Handful of Nothing

So you can run across lots of articles saying that Apple is going to rule it all, that the iPhone is going to bring down the big names, among other things. I really tought that I was a apple fan boy, or at least someone who likes apple enough to sometimes be blind, but… come on.. just sometimes. Most of the time not only me but any reasonable people can see the basics, already written here in this blog : Apple is going to push the industry quality, but not rule it. Simple enough.

It’s sad to see people thinking that Nokia, Samsung, motorola, etc are stupid companies and that they will just try to mimic the iPhone to fight against it, and that apple’s arsenal of media control (itunes - osx - devices ) can be the lethal enough.

Sorry fan boys, it’s not now that Apple will win. Come on! Apple had the best hardware, the best OS for the end user and never got it. Apple released a breakthrough PDA (the newton) and failed beautifully. Apple still having just a niche of the computer market. Of course Apple managed to create the ipod, and dominate the media player market but the iPhone will have a much more complicated scenario and will not in the next 5 years be a real player in the market. It’s segmentation, like the laptops, like the desktops will remain on the phone area and the most important markets will never be reached with it. The ipod almost created a market, the iPhone is entering a solid market that needed a little shake. The market thanks apple, but do not fear it.

Sorry again fan boys, but Apple is not bullet proof.