Rip Ragged

It turns out the Nexus One isn’t doing so well.
After my post last night about the big ruckus between Apple and Google, Forbes posted a thing that said the Nexus One isn’t selling a lot of SKUs.
Apparently, they’re only selling well in places where basements are large and well appointed. If you live in a [...]

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It’s war.
Apple vs. Google
First, let’s compare hardware:
Apple makes: The MacPro, MacBook Pro, MacBook, MacBook Air Jordan, iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano, iPod Classic, iPod Touch, AirPort Extreme, AirPort Express, AppleTV, iPhone 3G and 3G(S), iPad, and a collection of cords and wires to connect them all together.
Google makes: Nexus One.
Let’s look at operating systems:
Apple makes: iLife, [...]

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Yeah. Okay.
Master Jobst Fimil feels like Google is disloyal for ripping off the iPhone, so he’s bitch-slapping squirrel boy in the media.
Who cares.
Every Anroid is a little victory garden. Apple plowed the field. Google planted the OS seed. Somebody else planted the hardware seeds. Somebody else provided the wireless-service seeds. Who’s job is it to [...]

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The other tech companies have figured out how to attack Apple. They’re going to form consortia to attack individual products and services. I’ll confess I didn’t see this permutation coming.
Dell, Amazon, and Google are going after iTunes. Apparently the iTunes clone already exists somewhere on the innertubes. I’d go find it, but those calories are [...]

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I’m an optimist with my moon in cynic.
Everywhere you look these days, the pessimists seem to be taking over the discussion. I don’t dislike pessimists, I just dislike pessimism.
Politically, I believe that Barack Obama has allowed the Democrats and Republicans in government to finally show their true colors. They’re all more interested in personal gratification [...]

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