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Pholus

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87. Sigh. So Apple's products are "unbeatable" but not a monopoly...

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 02:02 PM

Mar 2012

Clean up your doublespeak. Simply make up your mind and take a position.

And while it might apply to "all tech companies" some Apple Cultists like to brag about the massive cash reserves Apple has which will "reshape" the tech market. Cash reserved maintained offshore where they do not benefit the American people through taxes and investment.

You know, just like any textbook monopolist would.

Spare me your "Apple is good and great" spiel. That's just more marketing. Pretty much like everything Apple is or stands for.

And, Apple has only 47000 jobs in the US. Based on a COMMISSIONED (by Apple) study they have a number based on several dubious assumptions that they are worth half a million jobs. That has been thoroughly questioned elsewhere. Use the GOOGLE powered search feature to find that thread as it is a waste of my time to do it for you.

By the way, don't waste your time thinking I am defending google and that they are my "brand of choice." Having used computers since 1980, I have no brand of choice. Computers are a tool. Kind of like Apple cultists.

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The iPad Is Unbeatable - Why Apple�s tablet competitors don�t stand a chance�and maybe never will. [View all] onehandle Mar 2012 OP

Apple is unbeatable because its a religion. Muskypundit Mar 2012 #1

Are you saying that to convince yourself? cleanhippie Mar 2012 #2

No. Im just tired of the apple worship on this site. Muskypundit Mar 2012 #4

evil multinational corporation? Perhaps, but they do make good products. cleanhippie Mar 2012 #5

Imperfect, yes. Evil? IDTS. =) AverageJoe90 Mar 2012 #19

There's Apple worship *EVERYWHERE* Initech Mar 2012 #20

That's like the sixth time you've ditched your iPhone. onehandle Mar 2012 #25

No I actually ditched it for real this time. Initech Mar 2012 #27

Nah. You'll have a new iPhone within a couple of weeks. onehandle Mar 2012 #28

Nope - I have the Galaxy for the next year. Initech Mar 2012 #36

Also switched over Sabayon65 Mar 2012 #41

Yeah the 64GB iPhone was $400, the Galaxy was 1/2 that. Initech Mar 2012 #51

Agreed. They need a "Apple" Forum under "Religion & Spirituality." FSogol Mar 2012 #30

It's pretty much daily that onehandle and tesha MattBaggins Mar 2012 #89

Don't be annoyed. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2012 #81

And that religion's "Dead Sea Scrolls" is begin_within Mar 2012 #76

How exciting dipsydoodle Mar 2012 #3

I heard that when the first Macintosh came out SomethingFishy Mar 2012 #6

Maybe, but there will still be quite a market for people who want a tablet cali Mar 2012 #7

I think they have a good price point with the tablets, starting at $399 got root Mar 2012 #9

No. ForgoTheConsequence Mar 2012 #13

Yes got root Mar 2012 #14

Haha. ForgoTheConsequence Mar 2012 #15

Fer fuck's sake...one costs $500 and one costs $400 alcibiades_mystery Mar 2012 #29

??? got root Mar 2012 #47

Gas pricing & marketing. ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2012 #60

Yes, you can get a previous gen iPad for twice as much as a Kindle Fire. EOTE Mar 2012 #39

That's not the sole reason Major Nikon Mar 2012 #43

That works both ways. Some Android Apps dont exist on iOS. nt stevenleser Mar 2012 #73

There are 140,000 apps specifically for the iPad Major Nikon Mar 2012 #77

It's very much in the same ballpark. EOTE Mar 2012 #79

That's the big advantage to Android. More free apps. Major Nikon Mar 2012 #95

It's actually very close. EOTE Mar 2012 #97

You don't have to sell me on Android Major Nikon Mar 2012 #98

The whole point of the Android world is to not have to design apps for specific platforms. stevenleser Mar 2012 #103

That may be true Major Nikon Mar 2012 #106

That has not been my experience. Virtually all apps resize and rotate. Almost all apps take stevenleser Mar 2012 #114

thats called the WWW, and it works great on iPhone, in fact the first phone to do it right, also got root Mar 2012 #121

you get a lot less, too got root Mar 2012 #49

You're right, you can do far more on a netbook. EOTE Mar 2012 #78

Apples and oranges got root Mar 2012 #85

You said you get a lot less, that's simply not true. EOTE Mar 2012 #86

Nope, the Fire is $200. Bluenorthwest Mar 2012 #37

sure, but you get a lot less, too got root Mar 2012 #46

So why is it even necessary to lie about the Kindle Fire's price? EOTE Mar 2012 #88

There's also those dipsydoodle Mar 2012 #10

Nonsense...ASUS will put a dent in their sales. Rex Mar 2012 #8

This is an advertisement, not an article. The Philosopher Mar 2012 #11

Welcome to the the writings of Farahd Manjoo MattBaggins Mar 2012 #90

This might be the most pathetic example of fanboy-ism in the sad history of fanboys. Dreamer Tatum Mar 2012 #12

LOL tkmorris Mar 2012 #16

hahahaha, look upon my works ye mighty and despair DonCoquixote Mar 2012 #17

Forget You I Won't Buy All Of Them Apples. Leopolds Ghost Mar 2012 #18

Hipster angst must be dreadful. Zanzoobar Mar 2012 #21

folks have a history of lol at apple, but apple usually has the last laugh got root Mar 2012 #22

the fan boy is strong in this article... madrchsod Mar 2012 #23

Thanks. Now I have to clean the coffee from my screen! Pholus Mar 2012 #59

I believe Farhad Manjoo may need to gargle after that. n/t hughee99 Mar 2012 #24

Jesus, I get so sick of this cult like following! Logical Mar 2012 #26

The article does not mention the iPhone one single time. LoZoccolo Mar 2012 #31

And you can expect the same thing to happen in the tablet market. joshcryer Mar 2012 #32

Apple is catching up. former9thward Mar 2012 #65

bzzzzzzzt wrong MattBaggins Mar 2012 #91

I'll trust the link over your bzzzzzzzt former9thward Mar 2012 #93

Your perogative MattBaggins Mar 2012 #94

That's for the month of a new iPhone release, and the one after. LoZoccolo Mar 2012 #118

People will find whatever it is that fills their needs whether that need is concrete WCGreen Mar 2012 #33

+1 paulk Mar 2012 #68

Never say never. Tablets will eventually fall to the wayside. joshcryer Mar 2012 #34

Tablets will fall to holographic? technology. However for the life of tablets, Apple will rule. nt onehandle Mar 2012 #35

I wouldn't be so sure about that. joshcryer Mar 2012 #40

Yes. Those warehouses and shelves are getting a lot of use out of those non-iPads. onehandle Mar 2012 #54

You live in the developed world, of course you're not going to see a non-iPad. joshcryer Mar 2012 #55

Hey! I just saw my first non-iPad tablet in the wild. onehandle Mar 2012 #119

I actually do stand corrected, those numbers are pumped by the Kindle Fire. joshcryer Mar 2012 #120

They sure will! Confusious Mar 2012 #42

Call me a Apple Luddite Canuckistanian Mar 2012 #38

The iPad Is A Consumer Electronic Device Yavin4 Mar 2012 #44

The company has 140 iPad's Sen. Walter Sobchak Mar 2012 #52

Fanboyz rule! eom tledford Mar 2012 #45

Boisterous predictions of Thousand Year Reichs tend to fall flat. 2ndAmForComputers Mar 2012 #48

This message was self-deleted by its author Sen. Walter Sobchak Mar 2012 #50

This message was self-deleted by its author hauweg Mar 2012 #53

What does the ipad do? Jack Sprat Mar 2012 #56

I can think of two things right off the top, where the Ipad far surpasses any laptop. quakerboy Mar 2012 #57

Yawn. Sycophants. Merely more proof that Apple is now the evil empire MS used to be. Pholus Mar 2012 #58

Apple is not a monopoly of anything. Google is a monopoly of your privacy and your web experience. onehandle Mar 2012 #62

Sigh. So Apple's products are "unbeatable" but not a monopoly... Pholus Mar 2012 #87

This message was self-deleted by its author Pholus Mar 2012 #111

hundreds of thousands MattBaggins Mar 2012 #92

It's a toy. sibelian Mar 2012 #61

i have zero use for a tablet datasuspect Mar 2012 #63

Apple says new iPad response is "off the charts," preorders sold out onehandle Mar 2012 #64

It is the light, it is the way. nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #66

iPass! yortsed snacilbuper Mar 2012 #67

Don't companies usually have to pay for advertising? Throd Mar 2012 #69

Why are you advertising corporate junk on a progressive site??? Odin2005 Mar 2012 #70

A couple of my friends and I prefer Apple, a couple of other friends prefer PCs gateley Mar 2012 #71

Did I just click on an ad? nt Union Scribe Mar 2012 #72

LOL! You sure did- heh, heh! The only thing I have to add is... Poll_Blind Mar 2012 #74

Yes. Next question? 2ndAmForComputers Mar 2012 #75

Hail Steve, full of grace. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2012 #80

* snork * Moondog Mar 2012 #96

Geeez, Farhad . . . need to clean up? HughBeaumont Mar 2012 #82

This message was self-deleted by its author LanternWaste Mar 2012 #83

I saw part one of this movie in the eighties. LanternWaste Mar 2012 #84

Break it up JHB Mar 2012 #99

I agree. Google should be dismantled now. onehandle Mar 2012 #101

I believe that he didn't say Google. Why not answer his question? Pholus Mar 2012 #102

He's at least partly right, Google should be slit up too. JHB Mar 2012 #105

You are correct and he has said as much too. Pholus Mar 2012 #107

It's not an either/or thing... JHB Mar 2012 #104

I've never owned an Apple product Aerows Mar 2012 #100

I love my IPod, but it is 7 years old quinnox Mar 2012 #108

Study: 85 percent of companies that plan to buy a tablet, plan to buy an iPad within 90 days onehandle Mar 2012 #109

Apple implies no reasonable person should trust their marketing. Pholus Mar 2012 #113

Ah yes. Gizmodo. The second rate Gawker blog that will never be allowed in another Apple event. onehandle Mar 2012 #115

Shooting the messenger doesn't change the message. Pholus Mar 2012 #117

"Never" is pretty bold, isn't it? Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #110

My Samsung Tab is better hands down. Arkana Mar 2012 #112

My Zune Tablet is even better than that. onehandle Mar 2012 #116

I have the Toshiba Thrive LadyHawkAZ Mar 2012 #122