58% survey appl iphone

28% survey appl ipod

Mom, Gram, Gramp, will Santa be able to bring me an ipod!! I sure hope so, I've been a good little girl!!

you say: Yes. People like to buy what’s hot and popular at the moment. That is all that matters.

I say: if almost everybody thinks that something is "cool" and trendy, then it is not.

But my point was not this. You, like so many Apple supporters, jump to defend the divinennes of Apple and its perfect being. Defending and aruing about this or that product makes sense (to me, at least). Defending and glorifying a commercial entity does not.

Yes. People like to buy what's hot and popular at the moment. That is all that matters.

I truly wonder why would they do this? Apple is a commercial company with primary intent to extract profits from its customers. There is nothing bad about that but the people that jump to rubbish, deny and discredit anything negative about Apple and amplify anything positive it to godly proportions, as if it is some kind of charitable organisation or an entity the success of which brings pride and joy to these people, such as their biological family or tribe.

Perhaps they do it because they want to make sure that a format that they really like (Macintosh) is not crushed by what they see an inferior but dominant product? Well, Apple is at least fifty times bigger than it was when it had its last near-death experience in late 90s, its market capitalisation surpasses all but one company (MS) and soon will surpass MS too, so the worry is not well, warranted. Apple is secure guys. No need to promote it to save it from collapse.

Perhaps it is just people jumping on the band-wagon of a wildly successful thing. iPod indeed fits this point, in such case, these people are poseurs trying to bask in the light of Apple’s success and domination (a bit like Manchester United). These guys are different to the group above that is composed mainly of the “old guard faithful.

So there you have it. Tribal association with a commercial entity. Apple United, you’ll never walk alone!

PS: as I promised above, a little story – standing in a que in Vodafone shop in London, I saw a guy of about 40 checking latest Nokia N95 who said “iPhone is beautiful but it is rubbish, I gave it to my wife as it impossible to type or do anything other than listen to music and surf Wi-Fi which is a good application”

It's cold and rainy in Europe at this time. They saw Americans line up during the summer for the iPhone, a very convenient time with pleasant weather.

Don't you think SOME of the europeans are ordering the iPhone on the internet? Analysts discounted the American iPhone launch sales, and only later realized that many iPhones were purchased through the online Apple store by people in America. You don't really thing that 1.4 million people purchased iPhones in person, do you?

Actually, O2 and T-Mobile said that they would have PLENTY of iPhones on hand for the launch. T-Mobile said that it was more worried about the iPhone supply compared to the demand over the HOLIDAYS, but NOT at the launch.