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I sure would not bet on that. The only place Apple won their lawsuits was in their own back yard. The rest of the foreign lawsuits are going in favor of Samsung. I think Apple innovation was renewed when Steve Jobs returned to the company and saved them from bankruptcy. I think that innovation went to the grave with Jobs. What new and great idea have they brought to market under Cook? The iPhone5 is nothing to write home about. I know a lot more people that went from the iPhone to the Galaxy than vice versa. Apple has always had a cult like following and I am sure that will continue. The new Galaxy Note 8.0 blows the socks off the iPad Mini. I have played with both.
I wish I could find the article I read which had research that says totally the opposite. I think it was an IDC research article or something like that. It was about a week or two ago. I believe, in the same article, it stated that the millennials (those born in the 1990's or early 2000's) definitely prefer the iPhone. Maybe someone else here has access to it.
According to a report released on Oct. 25 by market research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics, the loyalty of Apple's iPhone users is on the decline for the first time since the iPhone's 2007 inception. A survey conducted by SA shows that "only" 88 percent of current iPhone users in America are likely to make an iPhone their next phone, down from a previous high of 93 percent in 2011. In Western Europe, the decline was even more pronounced, with 75 percent of iPhone owners saying they're likely to be repeat buyers, down from 2011's high of 88 percent.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/06/iphone-user-loyalty-declines_n_2079751.- html
Apple avoids potential $9bn tax bill
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2ac24238-b25c-11e2-8540-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2S8AIymU- S
Whereas 91 percent of surveyed iPhone owners plan to purchase another iPhone, only 76 percent of Android users intend to purchase another Android device. And while 6 percent of iPhone owners indicated an intention to defect to Android, the bulk of Android defectors will be heading towards the iPhone, 18 percent to be exact.
http://www.tuaw.com/2013/04/29/study-iphone-loyalty-will-give-apple-the-marketsh- are-edge-over/
Especially, since they can probably fund the interest payments out of current cash flow... with the overseas cash as backup, in case it's needed.
Anything that puts more money in the pockets of share owners is a good thing.. Lots of free cash makes management lazy.. (it works the same way at my house... lol)
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I think the whole world knows Samsung is a copier. I'm also sure they are standing ready to copy the next Apple product. What new product have they ever invented for consumers?
The annual interest on $17bln at 1.85% is about $315mln. Just to put their profitability in perspective Apple needs about 50 hours of operations to generate the cash flow to pay that.
Actually I did buy the Galaxy Note 10.1 and the Verizon Jet Pack. It has worked flawless across the USA to Ohio and now we are in Indiana using it. Using the builtin NAV program it takes voice input and gives voice directions. The re-routing is instantaneous. So much better than my OEM in the Sequoia or my Magellan. It is multitasking so the wife can do crosswords while navigating. Finally a navigation device that works better than AAA maps.
In a group we go out with one person has it (vs 9 that have an iPhone 4s or 5) and she loves it, mainly for its size.
Must be a East vs West thing. I would say Samsung smartphones out number iPhones out here at least two to one. The iPhone 5 is so far behind in technology to the S3 or Note II it is not even a contest. As far as the courts only time will tell. The S4 blows the iPhone 5 out of the park.
There is no question that Samsung's Galaxy line of smartphones are giving Apple's iPhone a run for its money. In fact, some loyal iPhone fans, disappointed with the incremental updates in the iPhone 5, already are looking for something new.
Smartphone aficionados agree that when it comes to innovation, Samsung has surpassed Apple. The Samsung Galaxy S4 in particular is a real standout in the smartphone market. Its bigger screen, higher resolution camera, and lots of bells and whistles are likely to attract a lot of consumers who are fed up waiting for Apple to reset the standard in smartphones. In fact, some would say that the iPhone 5's 4-inch display is almost retro.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57582225-94/is-it-time-to-ditch-the-iphone-for-- the-samsung-galaxy-s4/
http://wallstcheatsheet.com/stocks/is-apple-plotting-an-e-payment-evolution.html- - - /
CNBC.com Article: JPMorgan Warned Over Energy Market 'Schemes'
Government investigators have found that JPMorgan Chase devised "manipulative schemes" that transformed "money-losing power plants into powerful profit centers." The New York Times reports.
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My only thought about jpm is that if the regulators start to do their job, we`l all be the better off for it, and maybe we`l get another chance to buy a stock on the cheap side.....
Incidentally have you been made whole from your dealings with the commodity house? Tony
Don't hold your breath. Eric Holder has not convicted a single corporate, Wall St or banking executive. This is the most corrupt administration in my 70 year lifetime. Why is his buddy Corzine still walking free?
Thanks for asking Tony. We are now up to 89% and likely to reach 100% later this year. There are companies now offering to buy our claims at 96%.
ComScore: Apple Top Smartphone Maker; Android Weakens Share as Top Platform
May 3, 2013 15:07:24 (ET)
By Debbie Cai
Apple Inc. (AAPL) ranked as the top smartphone manufacturer by market share in the U.S. for the three months ended March, while Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Android led the pack for smartphone platforms, market-research company comScore Inc. (SCOR) said.
ComScore said that 136.7 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones during the three months, up 9% since December. Apple held 39% market share, up from 36.3% in the prior quarter. Samsung Electronics Co.'s (SSNHY, 005930.SE) market share also rose, edging up to 21.7%, although market shares of HTC Corp. (HTCXF, 2498.TW), Motorola and LG Electronics Inc. (066570.SE) declined.
Of the 71.1 million smartphone-platform subscribers, Android continued to hold the largest portion of the market at 52%, although the share declined from 53.4% from the quarter earlier. Second-placed Apple raised its portion to 39% from 36.3%, while Research In Motion Ltd.'s (BBRY, BB.T) BlackBerry platform took third place with a 5.2% share--down from 6.4% the quarter earlier.
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Your question answers itself.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/07/technology/personaltech/google-glass-picks-up-- - early-signal-keep-out.html?ref=todayspaper
#8833 of 9321 Re: Major reason for AAPL up big so far today [robr2] by cyclone4
Mar 05, 2013 (2:51 pm)
Replying to: robr2 (Mar 05, 2013 1:18 pm)
Rob, yes the Dow reached all time highs today and that does not at all surprise me. And, the Dow could very well be lower tomorrow after this great run-up. HOWEVER, there is something else going on with AAPL today. The Dow is up 1% while AAPL is up 3%. When was the last time that happened?
Btw, I have been a stock market bull since March of 2009 when the low was reached. That is when I bought my first stock (Wells Fargo) since I dumped everything I had in stocks in the spring and summer of 2008. This is going to be a very long/extended bull run. Having said this, there will be significant pullbacks from time to time, but the Dow will be reaching much higher values over the next few years. How about 16,000 say a couple years from now? I think it will happen.
EDIT: So, right after I posted the above, AAPL tanked to only about 2% higher. There is a lot of trading left today and we'll see what happens by the close.
If you are having a party, make everyone check their Google Glasses at the door. Along with their iPhones.
I would say that Google is likely playing a dangerous game with Google Glass. It appears as if this gadget will be an accident waiting to happen.
Feds: Phoning, texting killed 3,092 in car crashes last year
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2011/12/nhtsa-cell-phones-k- illed-3092-car-crashes-/1#.UYo0W0pNVIE
On the other hand, many bad guys have been brought to justice by the use of public cameras, cell phone cameras, etc. (Boston). Most all technological advances have exposed us to both good and bad results. In most, the good outweighs the bad IMO.
I must admit, I am curios about the google glass and would love to try one out...in the privacy of my own home.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/10/opinion/krugman-bernanke-blower-of-bubbles.htm- - - l?ref=opinion&_r=0
I`m not sure , or even remotely knowledgable about Bernanke, and if the low interest rate duration is needed.....and if it can be slowly cut off , or not.....He has done a surprisingly long duration of `0` interest rates, and it was needed to re-capatiolized everything....
I`v been in the N C mountains for the last couple of weeks, and it has been very cold.....This unusual cold Spring has slowed down what is a robust economy....Things just don`t appear to be as `quick` as I expected, but it could be the weather....I mean cold and rainy
I as you and Charlie do think the market has a long way to go, and frankly the un-employment rate is over estimated in my opinion....I think (other than certain pockets) employment is about as strong as it is going to get..I also think interest rates aren`t going up meaningfully for quite a time.....
Unfortunately there is alot of uncertainty in many aspects of the general economy..I think alot of it comes from us having access to so many different opinions on the internet..
Len, Rick Santelli on CNBC is anything but a great economist, but he constantly harps against Bernanke's policies. They have a few others on that station as well who have been proven dead wrong about what the stock market has done since the spring of 2009 and one can sense this hatred for Mr. Bernanke from these people. They have been constantly spewing their doom and gloom BS. I have seen many heated arguments between Santelli and Steve Liesman, who I very much respect.
Btw, I just Googled Santelli and found out that he was a catalyst for the early formation of the Tea Party movement in early 2009. Now, that explains everything about that dude.
Most of the news today was about all the lies that were fed to us by the Obama administration about Benghazi, etc.
Then there was the revelation that someone, guess who, had the IRS target Tea Party members and to bury them in red tape, etc. Caught red handed, the IRS had to issue an apology.
How could anyone defend any of this?
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They can't defend it. If the MSM had actually looked at the facts during the election, it all would have come out then. But they were more interested in reelecting Obama than in awful lies and misdeeds.
If the MSM isn't successful in covering up again for BO and Hillary, I'm wondering what this will do to the economy. Maybe a little truth will help it instead of hurt it.
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About 75 groups were inappropriately targeted. None had their tax-exempt status revoked, Lerner said.
The IRS is an independent agency within the Treasury Department that enforces the nation's tax laws. Revelations that the agency was targeting political groups because they were affiliated with a movement that is critical of President Barack Obama could become a new headache for the White House.
"The admission by the Obama administration that the Internal Revenue Service targeted political opponents echoes some of the most shameful abuses of government power in 20th century American history," said House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/irs-apologizes-targeting-conservative-groups
Neither the Demublicans nor Republicrats nor their TP spinoff hold any water nor do they offer us any future. Some people need to stop being bitter about November and realize that some things are more than a media conspiracy.
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>About 75 groups were inappropriately targeted. None had their tax-exempt status revoked, Lerner said.
Shamefully, this was done by workers at the Cincinnati office--probably Ohioans thinking they were helping the democrat reelection machine just as Helen Kelly-Jones did when she accessed Ohio State records to check on Joe the Plumber.
When the MSM and party have worked to demonize people who think less taxing and less spending is _wrong_ and been somewhat effective with low information voters to the point where IRS workers in Ohio, a hard fought state before the election, feel they can violate the law with impunity, the battle for right and wrong and for our county may already have been lost. Nothing will be done to those workers just as nothing was done to Helen Kelly-Jones, who now has a nice $130K public job and lives not far from me.
What will all this do to the markets if and when the facade starts to break on the administration's handling of the Seals and outting them and of the Benghazi mistakes and coverup? Knowing the Wall Street folks, the market will probably continue up until 2014 November.
Houdini:
>My biggest hope is that some honest journalists will emerge from the msm and start doing their jobs again and acting as watchdogs
Amen. But it's not likely when the head of CBS news is the brother to a person in the administration likely to be involved in the coverup in the WH. No wonder CBS made talk about their reporter being too aggressive on the Benghazi story recently.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3018173/posts?page=54
http://dailycaller.com/2013/05/11/top-obama-officials-brother-is-president-of-cb- s-news-may-drop-reporter-over-benghazi-coverage/
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It seems the markets lately haven't been impacted by politics much at all. That might be the most positive part of the entire mess.
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An economic report from... ME......driving from N C to Chas S C......Charlie I always thank you for your thoughts on using `regular` gas....I`v now saved alot of money..:) The trip was very light on traffic , particularly `truck` traffic....That would indicate to me that things just aren`t at a robust stag, so interest rates will stay down...There were many license plates for Tenn and N C and I think they were fleeing the cold weather that has lingered an unusually long time....Nice and warm in Charleston...
I again want to mention `Wazer`or Wizer.....I find it to be very helpful on spotting traffic problems or in particular police .....It makes a trip not as stressful and very effective for me who may on occasion exceed the speed limit.....One thing though, it does take most of the battery on the iPhone...I have a charger cord, but left it at the farm
I am on a little road trip right now too, on the WA state coast. Hit 43mpg on the way down here. Decent weather the past several days, but rain for tomorrow. Decent volume of tourists out, stores have customers - this exact region is historically a little depressed, especially compared to Seattle which is beginning to boom again a little, but it seems to be holding its own against comparables.
From this morning:
This was maybe 90%+ with cruise set at 65-67 (which puts you in the top 20% of speed in western WA), and a little city driving mixed in.