Posts by Gussy2000

Samsung posts RECORD profits, but execs drip cold sweat over 2013

Hmm...maybe

I think there might be some underestimations here. Yes the loss of Apple and slow downs in the PC markets will take their tolls but NFC and LTE are two technologies that have not been fully realized. The iPhone 5, for example, is the first iPhone with LTE and the Nexus 4 does not have it (leaving room for it on the 5). I think with upgrade cycles, the more affluent global smartphone market will still be moving into new devices with both NFC and LTE. I know I am now at the end of my 2 year contract (U.S.) and am somewhat holding out for the SGS IV. Even if I don't end up with an SGS IV, Sammy is very likely to get my money on the III. That will still move me from a single core, HSPA+ phone to a dual-core, LTE handset.

I think there is still growth to be had in the mobile market. I know plenty of people still using feature phones or very old touch screen devices. Actually, one of the largest barriers in the U.S. is not the phones but the cost of service. Here's hoping the fight between the big four (VZW, ATT, Sprint & TMob) heats up.

Hey, Apple and Google: Stop trying to wolf the whole mobile pie

Interesting perspective

I think I have been sort of subconsciously sharing the author's feelings. Amazon, with its Apple-like move towards being a walled garden of hardware and software and services, has really turned me off as a customer. At this point, the only Apple product I'd buy is an iMac because I am still allowed to run whatever OS on it I want. Google? I guess Google is just as guillty as the rest. Maybe it doesn't feel that way because it still has OEM partnerships on hardware and I still use its browser and web services on Microsoft's OS.

So far, I have not been prohibited from doing what I want with my tech (or not to the point of getting really pissed off) but I can see the author's point and can easily see that day coming.

Hmm, I think I'll order an iPad Mini on Amazon ... Oh no I won't

Re: Both products are a big fail.

I agree because, PERSONALLY, I have little use for tablets BUT (and here it is) our household does have a Kindle Fire that gets A LOT of use. 1) Wife watches Food Network while keeping website up on Kindle. Bookmarks recipes and then sets the Kindle up on a stand while cooking (don't try THAT with a laptop or while holding your smartphone close enough to you can read the recipe). Tablet wins.

2) To keep my toddle from driving us both insane on 1-2 hour drives, we hand him the Kindle and he watches movies in the car (we can also strap it to seat)

3) If my phone is charging and the wife needs use of a full desktop and all I want to do is read some news, I take the Kindle and use Pulse.

4) We have one TV. My son might be watching something on the DVR or Netflix, my wife might be on the computer (we also have one laptop) so I pull up HBO Go or Netflix or Amazon Instant and watch something if I don't read.

So the Kindle is mostly for my wife and son with me being an occasional user. I really wish the Nexus 7 had been available at the time I bought the Fire but for a $180 item (got it on sale), it was worth the price.

Re: Serves Apple right....

Except the iPad Mini's competition is both BETTER (spec-wise) AND lower priced so people don't have to "settle" for anything. The same can't be said for a Boxster S which for the price outperforms all other roadsters. And when did buying a $50,000+ car with two seats that you can't drive all year round qualify as "settling" in this country? You must be one of the 1%.