Time and again, people bring up the fact that phones with similar features from other vendors and on better networks may be available for way less than the cost of an iPhone. Its probably true that iPhone is not the best phone in the market today. But who cares? iPhone is not competing for the […]
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Office2.0: Ismael Announces oPhone – an Open Source Device Competition
The final session of Office 2.0 was a VC panel discussion followed by closing remarks by Ismael Ghalimi – the organizer of Office2.0. Ismael had a hard time dealing with Apple this year even though he was doing them a huge favor by gifting everyone (except media) a free iPhone. But Apple made it really […]
Five Things I learned at IIT 2007 Alumni Conference
Jeff Immelt addressing IIT 2007: “GE loves the IIT product- its graduates”picture by PAN IIT 2007 I just spent last two days at the IIT 2007 Alumni Conference. I spent 4 years in the 90’s, the best 4 years of my life, in a small college town of Kharagpur. Although it does not have the […]
How smart are you if you turn down the iPhone business?
Seth Godin has this excellent post on Verizon turning down iPhone business from Apple. The Verizon guy who turned down the iPhone Given the mass hysteria, it’s probably not so good to be Denny Strigl this week. He’s the COO at Verizon quoted with pride about turning down the iPhone deal (Verizon turned down iPhone’s […]
Apple insider reveals secret plan to launch revolutionary iCar
Apple insider, Mr. Jeremy Core, inadvertently revealed the seeds of a plan to launch a car later this year. The exact dates are not yet known but it is slowly becoming clear as to what features this revolutionary new car will have, short after the release of the iPhone. Is Apple right again? Do cars […]
Hijacking the Hello
Hello! In an exquisite marketing campaign that will become deeply embedded in your psyche over the next 6 months- Apple has launched its “Hello” tv ad. If you think about it, this is a master stroke as over time with repeated exposure to this ad you will associate the word Hello to Apple iPhone. Essentially […]