tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44347256750555304862024-03-12T16:25:41.516-07:00Gene Munster: Fake AAPL AnalystI'm too damn nice on tv. I need a place to tell it like it is.Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13579583392572123963noreply@blogger.comBlogger239125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434725675055530486.post-20448985194053244672008-06-26T05:32:00.000-07:002008-06-26T05:58:35.679-07:00Nah<a href="http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/233390"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">July 7, 2007:</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /><br />WATERLOO–If Jim Balsillie is concerned about the arrival of Apple Inc.'s much-hyped iPhone, he's doing a good job of keeping it to himself.<br /><br />The co-CEO of Research In Motion Ltd., which makes the popular line of BlackBerry email devices, said in an interview at RIM's Waterloo headquarters that </span><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">he's not losing sleep over Apple's efforts to upend the wireless market</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> in much the same way as its wildly popular iPod music devices changed the way people acquire and listen to music.<br /><br />In fact, Balsillie said he couldn't even confirm whether anyone at RIM's sprawling campus has managed to get their hands on an iPhone, which went on sale in the United States a week ago amid a torrent of media coverage.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">"I haven't seen one," he volunteered with a shrug of his shoulders and a bored expression.<br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br />"It's possible, I guess. I mean, you watch these things, but you really have to just focus and do your job."</span><br /><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Focus and denial can bear a strange resemblance Jim. RIMM investors, Munster Nation welcomes you with open arms.</span></div>Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13579583392572123963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434725675055530486.post-87046084591443071412008-06-24T10:12:00.000-07:002008-06-24T10:13:53.862-07:00Episode X: Symbians Battle the Androids<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Episode X: <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Symbians Battle the Androids<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It has been many years since the mighty Empire fell to the great<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Knight OS X. OS X has since reformed The Order and become <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Grand Master of the Universe.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Peace has reigned and the Grand Master has prospered. Yet, just when OS X <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">believed he would never again be challenged by the Dark Side, more </span><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,147477-c,cellphones/article.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">news of </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,147477-c,cellphones/article.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">the Symbian's feeble efforts to destroy the Force is delivered to him.</span></a><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,147477-c,cellphones/article.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">But lo, the Symbians must battle the Androids first, and they will suffer many hardships <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">on the planet Google.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The news emboldens a vision in the Great Master . . . and the seeds of a grand plan begin <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">to grow . . . .<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13579583392572123963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434725675055530486.post-5670236022964500762008-06-23T18:54:00.000-07:002008-06-23T18:55:32.829-07:00Today's 'Droid FlareupI've previously mentioned it <a href="http://fakegene.blogspot.com/2008/02/droids-are-lost-in-space.html">here</a> and <a href="http://fakegene.blogspot.com/2007/11/how-to-build-software-with-cheap-labor.html">here</a> and <a href="http://fakegene.blogspot.com/2007/12/big-surprise-not-frustrated-android.html">here</a>.<br /><br />But today Google requeued the tape and <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121418837707895947.html?mod=hpp_us_inside_today">played it again.</a><br /><br />Looks like developers and carriers are now openly playing "Avoid the Droid".Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13579583392572123963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434725675055530486.post-51374819120974638002008-06-21T08:33:00.000-07:002008-06-21T08:34:59.674-07:00Geez, I'm a broken recordBlockbuster or Netflix?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/06/19itunes.html">iTunes</a>, by a mile.Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13579583392572123963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434725675055530486.post-3684587151816579682008-06-19T05:18:00.001-07:002008-06-19T05:18:37.438-07:00Two Slot is on the RopesA call came through on the Piper land line from Cramer.<br /><br />"Geno!"<br /><br />"Cramer."<br /><br />"I need some help pal."<br /><br />"You bet. What can I do for you?" <br /><br />"Schnitchel your $250 target on Apple Gene."<br /><br />" Huh?"<br /><br />"I told Cramerica to dump 75% of their Apple stock."<br /><br />"You did what?"<br /><br />"Just before Apple's annual lovefest. You probably saw it."<br /><br />"Uh, I don't watch your show . . . ."<br /><br />"There was too much hype about the iPhone! Now the stock is bouncing, so yesterday I had to use the Job's health scare nonsense. It didn't work! The stock went up. You gotta help me. I'm looking like, BAD, on that call."<br /><br />"Geez Jim, I dunno. $250 might actually be low . . . did you see all those countries Apple will be selling into? GPS. Push mail. Everybody in the office wants one."<br /><br />"I need some advice Gene. You have NO IDEA, NO IDEA."<br /><br />"You're right. I don't. Good luck Jim."Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13579583392572123963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434725675055530486.post-71947271311667412402008-06-10T03:47:00.000-07:002008-06-10T03:48:18.986-07:00Churn Baby ChurnNow Cramer's trying to save the banks with the Satan of last resort saves: Commissions. The retail nick is always the lowest card in the deck. <br /><br />So, not only does he recommend selling Apple, but he recommended selling it in TWO transactions. Then he goes on to recommend a third transaction -- buying some back again tomorrow (minus what you'll need to save to pay capital gains) if the reviews on the new iPhone are good. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.thestreet.com/story/10420481/1/jim-cramers-stop-trading-sell-apple.html?puc=newshome">Check out the video clip for what passes as good investment advice these days.</a> Note that Two-Slot can't recommend a better place to put that 75% of AAPL (other than Apple -- buy it back tomorrow) that he says you should sell. <br /><br />Donkey quote: "I'm not a technologist ok." <br /><br />Why does anyone listen to this guy?Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13579583392572123963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434725675055530486.post-25761163347720546972008-05-23T15:43:00.001-07:002008-05-23T15:43:32.345-07:00The Beta Fraternity Weighs InApple has been on our Piper Jaffray Alpha list for months. Team Munster has a 'Buy' and $250 target on the stock.<br /><br />The New York boys are late to the party again. <a href="http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2008/05/23/apple-shrs-rise-on-bullish-notes-from-merrill-goldman/">They have to wait for Team Munster to do the research; then they choke it down and thrash around before they cough it back up.</a>Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13579583392572123963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434725675055530486.post-67903965520507303162008-05-17T09:12:00.000-07:002008-05-17T09:16:51.994-07:00Ask Team Munster (TM)Q: How are Shaw Wu and Apple alike?<br /><br />A: They are both all over the map<br /><br />Am Tech's chump analyst downgraded AAPL to "hold" and lowered his target just ahead of the April 23rd earnings announcement. Six weeks later he suddenly upped his rating to 'Buy' and set a $210 target on the stock. <a href="http://zachbass.blogspot.com/2008/05/shaw-wu-amtechs-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde.html">Here's the psychiatric profile on Wu</a>, and it's from a blogging source you can trust. With a name like Zach Bass you know he's at least a quarter Minnesotan.<br /><br />So how is Apple all over the map? <a href="http://applelot.org/2008/05/16/iphone-country-count-up-to-53/">Check this out.</a>Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13579583392572123963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434725675055530486.post-54700833726972389692008-05-12T14:33:00.000-07:002008-05-12T14:34:15.596-07:00RIM Puts a Nickel in the Parking MeterResearch in Motion, Thomson Reuters, and Royal Bank of Canada <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/research-motion-thomson-reuters-plan/story.aspx?guid=%7B3BF94354%2D0AD8%2D4958%2DBA28%2D26D06FF784F2%7D">each ponied up to create a $150 million fund</a> to bribe iPhone developers to port their software to the Blackberry.<br /><br />It's a start -- about 15 minutes worth. They need to be careful. Those meters will bleed you worse than a trip to Leech LakeGenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13579583392572123963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434725675055530486.post-55081191941122214142008-05-02T14:57:00.001-07:002008-05-02T14:57:50.943-07:00Gonna Make Me Say It Again?Blockbuster or Netflix?<div><br /></div><div><a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080501-apple-itunes-store-now-gets-films-for-purchase-same-day-as-dvd.html">iTunes</a></div>Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13579583392572123963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434725675055530486.post-32374096438516140312008-04-24T16:54:00.000-07:002008-04-24T16:56:02.495-07:00Aw ShucksAppleInsider Poll<div><br /><a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/polls/index.php">Who do you think is the most accurate Apple analyst?</a></div><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Gene Munster (Piper Jaffray) 57.4%<br /></span>Shaw Wu (AmTech) 13.2%<br />Rich Gardner (Citigroup) 10.5%<br />Mike Abramsky (RBC Capital) 7.0%<br />Ben Reitzes (Lehman Brothers) 5.0%<br />Tavis McCourt (Morgan Keegan) 2.7%<br />Katy Huberty (Morgan Stanley) 2.6%<br />Scott Craig (Bank of America) 1.6%<br /><br />Total votes: 741<br /><br /></div>Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13579583392572123963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434725675055530486.post-23979999222795896312008-04-24T13:59:00.000-07:002008-04-24T14:00:20.565-07:00Conference Calls and Komodo DragonsYou can listen to it <a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/earningsq208/">here.</a><br /><br />Listen to the summary on the front end and skip to my line of questioning about half way through.<br /><br />For the rest listen to Bob and Ray's classic, "The Komodo Dragon", second from the bottom on <a href="http://www.bobandray.com/listen.html">this page.</a><br /><br />P.S. Microsoft saying they are being "cautious about the economy" is dishonest. They know what's really happening, and so does Munster Nation.Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13579583392572123963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434725675055530486.post-41783153443863903982008-04-22T15:22:00.000-07:002008-04-22T15:23:16.452-07:00Wu Wu Ch'BoogieHeadin' for Fast Money with a pack on my back,<br />Tired of chump analysts handin' Apple the hack,<br />I love to hear the sound of hedgies gettin' the sack,<br />And see their hands a tremblin' as their sellin' their crack,<br />Blabbering such nonsense cause they don't know Mac,<br />So, I set them right back with the facts, Jack!<br /><br />Wu wu, wu wu, ch'boogie!<br />Woo, woo, ooh,ooh, ch'boogie,<br />Choo, choo, choo, choo, ch'boogie,<br />I set them right back with the facts, Jack!Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13579583392572123963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434725675055530486.post-6198061889864487762008-04-17T20:57:00.001-07:002008-04-17T20:57:46.339-07:00Amusing IroniesNokia's CEO says the iPhone is just a "niche" product. He added that Nokia is working to have an iPhone clone available the second half of 2008.<br /><br />Marketwatch appears to be doing it's US economic reporting from <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/philly-factory-gauge-falls-7-year/story.aspx?guid=%7BE3B25458%2DB1C2%2D4D04%2DA384%2DECB4F4E6C3A3%7D">Amman, Jordan.</a> Folks I'm not outsourced . . . still in Minneapolis USA.<br /><br />Merrill Lynch posted write downs of $2 billion for the first quarter and 4,000 in job cuts, but the CEO said the core business is fine.<br />Viv wants to know how much diesel they have left in the backup generator.<br /><br />Watch out for the currency translation effect this earnings season. IBM got a boost (which got shoved under the rug) but Nokia took a hit (and you'd have to be deaf and blind not to know).Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13579583392572123963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434725675055530486.post-43521378306016459242008-04-02T17:52:00.001-07:002008-04-02T17:52:46.870-07:00You're WelcomeDid you see me raise the average IQ by two hundred points on the Fast Money set? Heh. Just being on that show is a risk to my reputation . . . how about that Wallenda remark from Macke the Knife? Uff Duh. <br /><br />You probably wonder about my connection with the Taiwanese suppliers. Let's just say it's good business to have a hot female Chinese language speaker on the team (thanks Viv). She rocks in Minnesotan too. Never, ever underestimate the Minneapolis-Asian connection. Northwest <i>Orient</i> is headquartered here. Go ahead, Google it. They dropped the <i>Orient</i> but we've been making tracks to Asia better and faster than anybody since the 60's. <br /><br />One more thing to consider. Remember when Apple lowered the price on iPhone and customers threatened a nasty brawl? The rebates?<br />This time could they be selling off existing stock to give the market a little breathing room? Think about it. When the 3G is released Apple will sit in the fast innovation penalty box for five minutes vs. getting run over by the zamboni again. Staying ahead of the puck. That's what this is about.Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13579583392572123963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434725675055530486.post-5327402487794286122008-03-31T13:57:00.000-07:002008-03-31T14:06:34.175-07:00Hey it's not like I've been sitting around eating bon-bons.I know, I know, I've been remiss in posting to the blog. But friends I hope you now understand. We've been <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/article/70559-can-apple-sell-45m-iphones-by-end-of-2009?source=feed">working on the report</a> for weeks, and the team made me promise to stay focused and lay off the blogging until it was done.<div><br /></div><div>Well, I hope you will forgive me. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">And</span> I hope you like the report. 45 millions phones are in the bag for 2009.</div><div><br /></div><div>So bring it on, fud-slinging nay sayers! You will be proven wrong yet again. Did the iPod teach you anything?</div>Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13579583392572123963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434725675055530486.post-82007802063844875722008-03-17T16:41:00.000-07:002008-03-17T16:44:56.953-07:00Air is adding to mac sales... who knew?<div>This just in!!!!<br /><br /><blockquote>Apple saw particular strength in notebook systems, which rose 64 percent in units and 67 percent in revenues, suggesting strong sell-through of the company's new MacBook Air, noted Hargreaves.<br /><br />"Macbook Air sales appear to be additive to total sales, rather than replacing Macbook Pro sales," he said. "We believe a new set of corporate customers make up a meaningful portion of MacBook Air buyers."</blockquote></div><div><br /></div>Gee now let's see, didn't we hear something about that being the case? Back in February I think it was...<div><br /></div><div>Oh yeah that's right, <a href="http://fakegene.blogspot.com/2008/02/apple-announced-new-product-recently.html">it was ME</a>!</div>Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13579583392572123963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434725675055530486.post-5432821263942844352008-03-15T12:20:00.000-07:002008-03-15T12:21:03.340-07:00Why iPhone Will Storm EnterprisePeople have been asking me why Apple would license Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync. Analysts at <a href="http://db.tidbits.com/article/9489">Tidbits.com</a> say it best:<br /><br />"Apple surprised many industry watchers by announcing that they'd licensed Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync from Microsoft, as Apple rarely licenses anything that's core to their purpose. But in the enterprise, Exchange is one of the kings, and Apple had to pay obeisance to get the pieces necessary to perform robust synchronization and communication. With full Exchange support, Apple can directly take on Research in Motion (RIM) and its BlackBerry communicators. Apple took aim at RIM by criticizing their single-point-of-failure approach to having all email and messaging pass through RIM's servers; two recent brief failures have highlighted RIM's vulnerability. In Apple's approach, the iPhone will communicate directly with the enterprise's servers."<br /><br /><br />Security and dependability matter. Which system would you choose for your business?<br /><br />AAPL Target: $250Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13579583392572123963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434725675055530486.post-74741489458964953472008-03-03T18:59:00.001-08:002008-03-03T18:59:22.279-08:00She'll be OK, I thinkThanks to Viv for the magnolia tea tip. And thanks for all your concerned emails. Even the one from "AAPL Anna" up in Mille Lacs. The lady offered to run down with dried "infusion" leaves from her magical fence screener plants (Yah, can you believe it? At the next cc I'm gonna ask why there's no background checking on Apple shareholders.)<br /><br />Anyway, Violet was so agitated by the time I got over there she insisted on calling her lawyer. She wants to start a class action against Sprint. <br /><br />So I had to tell her Sprint <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2007/tc20070110_990434.htm">has a big ass hole in their bucket</a>. <br /><br />That didn't go over very well. OK . . . it was a disaster. So I'm blogging from Regions ER . . . they say it will be just five stitches.Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13579583392572123963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434725675055530486.post-76904867721366275142008-03-02T20:02:00.001-08:002008-03-02T20:02:55.553-08:00Oopsie DaisyMy cousin Violet is a sucker for deceptive TV ads. <br /><br />By age three (1988) we had the diagnosis. It was the year of the "Oopsie Daisy" fad, a "smart" doll that crawled, fell down, cried "Mama", then righted herself and continued crawling. <br /><br />Saturday morning TV Oopsie ads were Violet's gateway drug. Cue the music to "Pop goes the Weasel". "Oopsie daisy's learning to crawl, she's such a pretty baby...oop! oopsie daisy!"<br /><br />To sane adults -- which her parents were at the time -- it was nauseating. But little Violet HAD to have that doll, a fact she reminded her parents about until it drove them to distraction.<br /><br />So on Christmas morning, 1988, her father took it from the box and quickly installed two C batteries (while Violet was jumping up and down and holding her crotch). Dad turned on the doll and set her into crawl position.<br /><br />Violet started screaming. The relatives were baffled, and had trouble yelling over the gear grinding noise coming from the toy. The same noise that was scaring the bejeezus out of Violet. She began to cry. "That wasn't on the TV commercial", she wailed.<br /><br />The Oopsie Daisy Christmas was just the beginning. No matter how hard we work as a family to help her overcome this addiction she periodically falls into the trap.<br /><br />So Violet saw the latest Sprint Blackberry Pearl "smart" phone ad, the one that features a guy on a moving sidewalk in an airport. He's using a combination finger/laser pointer to write words in the air, which are magically transmitted as text messages or email or something.<br /><br />Violet bit for it. You bet, I got the call this time. Her parents couldn't be bothered; they were busy logging on to hypnosisdownloadsfortraumatizedparents.com. <br /><br />Anyway she said it's all Apple's fault. After all, they show how the iPhone works on their TV ads, with the touches and all. The Blackberry ad didn't have tiny print disclaimer on the screen, you know, "Dramatization -- don't try this at home" or whatever. Violet assumed Blackberry had honestly invented air writing to beat iPhone. It looked so cool, she said.<br /><br />Ugh. I'm going over with oolong magnolia tea to help Violet through this latest "oopsie" episode.Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13579583392572123963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434725675055530486.post-8004726362348228252008-02-28T14:24:00.001-08:002008-02-28T14:25:18.656-08:00Those Berenstain Bears!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0394856406.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_PC_PU_PU0_.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0394856406.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_PC_PU_PU0_.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Folks I've mentioned the Berenstain Bears and their imploding tree house here numerous times, so when Toni Sacconaghi <a href="http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2008/01/24/apple-so-where-are-all-the-iphones/">blustered about missing iPhones and iPod sales recently</a> I didn't even bother to mention it. <br /><br />Yes, the chump analyst spoke out of turn. <br /><br />Stay the course investors. Great things to come.Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13579583392572123963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434725675055530486.post-108778117779899912008-02-27T15:13:00.000-08:002008-02-27T15:14:05.570-08:00So last week I called Appleand offered to send <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TC_(mascot)"> TC </a> to the Goldman Sachs Tech Symposium. Joanie, in Investor Relations said, "It's ok, we've got him. He can hit. He can pitch. He can make a triple play." Imagine my surprise when it turned out to be Tim Cook. And oh yes, <a href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/goldmansachs07/">he hit it out of the park.</a>Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13579583392572123963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434725675055530486.post-3280052922208642682008-02-25T14:23:00.001-08:002008-02-25T14:23:41.510-08:00Papparazi Task ForceThanks to all the Minnesota Oscar winners. I can move around town in relative obscurity for a couple weeks. <br /><br />Hey, how about them Coens were trying to low key it? They'll be hiding behind Diablo as they trot through the airport (after all, the shine is off the Craig Memorial Men's Bathroom Stall). Heck, them Coens are pretty smart. They bought into Viv's set up to get Diablo Cody into a Wilma Flintstone dress. Ex-strippers from Minneapolis in bad fashion will trump. Folks are already starting a pool to guess the location of the other tattoos. You bet, the local Pap will be swilling her faster than frat boys on a keg.<br /><br />Hang in there Apple investors.Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13579583392572123963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434725675055530486.post-42374402699300880552008-02-12T14:02:00.000-08:002008-02-12T14:03:10.206-08:00Apple announced a new product recently, and it's selling, and not cannibalizing other product sales --- Good, right?Wrong. The media types *cue Jaws music here* have to "angle" it, and what better way than by comparing the new product's sales to another existing blockbuster seller?<br /><a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/02/12/macbook_air_demand_trails_that_of_original_intel_based_macbook.html">The result is here.</a><br /><br />Katie buried the Munster money quote at the bottom of the article: "[For these] reason[s] resellers indicate that sales of the MacBook Air have been additive to their overall Mac sales in the quarter," Munster advised clients. "The MacBook Air addresses the need for mobility unlike any other Mac, and as such we believe it is not cannibalizing sales of other Mac laptops." <br /><br />Better headline: Apple Taps New Mobility Market with MacBook Air.Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13579583392572123963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434725675055530486.post-78305679298090945802008-02-11T17:28:00.001-08:002008-02-11T17:28:41.472-08:00Motorola Dead, Nokia in Denialand strangled chokes are emanating from the Blackberry company (RIMM):<br /><br />"Clear! Clear!"<br /><br />Research might be in motion, but <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSN1114968920080211">disaster recovery needs to check into rehab. </a>Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13579583392572123963noreply@blogger.com0