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RE: Same Bat time, same Bat channel...
By michael2k on 12/3/2008 1:05:56 PM , Rating: 4
I wouldn't make that bet. What's different now than in 2001 after Apple released the iPod?

The manufacturers may be more saavy, but not that much more or Apple would never have had to release an iPhone in the first place.

In case your history is lacking, Apple's iPod was released in 2001; their next closest competitor, Creative Labs, didn't release a similarly sized and featured product until 2004.

Apple released the iPhone in 2007, and now it's 2008 with nary a real challenger (the Storm and G1 have had mixed reviews, unlike the iPhone, and as someone else mentioned the N97 uses a resistive touchscreen). Microsoft won't have a solution until late 2009, so no WinMo phone will be able to enter the fray until then. The fact that Nokia is losing marketshare is not good.

Of course I'll be modded down as a fanboy, but the point stands: The iPhone is popular, growing faster than rivals, and unmatched (for now). If anyone matches the iPhone, it will be the old 2007 model (the Storm doesn't even have WiFi!), and if they catch up to the current iPhone, Apple will release a new model with additional features and capabilities (of course, like cut and paste and voice dial and video, but also other features the competitors won't imagine).

RE: Same Bat time, same Bat channel...
By mondo1234 on 12/3/2008 2:24:12 PM , Rating: 2
"There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance," said Ballmer

Ballmer said wouldnt happen and I believe him.
All Hail Ballmer



By kelmon on 12/4/2008 7:04:38 AM , Rating: 2
What I want to know is, why isn't that the quote at the end of this article?


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