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Netgear CEO: Once Steve Jobs goes away, which is probably not far away, Android will overtake Apple
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| Monday, January 31, 2011 - 09:16 AM EST
Posted on 01/31/2011 3:35:33 PM PST by Swordmaker
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NetGear CEO slams Apple in interview... claims Android will overtake ApplePING!
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posted on
01/31/2011 3:37:33 PM PST
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft product "insult" free zone.)
To: Swordmaker
MacDailyNews Take: We wouldn't buy a Netgear product if you paid us ten times the asking price. They're just pieces of junk from a company headed by an ungrateful, tactless dimwit. Wow. Sounds like someone hit a nerve.
Where's your usual "No personal attacks" disclaimer?
I've never had a problem with any Netgear product. In fact it's running most of my home network.
To: Swordmaker
I’m an Apple fan, but the gap in user experience between the Android Tablet and the iPad is a fraction of what it is between Snow Leopard and Windows. That’s a reality that Apple is going to have to contend with, as Android tablets are available for around 60% of the cost of their iPad competitors while providing 95% of the functionality.
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posted on
01/31/2011 3:45:37 PM PST
by
Yet_Again
To: Swordmaker
Too bad Android has all that stolen code in it.
They were so lazy they didn't even strip out the headers and obfuscate the variable names.
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posted on
01/31/2011 3:49:18 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun." -- Barry Soetoro, June 11, 2008)
To: Yet_Again
Keep repeating that and Apple will go away! (LOL)
They are not even close except that they both are tablets! Fun is part of the iOS xperience. Function is superior. Android will never be as good, they will continue to follow the leader!
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posted on
01/31/2011 3:50:39 PM PST
by
WVKayaker
(Faith makes the discords of the present become the harmonies of the future - Robert Collyer)
To: Swordmaker
lack of editorial objectivity makes this as useless as something from HuffPo or Kos.
Steve Jobs vision HAS been a major competitive factor for Apple, it would have been interesting to read a discussion of THAT.
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posted on
01/31/2011 3:55:41 PM PST
by
bigbob
To: nodumbblonde
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posted on
01/31/2011 3:55:56 PM PST
by
nodumbblonde
("The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity." - Ayn Rand)
To: Swordmaker
I have actually had MUCH better luck with Netgear than with D-Link or Linksys products. When Lo says that Apple only has the portable mp3 market with the iPod because they already own it, he is overlooking the fact that mp3 itself is nearly as open as Android is, and that plenty of mp3 compatible products existed long before the iPod (I still have my Lexar, circa 2000, and Creative Labs had the Rio). The Lexar allowed swapping USB memory sticks, still a cool feature. Apple went into a growing market they didn't own, and proceeded to own it with everyone from Microsoft to Lexar and Creative taking a stab (not to mention Sony with their proprietary ATRAC system).
Years ago, Michael Dell stated that it was time for Apple to pack it in and fold up shop. Maybe he was trying to influence buyers and stores. Maybe he was engaged in wishful thinking. Business savvy and smart as he is, he was extremely wrong. The Netgear CEO taking the Lo road was uncharacteristically unAsian. Moreover, speaking like a Grand Mufti chiding others greater (in a business sense) than oneself makes one look like a small minded hypocrite.
Apple survived kicking Steve Jobs out once already. A wiser, mature Jobs returned, and actually improved on his previous performance. He has known about his failing health for some time, and when his time is up in 15 days or 15 years, his successors will be obliged to follow his approach as well as they are able. We won't get any Gil Amelios this time around. Visionary that he is, Jobs could not have turned the company around alone, and it thrived during his previous medical leave of absence. They are ready this time.
I'll likely buy Netgear products in the future, but I sure wouldn't want a business relationship with the likes of Mr Lo anytime soon. He has to mature just as Steve Jobs did.
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posted on
01/31/2011 4:00:00 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: WVKayaker
Okaaaayyyyyy....you just keeping telling yourself that if it gets you through the day.
To: The Unknown Republican
Okaaaayyyyyy....you just keeping telling yourself that if it gets you through the dayI get thru the day jes' fine. I bought AAPL at $13!
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posted on
01/31/2011 4:28:52 PM PST
by
WVKayaker
(Faith makes the discords of the present become the harmonies of the future - Robert Collyer)
To: WVKayaker
I’m happy to hear about your good fortune. But you are absolutely wrong about Android.
To: Yet_Again
Google and Apple’s competition simply copy Apple’s product ideas. Is there a market for these copy-cat’s? Sure.
Are these companies innovative? Not even close!
Apple spends the money on ideas, R & D and product development and then these other vultures slide in with their own version of Apple’s innovative products.
These vulture companies had better pray that Jobs and Apple continue on their innovative product development. Otherwise, how will they be able to “copy” Apple’s innovative products?
Not ONE of their products is an innovation, only a copy of Apple’s!
To: Dr. Sivana
When Lo says that Apple only has the portable mp3 market with the iPod because they already own it, he is overlooking the fact that mp3 itself is nearly as open as Android is, and that plenty of mp3 compatible products existed long before the iPod Excellent point. That is how I was introduced to Apple, through an iPod touch. It's an excellent product. And now Apple sells more digital music through iTunes than all physical CDs sold anywhere. It's an amazing accomplishment. But Apple did this through a superior product and user experience.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Too bad Android has all that stolen code in it. They were so lazy they didn't even strip out the headers and obfuscate the variable names. So if a company manufactures an Android tablet or phone, does that mean they will have to pay an extra fee to Oracle to use the code? That might cut into their profits a bit.
To: Swordmaker
If that title is an accurate representation: Wow what a freaking degenerate. When did sociopaths start running corporations?
/ rhetorical question.
To: Leroy S. Mort
The article contained an attack upon Steve Jobs, and the author of the article attacked the CEO of Netgear for so doing in return. The “no personal attacks” caveat applies to FReepers responding to the article and to one another. It doesn’t apply to the article. Neither Jobs nor the CEO of Netgear are FReepers or present on this thread to my knowledge. If either of them were, you’d have a point.
To: Swordmaker
Meh. My Netgear router works just fine. And we have iPhones, a Mac Book Air, as well as several PC products scattered around the house.
Apple fanbois need to not get so bent out of shape when their living icon is criticized. Argue the points with facts.
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posted on
01/31/2011 5:04:09 PM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: FreedomPoster
>>>Argue the points with facts.
The Netgear sphincter should try that.
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posted on
01/31/2011 5:05:21 PM PST
by
Keith in Iowa
(FR Class of 1998 | TV News is an oxymoron. | MSNBC = Moonbats Spouting Nothing But Crap.)
To: Yet_Again
Android tablets are available for around 60% of the cost of their iPad competitors while providing 95% of the functionality.What Android tablets? Do you have the model names and prices? The Samsung Galaxy Tab (7 inch) is smaller than the iPad and retails for $749.00. You can shop around and probably get $100.00 off that price. Does it have 95% of the functionality of the iPad? Nope.
The iPad starts at $499.00.
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