Tag Archives: iPod

Apple’s quest for massive market share

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

John Gruber has an excellent post up on Apple’s apparent-restriction of cross-platform development tools on the iPhone. I largely agree with him – from Apple’s perspective this makes perfect sense, although it puts a massive spanner in the works for … Continue reading →

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The benefit of hindsight

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

I’ve been reading Steven Levy’s excellent The Perfect Thing recently. If you haven’t looked at it, and you’re interested in Apple, it’s well-worth a read – it’s the story of the iPod, and the thoughts that went into it. It … Continue reading →

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Apple levitates: Financial quarter, by the numbers

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Joe Wilcox goes through Apple’s numbers for the quarter thoroughly (and dispassionately – something that I appreciate when it comes to numbers). What sticks out for me is that Apple has managed a pretty astounding feat: preserving unit sales (or … Continue reading →

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Scoble is right about iPhone users. But the game isn’t over yet

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Robert Scoble has a post up about why Apple’s key advantage is the breadth of the app store. And he’s right – but the game isn’t over yet. 85,000 is the headline figure, and what it allows Apple to leverage … Continue reading →

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Is Apple recession proof? The answer is “no”, but…

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Ian Betteridge

Jason O'Grady has a good post summing up the theory (first espoused by American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu) that Apple is "recession proof". In fact, I think there's good reason to think that the opposite it true, but also … Continue reading →

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