by Alex Goldfayn | Aug 25, 2011 | Industry Analysis
This morning I discussed the far-reaching effects of Steve Jobs’ resignation as CEO of Apple on ABC TV. The entire industry will suffer as a result, not just Apple.
by Alex Goldfayn | Jul 29, 2011 | Industry Analysis
When Netflix increased its price this month, I figured the company would soon make it right like Apple did after its iPhone 4 antennagate. Netflix has not made it right. Here’s a quick overview of the price raise and the Netflix response: Netflix increases...
by Alex Goldfayn | Mar 21, 2011 | Industry Analysis
I was doing an interview this morning with Smart Money magazine about AT&T’s purchase of T-Mobile, and wanted to elaborate a bit on my take here. I believe that this acquisition has a lot to do with AT&T losing exclusivity on the iPhone. For five years,...
by Alex Goldfayn | Oct 19, 2010 | Industry Analysis
Steve Jobs loves control. Just look at the iPhone: Apple makes the hardware, the operating system, runs the App Store, and approves every one of the hundreds of thousands of downloadable apps people have access to. Heck, Apple even has the option of getting into your...
by Alex Goldfayn | Oct 4, 2010 | Industry Analysis
JD Power and Associates released a survey yesterday on smart phone manufacturer satisfaction. They asked 6,800 people. The maximum score was 1,000 and Apple led the pack with a score of 800. But here’s the big news: Motorola and HTC — makers of Android devices...
by Alex Goldfayn | Sep 27, 2010 | Industry Analysis
People used to buy personal computers every year or two. Remember? That was when the industry was quickly moving from 286 to 386 to 486 to Pentium processors. Concurrently, Microsoft was flying through versions of DOS and Windows. Also, sophistication of productivity...
