Why Apple won't sell 10 million iPhones in 2008
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| The vast majority of those phones are super cheap. The smartphone
| category, which is closest to iPhone territory, is very different.
| Symbian has sold 100 million smartphones in the last 10 years.
| BlackBerry hasn't reached the 10 million figure yet. It's a bit
| like saying the world car market is 18 million cars so McLaren
| can sell 180,000 because that's only one per cent. In practice,
| it sold 28 cars last year.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/02/apple_iphones/
Microsoft starts Ignition for music promotion
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| Microsoft is introducing an initiative on Monday to promote
| emerging music acts across its entire digital footprint,
| Billboard has learned.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN0135003720070602?feedType=RSS&rpc=22
http://tinyurl.com/32ncl5
They tried Urge and failed (also betrayed MTV in the process). Then they
tried Zune and failed miserably (around 750,000 units sold in 6 months,
compared to 100,000,000+ iPods). Now this? They need to compete with better,
broader, and cheaper services, not to mention stuff like YouTube. ANother
budget drainer in the making and some more upset 'partners'.
Microsoft picture of the day:
http://aycu09.webshots.com/image/16808/2006309424125221277_rs.jpg
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