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What will Apple Eventually Do with All the Cash?
MEOW Blog Feb 02 10$40 billion at end of 2009 shows acceleration over 2008. In 2008 Apple added $9.7B in cash while in 2009 it added $11.
Restatements of Apple’s Financials Reveals iPhone ASP and Allows Closer Estimation of Margins
MEOW Blog Feb 01 10Here is a table of the iPhone business so far (click on the table for larger view):
1. ASP has been increasing.
Confirmation of Apple Ad Strategy
MEOW Blog Feb 01 10When asked about the company’s recent acquisitions of Quattro and Lala after the recent earnings report, Apple’s chief financial officer Peter Openheimer answered, “In terms of Quattro and Lala we acquired Quattro because we wanted to offer a seamless way for developers to make more money on their apps, especially free apps.
Nokia vs. Apple, Financial Performance in Devices & Services
MEOW Blog Jan 29 10Nokia regained top spot in operating profit. I’ll leave net profit assumptions aside this time, but Apple is sure to have beat by having far lower R&D as percent of sales.
Some Further iPad Thoughts
MEOW Blog Jan 28 10I think it’s a logical evolution of mobile computing. A hop along the trajectory. When the iPhone first rolled out as an embodiment of the new touch-based UI–a disruptive technology, I said it was far too good as a phone.
An Anonymous Microsoft Employee Posting Reveals the Fate of Windows Mobile
MEOW Blog Jan 25 10Anonymous posting from inside MSFT:
“E&D is going through the biggest re-org the division has ever had.
Apple Will Overtake Sony Ericsson in Phone Market Share in 2011
MEOW Blog Jan 25 10Sony Ericsson shipped 14.6 million phones at an average selling price of EUR120 in the fourth quarter, down from 24.
Apple, Microsoft Discuss Giving Bing Top iPhone Billing – BusinessWeek
MEOW Blog Jan 25 10Noted this in a business week article – not surprising:
Even if it’s consummated, an Apple-Bing deal may prove short-lived.
Incumbent Profit Share Shift Tells How Disruption Works
MEOW Blog Jan 24 10Profit Capture of Incumbents. See the graph under the link provided (source: Morgan Stanley). In 5 years, Incumbent operating profits from the mobile phone industry went from 100% share to 39% share.
Google vs. Apple Market Cap – There Is a Hidden Truth…
MEOW Blog Jan 24 10On account of Apple having cash of nearly $35 billion(*) while Google has about $22b, Google still retains a lead in terms of Enterprise Value ($165b vs.
On the Staggering Apple Ecosystem Growth and Why Rob Glaser Was Wrong
MEOW Blog Jan 23 10Rob Glaser left Real Networks which prompted me to do some thinking. Let’s take a stroll down memory lane of Glaser quotes:
In 2003: “It’s absolutely clear now why five years from now, Apple will have 3 (percent) to 5 percent of the player market.
Why Doesn’t Nokia License Android? = Why Don’t Muslims Eat Pork?
MEOW Blog Jan 18 10Nokia’s Android implementation could create a rich and market-leading total offering benefiting additionally from the Google ecosystem.
Orange Had a Runaway Christmas with iPhone Sales
MEOW Blog Jan 11 10France Telecom CEO Didier Lombard in Les Echos (loose translation):
“Remember that at Christmas, 77% of telephones with a fixed-rate tariff that Orange sold were iPhones! It’s amazing.
A Colleague Reviews the Android App Ecosystem
MEOW Blog Dec 30 09I tend to agree that Android will have less success than the superficial analysis and industry hype suggests.
Windows Marketplace for Mobile
MEOW Blog Dec 28 09One observer has posted that WMM (Microsoft’s answer to iTunes App Store) has 520 apps in it now.
On Smartphone Penetration
MEOW Blog Dec 21 09On the RIM concall Balsillie reiterated that 100 percent of the handhelds sold one day will be smartphones.
IPhone controls 46% of Japanese smartphone market
MEOW Blog Dec 19 09Domo Arigato.
My bet is we’ll see the same thing in Korea. In both Japan and Korea the incumbents mounted huge smear campaigns against the iPhone and mustered all possible means at their disposal (including major newspapers, TV and government agencies) to hinder Apple’s entry.
Strand Consult: Denmark’s illegitimate iPhone-angry pundit-nutter
MEOW Blog Dec 16 09Here’s a blog from RoughlyDrafted Magazine… which gave the title for this post, not me .
Summary of what is known about “Nexus”
MEOW Blog Dec 15 09
The phone was given to Google employees at an all-hands meeting on Friday, December 10th. The story broke when a number of Googlers tweeted about the phone.
Google Phone: Are Bloggers Bloodhounds or Journalists?
MEOW Blog Dec 14 09So far it seems the Google phone announcement is mostly bloggers looking for page views… Om Malik has been around but come on… this is a bit of a story looking for a story.
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