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By: Hey Apple and AT&T, does a jar of Vaseline come with that iPhone 3GS?

Hey Apple and AT&T, does a jar of Vaseline come with that iPhone 3GS? — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:31:06 +0000

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By: Apple iPhone Dominates Smartphone Profits | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD « joshtalk

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:38:24 +0000

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By: Analyst: Palm Pre Sales Slow Again | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:56:40 +0000

[...] And don’t forget that $99 iPhone 3G. [...]

By: BiTTechnology » Sprint CFO: What iPhone?

BiTTechnology » Sprint CFO: What iPhone? — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:24:29 +0000

[...] And as Sprint (S) well knows, there are other phones on the market, including one that’s $100 cheaper than the Pre, without the [...]

By: Sprint CFO: What iPhone?

Sprint CFO: What iPhone? — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:26:02 +0000

[...] can’t keep it in inventory. There are other phones on the market, as Sprint well knows, including one that’s 0 cheaper than the Pre — without the [...]

By: Sprint CFO: What iPhone? | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:25:52 +0000

[...] can’t keep it in inventory. There are other phones on the market, as Sprint well knows, including one that’s $100 cheaper than the Pre — without the [...]

By: Neil Anderson

Neil Anderson — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:36:48 +0000

Preempted — after the fact.

By: Market Talk » Blog Archive » Apple Hype Machine Hasn’t Lost A Step

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:04:48 +0000

[...] iPhone as a competitor to this year’s Pre,” Digital Daily’s John Paczkowski says, especially since the Pre costs $199 after a $100 [...]

By: Mac Beach

Mac Beach — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:51:03 +0000

I have a feeling there was no “good” time for release of the Pre (except maybe 3 years ago) and no price point that would make it truly competitive with the iPhone (short of paying people to use it).

Nice company, but they milked their old product for far far too long and are going to pay the inevitable price.

They should have been looking for merger opportunities a long time ago. Since the founders left though this has not been a forward looking company.

By: Uwe Rueckeshaeuser

Uwe Rueckeshaeuser — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:11:13 +0000

Hm, lowering the price on a one year old device by 100 bucks is not really anything “aggressive”… Most Nokia high end phones (retail versions without locks or branding) come down several hundred bucks in a few months and have almost no resale value. I bought a 8800 when it was launched in 2005, the simlock-free price was 980.- USD then. The retail price went down to around 500.- USD within 6 months, when I sold it after 12 months its resale value was 120.- USD on eBay. The Apple difference? I just sold my first generation (backup) iPhone (almost two years old) for 380.- USD and will sell the 3G 16GB (unlocked) for around 500.- USD next week. Means I can get the 3GS with 32 GB for free and still have money left. Try that with any non-Apple device… I also buy one new top-end 17″ PowerBook/MacBook Pro every year. Considering resale value, I have never paid more than 700 bucks per annum… this is what “laptop hunters” does not tell you.

Great that Apple keeps pushing the industry though. Neither the Storm nor the Pre can match the iPhone’s price point and even the old 3G is still outperforming these devices in some areas, especially usability, browsing and applications.

By: Michael Wilson

Michael Wilson — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:14:14 +0000

Don’t forget the fact that they’re dropping the Macbook Air’s price, too. Though I guess when you consider that that laptop has no DVD drive it’s kind of like an oversized iPhone anyway. ;-)

http://www.marketnewsvideo.com.....&mv=1

By: For Newspapers Publishers, the Kindle-iPhone Race is Already Over [MediaMemo] | UpOff.com

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:01:53 +0000

[...] more and more people become used to reading anything and everything from their handsets –$99 iphone, anyone? If you’re still in the newspaper business, and think you will be in a year or two, [...]

By: For Newspapers Publishers, the Kindle-iPhone Race is Already Over | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:06:23 +0000

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By: This Year’s Pre? Or Last Year’s iPhone? | TechTwist

This Year’s Pre? Or Last Year’s iPhone? | TechTwist — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:16:54 +0000

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This Year’s Pre? Or Last Year’s iPhone? [Digital Daily] | UpOff.com — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:58:26 +0000

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