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Where did the iPod and iTunes come from?

Matt asked a good question a few posts back.  I made the comment that the iPod and iTunes were never expected, or designed, to be what they are - a huge success that catapulted Apple to the leader in consumer electronics and music. In fact, the story there is the

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A great time to be a Mac user

So I don't know why Apple doesn't harp on this more in its marketing.  If you are an Intel Mac owner (I guess everyone who bought a Mac in the last 6 months qualifies) and you want to run any modern software program: Mac, Windows XP,

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A great time to be a Mac user

So I don't know why Apple doesn't harp on this more in its marketing.  If you are an Intel Mac owner (I guess everyone who bought a Mac in the last 6 months qualifies) and you want to run any modern software program: Mac, Windows XP,

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Surprised and delighted?

UPDATE: Perhaps this is what was keeping them busy - here are the details about the iPhone $100 iPology rebate Folks, I  noticed some strange issues with Apple over the last 6 months   and I'm beginning to wonder.  First, our friends in Cupertino introduce   iPhone 6 months before

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Surprised and delighted?

UPDATE: Perhaps this is what was keeping them busy - here are the details about the iPhone $100 iPology rebate Folks, I  noticed some strange issues with Apple over the last 6 months   and I'm beginning to wonder.  First, our friends in Cupertino introduce   iPhone 6 months before

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What market is Apple in?

I'm reminded today, courtesy of Apple's announcement of Logic Studio (a tool for professional musicians) that Apple really has three major customer segments.  Apple appeals to: - early adopters who think different (that's the creative types who like to stand out), - late majority

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What market is Apple in?

I'm reminded today, courtesy of Apple's announcement of Logic Studio (a tool for professional musicians) that Apple really has three major customer segments.  Apple appeals to: - early adopters who think different (that's the creative types who like to stand out), - late majority

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Does market share matter to Apple?

We're witnessing an interesting transformation of Apple.  For most of its life, Apple has been content to capture less than 5% of the market for its products.  When I worked there, we used to compare ourselves to BMW or Volvo - great brands with little market share but

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Does market share matter to Apple?

We're witnessing an interesting transformation of Apple.  For most of its life, Apple has been content to capture less than 5% of the market for its products.  When I worked there, we used to compare ourselves to BMW or Volvo - great brands with little market share but

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One Million iPhones Sold

Apple announced today it sold it's one millionth iPhone.  That 1,000,000 phones in 74 days.  It took them one week to sell one million songs at $0.99,  two years to sell one million iPods and about two months to sell one million iPhones at around

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One Million iPhones Sold

Apple announced today it sold it's one millionth iPhone.  That 1,000,000 phones in 74 days.  It took them one week to sell one million songs at $0.99,  two years to sell one million iPods and about two months to sell one million iPhones at around

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The iPology

UPDATE: Here are the deets on the iPology $100 rebate. Okay, it's been a pretty good week for the marketing folks to point out what good marketing can do for you (if you are in marketing you know how hard it is to convince some execs how much