Apple's was the first personal computer that was not just a naked circuit board. That was new. They kept innovating with hardware - fun stuff that worked. The PC was drab, a me-too toy by big iron, just to keep a hand in the game in case the stakes grew big enough to interest the accountants. Eventually, the accountants took Apple over and ran it into the ground. Jobs came back and saved the name, but the company was still owned by the accountants. Apple today is a plodding elephant coasting on the image of an agile flea that's long dead.
Apple today is certainly wealthy enough to do what Honda, for example, has done - make R&D independent. Honda's R&D focus is on mobility. One piece of Apple's focus could be, maybe, on the man-machine interface, on things like Siri, for example, but on making Siri much, much better, not only to sell phones but to break through barriers in understanding the deeper, seemingly abstract and heretofore intractable problems that are keep it merely an awkward toy.
With all that money, Apple ought to be doing something to help humanity, not just to make better iPads, important as that most certainly is.
David, can you clarify how they were different? As my first Apple device was the iPhone 4, and only recently switched to a Mac, I don't have the same Apple past as most on here,CheersFrom: "david smith david.smith.14916@gmail.com [iPad]" <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
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I like where they're going, too, in the mass market. Much of my life is spent in my iPad.Problem is, they were different, in a very good way. And with all that money - that unimaginably large amount of money - they can afford to be different, still, again. But that would take great courage on the part of a few people, and there's little reason to even hope for that.Time has moved on.1. Yes it is, as they are a listed company they have to satisfy the shareholders.2. They can innovate, whether they are larger or smaller, larger is probably better as therefore more talented employees to draw on. Its hard to innovate now, as these devices are mature. Every year I hear the iPhone is underwhelming, same for the Galaxy. Its all been 97% done. I feel it is far easier to innovate the OS, and I see that happening, which I think is great.3. They have been straddling the quality paddock, as you put it, yes. Some say a niche market. But is it niche, or understated as they chose to avoid larger screens and therefore avoided a growing market. The new iPhones are the same as the old iPhones, great and wonderful devices. All that has changed is they changed the screen to what many, many want today, as the use case for smartphones has changed over the years. The quality, the iconic brand hasn't changed. Twelve models? I assume you include the storage, its only two models, like the iPad. Small only has moved to Medium and Large, I feel thats ok.We all know that iPhone vs Android debates over the years. The hardware side has fully equalised . The OS side is getting very very close. All the while while Apple still retains the quality, security, integration. I like where they are going, my opinions.From: "david smith david.smith.14916@gmail.com [iPad]" <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
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Yes, it's important for today's Apple to please many millions of consumers. Alas.If you want to keep innovating, to stay creatively alive, you need to stay small, or you need to focus only on a discriminating market.I wonder how long they can manage to straddle the high-quality/mass-market fence. The two things are really almost antithetical.Isn't that like saying Apple should make products it likes, and that the public don't like? Which in the case of those that have been waiting for years for a better sized screen, and those that switched to Android for that reason are in that category?I know what you are saying, but giving the public what they want is very important.From: "david smith david.smith.14916@gmail.com [iPad]" <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
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Mi2.???? I rather liked apple making products it wants as opposed to what people wants.
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> On Sep 8, 2014, at 1:39 AM, "Alice Saunders lwr32@mac.com [iPad]" <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> like how Ape watches the other companies and watches for what people buy and how they like it. They watch to see what's really working and what really isn't. Then they decide, out of what people really like, what things they want to imminent and how to make them better before putting them out.
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