be-great-but-coverage-of-apple-results-is-disappointing.html/comment-page-1#comment-2145 ianbetteridge Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:40:55 +0000 http://www.ianbetteridge.co.uk/technovia/2008/10/apples-results-might-be-great-but-coverage-of-apple-results-is-disappointing.html#comment-2145 <p>By the way, Zato, it's OK to say "shit" here.</p> By the way, Zato, it's OK to say “shit” here.

]]> http://www.technovia.co.uk/2008/10/apples-results-might-be-great-but-coverage-of-apple-results-is-disappointing.html/comment-page-1#comment-2144 ianbetteridge Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:25:23 +0000 http://www.ianbetteridge.co.uk/technovia/2008/10/apples-results-might-be-great-but-coverage-of-apple-results-is-disappointing.html#comment-2144 <p>First, for those iPhone 3Gs, Apple no longer gets a cut of the monthly bill. That's nothing to do with its deferal of income, which is an accounting issue.<br><br>Secondly, the point is that no one else reports like this <em>and if they did</em> you'd have a very different competitive landscape. Microsoft, for one, would look like it was getting a lot more revenue.</p> First, for those iPhone 3Gs, Apple no longer gets a cut of the monthly bill. That's nothing to do with its deferal of income, which is an accounting issue.

Secondly, the point is that no one else reports like this and if they did you'd have a very different competitive landscape. Microsoft, for one, would look like it was getting a lot more revenue.

]]> http://www.technovia.co.uk/2008/10/apples-results-might-be-great-but-coverage-of-apple-results-is-disappointing.html/comment-page-1#comment-2143 zato Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:02:57 +0000 http://www.ianbetteridge.co.uk/technovia/2008/10/apples-results-might-be-great-but-coverage-of-apple-results-is-disappointing.html#comment-2143 <p>And what value do you add other than your usual attempts to discredit Apple and $hit on the results. <br>"Deferred, or unearned, revenue is just that" Apple now gets paid in full instead of [COST] + a monthly cut of the phone bill.</p> And what value do you add other than your usual attempts to discredit Apple and $hit on the results.
“Deferred, or unearned, revenue is just that” Apple now gets paid in full instead of [COST] + a monthly cut of the phone bill.

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