2010

Another piece that has me wondering how these authors and analysts are able to meek out a living from writing baseless opinions on how Apple could better it's products. If Apple were in a downward spiral or even just plateauing I could see a market for these articles.

The thesis of the latest piece from Rick Merritt or EE Times asserts the following pearl of wisdom

The Apple iPhone should embrace Adobe Flash, microSD cards, multitasking and near-field communications.

The article is based on an opinion piece sent out by J. Gerry Purdy of MobileTrax LLC. Since MobileTrax and Mr. Purdy are already household names, we should be listening intently.

Mr Purdy is quoted as saying:

"It befuddles my imagination to figure out why Apple refuses to do things that would further please customers"

That iPad, would clearly further please customers if it came packaged with a free iMac. Said iMac would further please if it included a free iPhone. Lastly that iPhone should have a Palm Pre and a Moto Droid duct taped to it.

B. James MacDonald of FunctionSwitch.net wrote in this piece:

"it appears Apple is doing just fine, with the stock over $200.00 and over 100,000 pre-orders for the iPad they are stuck in a rut. The rut just happens to be a successful rut."

We won't even get to the part where they say the iPhone needs Verizon or Sprint.

The iPad pre-orders started last week, reports have placed them at over 100,000 so far. After the start of the frenzy the PC anti-Apple trolls started spewing their hate. One of my favorite pieces so far was this from PCWorld's Galen Gruman in his article iPad Pre-Orders: For Idiots Only

After all, the first-generation iPad is particularly likely to have disappointments, as it's the version that will tell us what, after the hoopla dies down, Apple should have done.

You know what, shut up! THis is the same crap that preceded the iMac and the iPhone both of which have been spectacular successes. I reserved on myself, I admit want one even if I don't know what to expect. Will it fail, I doubt it, but if you look at the numbers from Fortune's Philip Elmer-DeWitt the jig is up.

After the initial burst of excitement on Friday that saw iPad pre-orders coming in at the rate of 25,000 per hour, there was a dramatic fall-off over the weekend.

Any idiot could have predicted a drop off, why is that news? If they completely stopped selling, that would be news.

I predict that iPad, iPhone and Apple bashing will take a dramatic drop-off after hell freezes over.