October 31st 2007 Posted to
mac
The image above shows exactly how Apple Inc. sees the world. If you mark on the
map (in red) the countries where they operate an online store and have an active
presence in retail, you will notice that they are ignoring 90% of the “rest” of the world.
I really don’t understand why Apple is not paying more attention to emerging
economies like the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) block. They also ignore
entirely continents like South America, Africa and most of Asia.
Oh! Wait! Actually Steve Jobs’ company runs an office in Brazil, and they also keep an outdated web site in Portuguese. So, why I have to wait 2-3 months to
get the latest releases? Why Leopard is just arriving Nov 16th at my “authorized retail” ? Why I have to pay 2 times the street price plus taxes? Well, I truly believe no one can answer all this questions. Apple won’t because they doesn’t care at all.
October 27th 2007 Posted to
hype, mac
I really don’t get why Apple is trying so hard not to sell iPhones. Now they decided that you can’t buy more than two units at a time and you have to pay with a
credit card. Stupid.
I know that the iPhone is far from being the best cell phone ever made, and it lacks a lot of basic features (recording videos, mms, free customs ring-tones) but it is an Apple product after all, and it causes a frisson by itself.
Apple could be making more cash if they stop with all this anti-sell techniques :
- AT&T 2 years contract in U.S. ;
- Orange 2 years contract in France ;
- T-Mobile 2 years contract in Germany ;
- O2 2 years contract in UK ;
- € 945 for an unblocked, contract free in France ;
- Two units per person, per purchase ;
- Credit cards only;
- What’s next?
With all this restrictions Apple sold 1.4 million units. In my opinion Apple could have hit the 10 million mark by now if they cut all this crap and sell the thing for U$ 399, unblocked for any SIM card and available worldwide like any IPod.
If the new Nokia N95 8GB black costs less, it could became the real Iphone killer, eh?
October 27th 2007 Posted to
hype, mac
OK, Mac OS X Leopard was released worldwide today(except Brazil, like always 
), but where are the long time rumored Macbook and Macbook pro new models? I really wanna buy one, but I don’t wanna an outdated piece of hardware!
October 23rd 2007 Posted to
web 2.0
Prototype 1.6.0 is just out of the oven with some great new features and bug fixes. I’ve decided to give it a try and coded an Edit in Place ”component” to test the new enhancements. Check the demo and source code below. Please, leave your FEEDBACK on the comments!
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