Comments on: Microsoft’s Ballmer laughs at iPhone

By: TA

TA — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:53:40 +0000

Appropriately enough, this page comes up high on a Bing search of “steve ballmer jackass”.

Yup, iPhone is looking pretty vulnerable. Have you noticed how Win Mobile's market share is so much larger, and growing fast?

Good luck with that CEO thing.

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9b770068c4c2 — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:02:19 +0000

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By: sbug

sbug — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:07:38 +0000

Well, before iPod, Asia also have a lot of MP3 player on the market but they can’t create any hype. Now, iPod is not the most powerful MP3 player on the makret but it’s dominate most of the market sharing.

By: Ved

Ved — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:56:56 +0000

In Asia, there are many existing phones which provide most of iphone’s capabilities at much lower price (though user interface may not be as easy as iphone).

Unlike mp3, there are already many established players in the mobile phone area. Therefore, it would be very hard for Apple to take away the market share from others. For sure, it is a good development for consumers as iphone introduction creates even more competition among mobile manufacturers.

By: km4

km4 — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:31:20 +0000

Steve ‘Uncle Fester’ Ballmer should retire because he ( and MSFT ) are a joke who clearly do not get or offer simple yet very functional technology with very compelling UI’s.

By: iphoneguy

iphoneguy — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:48:28 +0000

Actually there was an article on Digg where a reporter spent 45 min with the phone, kb, etc. He said he typed faster than with any other smartphone he had used because the onscreen keys were big and because the phone corrected for errors.

By: Raj

Raj — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:16:59 +0000

Who wants a touch screen keyboard… typig e-mails or other things are going to be a pain on this thing…

By: Audrey Ng

Audrey Ng — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 17:22:33 +0000

The Apple iPhone does have a keyboard. It’s all touchscreen. We just have to wait for the review from PCMagazine and marketplace acceptance for the final verdict on usability.

By: Pran Kurup

Pran Kurup — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:40:29 +0000

There was a report in the Mercury News today http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/16492597.htm
that it costs Apple $246 to produce an iPhone (a coll 50% margin), so there is plenty of room to bring down the price. Despite the short comings(high price, tied to Cingular, still months away from shipping etc.), Apple could still pull of another great success. For now, Ballmer’s comments are very valid in my opinion.

By: Brad White

Brad White — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:16:46 +0000

If it were only a phone, then it’d surely be the most expensive phone in the world. But it’s much more than that. People easily pay $249 for a 8gb nano iPod, so jumping to iPhone prices is very reasonable for all of those features.

Beyond that, do you really expect any Microsoft executive to say anything good about the iPhone? Of course not – they’ll just try and copy it down the road.