http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/2008/07/why-and-how-the-iphone-changes-the-game/ You may be cleverer than any one of us, but you are not clverer than all of us. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:59:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/2008/07/why-and-how-the-iphone-changes-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-454 Microsoft’s Mobile Misfortune: A Rearguard Action | HaveMacWillBlog (aka Robin Bloor’s Blog) Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:06:11 +0000 http://havemacwillblog.com/?p=1055#comment-454 [...] What’s wrong with this picture? Nothing at all, unless you happen to be Microsoft. If you convert Microsoft’s market numbers into revenue, it is small beer. Microsoft charges somewhere between $8 to $15 per phone, according to Strategy Analytics, which means that Microsoft is probably earning no more than about $180 million from the mobile market. Compare that with the billions of dollars or revenue that Apple harvests and you have to wonder why Microsoft is even in this business.  As Microsoft’s market share declines the costs of maintaining Windows Mobile may become unsustainable. Microsoft isn’t even in a position to compete with Apple at this point (see How and Why the iPhone Changes The Game.) [...] [...] What’s wrong with this picture? Nothing at all, unless you happen to be Microsoft. If you convert Microsoft’s market numbers into revenue, it is small beer. Microsoft charges somewhere between $8 to $15 per phone, according to Strategy Analytics, which means that Microsoft is probably earning no more than about $180 million from the mobile market. Compare that with the billions of dollars or revenue that Apple harvests and you have to wonder why Microsoft is even in this business.  As Microsoft’s market share declines the costs of maintaining Windows Mobile may become unsustainable. Microsoft isn’t even in a position to compete with Apple at this point (see How and Why the iPhone Changes The Game.) [...]

]]> http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/2008/07/why-and-how-the-iphone-changes-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-453 Microsoft: The “Bootleg Apple” Strategy and Why It Will Fail | HaveMacWillBlog (aka Robin Bloor’s Blog) Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:15:51 +0000 http://havemacwillblog.com/?p=1055#comment-453 [...] Apple. Apple overtook Microsoft in the mobile phone market almost instantly with the iPhone. (See How and Why the iPhone Changes The Game for detail on the impact of the iPhone. Also see What is the Dark Apple Halo [...] [...] Apple. Apple overtook Microsoft in the mobile phone market almost instantly with the iPhone. (See How and Why the iPhone Changes The Game for detail on the impact of the iPhone. Also see What is the Dark Apple Halo [...]

]]> http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/2008/07/why-and-how-the-iphone-changes-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-452 iPhone Daily Briefing - 2008.07.14 | raven.me Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:59:21 +0000 http://havemacwillblog.com/?p=1055#comment-452 [...] Alley, Edward Kirk Dozens of accessories don’t work with the iPhone 3G, iPhone Atlas, Ben Wilsom How and Why the iPhone Changes The Game, HaveMacWillBlog, Robin Bloor How iPhone Could Resurrect Wireless Chip Makers, GigaOM, Stacey [...] [...] Alley, Edward Kirk Dozens of accessories don’t work with the iPhone 3G, iPhone Atlas, Ben Wilsom How and Why the iPhone Changes The Game, HaveMacWillBlog, Robin Bloor How iPhone Could Resurrect Wireless Chip Makers, GigaOM, Stacey [...]

]]> http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/2008/07/why-and-how-the-iphone-changes-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-451 Morriss Partee Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:11:59 +0000 http://havemacwillblog.com/?p=1055#comment-451 Great post! I'm not sure if this will appear as a trackback here, but I just linked to this article from my blog post on the iPhone and its impact on banking: http://everythingcu.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/is-the-iphone-going-to-revolutionize-banking/ Great post! I’m not sure if this will appear as a trackback here, but I just linked to this article from my blog post on the iPhone and its impact on banking:
http://everythingcu.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/is-the-iphone-going-to-revolutionize-banking/

]]> http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/2008/07/why-and-how-the-iphone-changes-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-450 Is the iPhone going to revolutionize banking? « EverythingCU.com World 2.0 Adventure Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:52:09 +0000 http://havemacwillblog.com/?p=1055#comment-450 [...] and states that he will never buy anything made by Apple. As far as the game-changing nature of the iPhone and mobile connectedness, this misses the [...] [...] and states that he will never buy anything made by Apple. As far as the game-changing nature of the iPhone and mobile connectedness, this misses the [...]

]]> http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/2008/07/why-and-how-the-iphone-changes-the-game/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Douglas L. Perry Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:06:54 +0000 http://havemacwillblog.com/?p=1055#comment-449 Couldn't agree more. I have a first generation iPhone(after the price drop) and will get a 3G when the lines subside. (I don't need it THAT bad) There are still some things that I do not like about my now obsolete iPhone, but overall the experience has been fantastic. I have continually been able to amaze friends and strangers with the ability to find any kind of information. Most of the time this has occurred at a hotspot, but even EDGE has come in handy more than a few times. It turns out that the information that I have used to great advantage the most has been the real time traffic on Google maps, but getting my email pretty much anywhere is great. Are there features that I would like to see? Absolutely. Is it a better phone than my wife's Blackberry? No contest. Couldn’t agree more. I have a first generation iPhone(after the price drop) and will get a 3G when the lines subside. (I don’t need it THAT bad) There are still some things that I do not like about my now obsolete iPhone, but overall the experience has been fantastic. I have continually been able to amaze friends and strangers with the ability to find any kind of information. Most of the time this has occurred at a hotspot, but even EDGE has come in handy more than a few times. It turns out that the information that I have used to great advantage the most has been the real time traffic on Google maps, but getting my email pretty much anywhere is great. Are there features that I would like to see? Absolutely. Is it a better phone than my wife’s Blackberry? No contest.

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