That's the one thing I like about owning a WP7 or buying another one is the fact that OEM's aren't allowed to do this. HTC have their Sense UI on WP7, but it's an app and it doesn't sit about the base OS :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave B
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That's the one thing I like about owning a WP7 or buying another one is the fact that OEM's aren't allowed to do this. HTC have their Sense UI on WP7, but it's an app and it doesn't sit about the base OS :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave B
Oops, didn't know about this. I haven't personally used a Motorola Android phone yet. One of my friends was using a Droid X and was quite happy with it. The screen was awesome, and if I remember it also has the longest running battery in the android smartphones group, which is a good thing because of the way these things eat up their batteries especially if you have background and auto sync on. They say they're also making Motoblur less intrusive after complaints, so you never know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave B
Can't say I agree with that. I like Motorola phones, and have grown to hate Nokias over the years. Around 2005 I bought a Nokia 6670, kickass for that time, good camera, latest Symbian OS, did a lot of things, worked fine for 6 months and then went ape$hit. Had to go to the Nokia "service" center for about 10 times in six months, because every time they'd say it's fixed, and it would die again. They flashed the OS, replaced the battery, and finally exchanged it, same problem again. Finally got rid of it and bought a Motorola SLVR L7. The most hassle free phone I have ever owned. Wifey had a Motorazr which worked fine for half a decade without a squeak. I think they make solid phones, and have left Nokia behind, for now at least. Well, everybody is leaving Nokia behind as of now. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by 555-04Q2
I never had any problems with any of my Nokia's with over a dozen models and over a decade of use :)Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainRaiden
The only Motorola I ever had was, to be polite, cr@p :(
Hey jag, Apple stock is doing well isn't it? DailyTech - Apple Stock Plunges as Investors "Think Different"
This is SPARTAn!!!!!!
I'd love to see this do well and chip away at Apple's iTunes revenue and take away Apple's control of their own platform. :laugh:
Project Spartan: Facebook’s Hush-Hush Plan To Take On Apple On Their Own Turf: iOS
If you think that's a crash, you haven't seen the cliff faces in the Microsoft charts that happen on a regular basis. If you chart them out one year, it looks more like a heart monitor than a stock charting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Then again, if you chart back a year on each, you'll notice the profits for Apple and the losses for Microsoft.
Over the years, I've bought AAPL shares from the mid $30's to about $190/share. Except for those medical/legal bills last year, I haven't sold any of it for price reasons. My avg. per share cost basis is somewhere around $110/share. So yeah, in my world, AAPL is still doing well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Really, really well. :s mokin:
AAPL has not performed so very well so far this year though - pretty much even money Year-to-Date. But it's hardly a stock or company that's in trouble, as is Nokia and RIM. And what we've had is not exactly a "plunge". It's amusing when tech sites try to write stories about the equity markets. But with that said, there are questions and concerns among investors, as detailed in the article you linked. But with the next quarterly earnings announcement, my guess is those who buy around current levels will be rewarded. I don't plan on buying any more shares right now, but I may buy some calls or sell some puts.
But before we bag too much on AAPL, let's compare AAPL vs MSFT vs the S&P 500 (a broad market measure). I think this will explain why I'm not all that concerned - but if I were a MSFT shareholder, I would not be happy. Apple is roughly tracking the market. MSFT (along with RIM and Nokia) is severely underperforming the market (and Apple).
Microsoft Corporation Stock Chart vs. Apple vs. S&P 500| MSFT Interactive Chart - Yahoo! Finance
The problem with Apple is that they could disappear tomorrow and it would have little impact upon the market. Apple constantly needs to innovate to make money, all Microsoft needs to do is incrementally improve their products because they provide solutions for everything and not just a few shiny trinkets.
So Microsoft's new claim to fame is that they exist... and that's about it? Apple innovates and they experience growth. Google innovates and they experience growth. Cypress Semiconductor innovates and they experience growth. But as you say, Microsoft sort of just exists these days... churns out commodity products with little value added, and they make enough money to get by. Hardly a ringing endorsement, IMO. Investors don't pay very high P/E multiples for companies that do that. And as we can see over the past decade, anyone who has bought Microsoft has dead money on his hands. Even by your description, I could say the same thing about a utility or dog food company.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
When Ballmer either quits/retires or gets fired (not likely, but his fan club on Wall St. is getting smaller by the day), maybe MSFT will get back on track. The latest rumor has Microsoft buying either Nokia or RIM. Unlike the Skype purchase, both these companies could be had on the cheap. But as a stock, I don't see MSFT going anywhere anytime soon. And if it gets back up to $28 again (and I don't see a good, fundamental reason to support that price level), I'll short that dog again... and ride it back down to $24-$25. I look for RIM to bounce back above $30 before I expect MSFT to even get a glimpse of $30. I just read a report that since introducing the Win Phone 7 platform, Microsoft has actually LOST marketshare, instead of gained. It might be a great phone platform. I don't know. But as with its recent history in so many consumer oriented areas, Microsoft's poor execution causes carriers and consumers to lose faith before they even try the thing out. It's just hard to get people to bet on a horse that has a tendency to trip and fall as soon as he gets out of the gate. I can't say that's an unfair statement on MSFT at this point. Maybe they'll get better. Time will tell. But no one is going to wait for them.
Like I keep saying, I'm not a fanboy or a hater of any of these companies - though some I admire or follow more than others. But basically, I just call 'em like I see 'em. On stocks, when I'm right, I'm right (Apple long, Bank of America, Nokia, Microsoft and RIM shorts :) ) and when I'm wrong, I'm wrong (Saks, Wendy's and AMD longs and Tivo short :( ).