Michael Gartenberg - Comments

“I'm probably too much of a pessimist to be here :)”

October 23 at 10:00 am - Link

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I'm too much of an optimist. We all balance each other out. - Mike Reynolds

why? Nothing wrong with a pessimist. I get crap all the time for complaining about things on FF. - Thomas Hawk

Optimist ... :) - Charlie Anzman

let's be clear, the glass is half full, it's got a lipstick stain on it and i bet the water is lukewarm - Michael Gartenberg

Michael Gartenberg posted a message on Twitter

“Where are the killer Android apps? Do you see any must have apps that i'm missing? http://tinyurl.com/6reu7p”

October 23 at 9:49 am - Link

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AnyCut, PicSay, QuickNote, and Locale are my favorites right now. And pac man of course ;-) I also like AccuWeather, and ShutterSpeed is worth looking at (though I don't know that's it's currently fully functional, I'm still testing) - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

most of those are things we've already seen done, better elsewhere - Michael Gartenberg

Ahhh... Since you didn't specify "apps that haven't been done before", I wasn't using that as a criteria. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

i'm looking for the killer apps that would want to make my buy or use a G1 instead of a Blackberry or iPhone. I know they'll be coming.. just not here yet - Michael Gartenberg

Michael Gartenberg posted a message on Twitter

“So, will Apple do a netbook? or not? http://tinyurl.com/5rjp7q”

October 23 at 9:45 am - Link

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Nope. Unless you count the iPhone. - Steve Rubel

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Eventually - Aaron deMello

The ipod touch/iphone essentially is their netbook. The pricing and functionality are similar in many aspects. - Tyler Golden via twhirl

iPod Touch and iPhone are more MIDs than Netbooks IMHO - Michael Gartenberg

True, but they do fill many of the functionalities that most netbook users want. - Tyler Golden via twhirl

Yes, they will be forced by the market. Consumers will likely migrate to that format for economic reasons. Apple will adapt and try to make a non-cheap-looking netbook. - Rolf Schewe

Tyler, the iphone/ipodtouch is missing one major feature that netbooks have - a keyboard. give me an itouch tablet, with keyboard and handwriting at 500 bucks and it would sell like hotcakes - John Head via twhirl

Yeah, agreed. - Tyler Golden via twhirl

No. The price points don't make sense for Apple. Think about it. The unsubsidized cost of the iPhone is over $400. There's no way they they'll make a device that costs $400-500 dollars (which is the typical netbook price point). They just can't capture their typical margin. - Kevin Pedraja

@Michael, by focusing on devices such as a larger iPhone/iPod Touch Apple can use its own terminology to describe it and come up with its own compelling feature set rather than having to meet everyone's expected price point and feature standards for something called a "Netbook." - Loren Heiny

Apple has always been bad a following market trends, though. So probably not. - Victor Ganata

I can see it, though it won't be cheap. Probably around $700, include touch and it will be more OSX Mobile on steroids than the full OSX. - Jamie

Not. - Sarah Perez

only if you define netbook as a slightly larger iPhone or a slightly smaller MacBook. - Jon Price

Michael Gartenberg posted a message on Twitter

“@ryanblock why so hot on the G-phone? seems like there's a lot missing”

September 16 at 5:37 pm - Link

I would love to see a debate between Block and Gartenberg about phones. - Robert Scoble

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While I really like the platform of Android and it's potential, I really dislike the launch phone the HTC Dream. The design looks too dated. - Bryan

sounds like fun... want to moderate Robert? - Michael Gartenberg

Robert, the ultimate geek. :) - Zee.

you guys didn't cover that on the gdgt roundtable? - Veronica

Jeremiah Owyang posted a message on Twitter

“Apple is releasing many new products, smaller, faster, cuter. But do we really need to replace our fully functioning devices?”

August 3 at 8:54 pm - Link

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Apple faithful must follow Steve with latest signal devices! - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)

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Apple to launch the iPhone 'nano' in time for Christmas? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sci... - fac287

I am still exploring the fun of my Treo. When my original I-Pod Photo 60gig finally dies, then I will upgrade. So not really. - Mathew A. Koeneker

Definitely. It's not just the hardware, it's software too, that's being 'replaced'. Exciting times :) - Mona N.

Apple ain't the only one, just got a Acer Aspire One to supplement my MacBook Pro. It is smaller and cuter the MBP. - Nick Cowie

I guess it depends on your definition of "fully functioning". My cell phone worked as a phone but did it have maps, gps, excellent web browsing?no. So it may have been functional at what *it* could do but not in the context of the ideal. Apple is closer. - Morgan

Apparently this report might not be real ... definitely is interesting and no we don't need to replace them - Nick O'Neill via twhirl

Amen. I'm content with a separate mp3 device, phone, and email device. Why? 3 great tools beat mediocre all-in-one - Andrew Feinberg

Most devices are victims of planned obsolescence. 3 year avg lifespan is built in. One day there may be a true flight to quality, but people would have to radically redefine the way they think about 'stuff'. - Nicholas Molnar via twhirl

their products do create envy, but that's apple--a new tempting garden of tech Eden quarterly. - Ed Terpening

of course we don't Jeremiah, I am still using my Creative Zen Micro of 2005, 6Gb hd mp3 player and it works very well - Luca Conti

I don't have anything from Apple. I'm immune to Jobs' mind-control rays. :) - Morton Fox

Need? No. Do we want to? Oh yes! :D - Alja Sulcic

size matters, as does form. it's not about just feeds and speeds any more - Michael Gartenberg

Yes! We must replace because Steve told us to!!! (tho my MBP is starting to grow old... :-) - Stephen Roberts

What Morton said ;) Money doesn't grow on Moneyplants. - Yuvi (has IRL friends!)

I'm looking forward to the iPhone Shuffle. It dials randomly whenever you want to make a call. - Akiva Moskovitz

@Akiva - the iDevelop, the machine you *must* buy if you plan on developing anything on a Mac. It'll be twice the price it should be and will sell like chocolate cakes - Yuvi (has IRL friends!)

it's not about need at all, it's entirely about want. need is about broken things or a shortage, not an upgrade. thats all want. - Jeremy Toeman

Thanks Akiva... I was wondering what it feels like to have green tea come out my nose. Now, I know. - Yolanda

Its funny you mention that, Yuvi. I'd love to develop for the mac - Especially those iPhone apps ( i'd love to have/write a few to better administer my home network a la Remote). Having a high barrier to entry for developers is always prohibitive. With Apple now a household name, more and more applications are going to be needed for the OSX platform. Who is going to write them? - Roberto Bonini

Apple is mentioned people go ga ga, either for or against. Heck we even have one apathetic in Mr. Fox. But let's see what the real post question is... Do we need them? Well, Mr. O, it's okay if you don't want them, it's okay if you don't like them, but leave need to the people who are in the market for [i+product name here] One note, from my fanboy side, my g4 powerbook (circa 2001) is still working fine. I didn't need a new mac, but I bought an Intel-based MacBookPro. What fine machines they both are. ;-) - JMac of Earth

Michael Gartenberg posted a message on Twitter

“so. how many of you iphone users use it for work and personal use? are you supported by IT?”

August 4 at 3:49 am - Link

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I use it mostly for personal. I am not supported by IT. - Robert Scoble

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I use it for both. I'm supported by everyone I know including IT. - Kevin

I use the iPhone for personal use. - Bob

seems the iPhone is a defacto business device for many folks - Michael Gartenberg

personal and work, fully supported by Adobe IT - Arnaud Fischer

I use it for both, but my work demands & requirements are far lower than when I worked in an I.T. shop. Even without Exchange support, I was using it with my Exchange provider via IMAP. Native Exch. support is huge though. - Kevin C. Tofel

using it for both; supported by IT as we are currently running tests to ensure it doesn't present non-blackberry challenges for users and IT - Lou Paglia

I use most of the features for work but our mail server is not exposed to the Internet and is not Exchange so there is limited use in connecting while I am in the office. - Van Van Noy

mainly personal use and not supported by IT/company - Frank Sons

I use it for both and I am IT, so I support it ;) - Sergio Cruz

Both but not supported by IT. Syncing to Exchange was easy since I had a Windows Mobile handset before - John Sun

Both. My support from IT was a single 5-minute conversation when I first configured my Outlook. I've required no other support since then. - Mike Doeff

I use my iphone for both work and personal, but up until now I've been freelance so not a big deal. - Tony

I use it for both, but am not technically supported by IT - Dustin Johnson

Michael Gartenberg posted a message on Twitter

“Seems i have a new corporate master”

July 31 at 6:39 am - Link

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Forrester, eh? How do you feel about that? - Kevin C. Tofel

I have been asked not to comment in public at the moment so am respecting that - Michael Gartenberg

Hmm it would seem like you have already commented in public - Brian Sullivan

Jeremiah Owyang posted a message

“List what you hate --and love-- about getting older...Ill start”

July 24 at 6:39 am - Link

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Group therapy here: I hate that I have to workout and watch intake to maintain or reduce weight, all my youth I was underweight. Genetics are a bitch, I'm looking --and sounding-- like my dad more and more. On the flip side, I see the bigger picture, and now that I'm married, don't have to worry about girls, dating, and other growing up issues. It's a fun ride, and I'm enjoying it. - Jeremiah Owyang

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I like that now when I speak people listen, when I was younger that drove me insane. I hate that my body feels second hand already. (28) - Toby Graham

Love using wisdom I didn't have earlier on when I was younger. I hate trying to get back into shape... it seems to take longer each time I attempt it. [But I'm NOT giving up. :)] - Kevin C. Tofel

I don't worry so much. I realized at some point "hey, I'm pretty good at what I do" and now I trust my gut. Work sometimes made me a nervous wreck when I was younger (mostly I just cared too much, often about the wrong things). - Jason Wehmhoener

Hate: Weight gain issues like Jeremiah mentioned; feel tired/run-down faster now; memory loss (which is secondary to having a hugely stressful job!!); not as much of a "looker" now...ignored more in favor of younger women (ouch); rejected more. Love: Respect, knowledge/wisdom factor is awesome!; street smarts, business saavy "capitol", better communication, people / political saavy; historical context is now present (better decisions/info); deeper tech domain knowledge / skill set ... big picture is big! - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)

The first time someone called me "Sir" I stepped out of the way because I thought they were talking to someone behind me. Then I realized. *sigh*. On the upside, I don't worry about *anything* anymore. - Sprague D

LOVE: the confidence that really understanding yourself brings Don't-Love-so-much - the minor aches and ridiculously longer recovery times - Marco (aureliusmaximus)

Love: the freedom to do what i want to do, horizontal license, less stress. Hate: the fact that i realize i'm getting older. - Kyle A Koch

Love: Freedom, more responsibilities, mental growth, and simply growing up through the hardships of life. Hate: Not being able to play in the park anymore cause I'm too big :( - Bartek Gniado

I don't get carded anymore. - imabonehead

@Kyle, horizontal license = no one to tell you to get out of bed? - Toby Graham

I Love that every day i grow more knowledgeable than I grow old. I hate that things to worry about increase faster than anything else (except maybe credit). - Parth Awasthi

bartek - bu that's what Dave and Buster's, GameWorks, etc. are for - Jeff Woelker via twhirl

Hate: noisy knees, gray underarm hair (just one? Where's The Fish?!?) LOVE: being taken more seriously at work, having the confidence that comes from surviving all the weird things I've experienced in my life. - ha3rvey

Dislike: Can't eat garbage and not gain weight. Health issues are starting to creep in - it's like the body is falling apart. Love: comfortable with who you are. Don't care about what's "hip" or being cool. Having enough money to buy the toys you always wanted - but then resisting because impulsivity of youth is gone. - Jason Kaneshiro

I love that people respect me more and more as I get older. I hate that those younger than me respect me lesser and lesser. - Shey

Love: dancing at parties (at last!) and not care what others might be thinking. Hate: diabetes. - Bob Kingsley

I just hate money as it's evil! - Joe Dawson (beta)

Riffing on Sprague D, being addressed as "Sir" - The frequency increases with age. I expect to expire once it reaches 100% - Kevin Johnson via twhirl

I hate the growing awareness that there really isn't enough time. - shelisrael1

being called Mr or Sir, a growing awareness that its time to do only the right thing - Patphelan

Love: Knowledge. Hate: Responsibility. - mojay

I love that I can give self-doubt the finger. (finally) Why couldn't I have this confidence and wisdom at 18? ;) I hate the fact that I'm 29 and have some lower-back issues. - Anna Haro

Hate: feeling compelled to respond to lists like this. Love: having kids. - Clay Newton

Love the comfort and bonding of a long marriage, watching our kids grow, and the fact that every day is one day closer to heaven. Hate the aches and pains. - Robert

Love: being able to dance on the sofa with my shoes on while holding a bowl of ice cream. Hate: being the one that has to clean up the ice cream when i drop it on the sofa. - carlotta fancypants

I hate that less younger women will flirt with me as I get older. - Bjorn Tipling

Echo what Robert said... - Mrsth

i love that younger people will listen to me now. I hate that younger people won't listen to me now. - chartreuse

love: experience, lessons; hate: physical and mental deterioration, people around me getting older. - ~C4Chaos

Love: learning to accept myself for who I am Hate: Taking 30 years to get there - Sally Robinson

Hate that I'm usually the oldest guy in the room, and forgetting that I am :) - Bryan Thatcher

I love that I had my kids very young (and they are grown!) and that I look young but have all these years of wisdom. I hate that I don't know about half the bands my son listens to so he thinks I know nothing of music. GAH! - Gina

I've been a kid and am an adult. Adult is better :) - Michael Gartenberg

Love that I can afford the latest techno gadgets and try out new hobbies. Hate the gray hair and the aching bones after a good workout. - Alfred C. Chen

Love: feeling more comfortable in my skin, broader perspective, increased earning power, knowing my stuff (most of the time, anyways); Hate: needing so much sleep, wrinkles - Erin Collopy

Love the wisdom that comes from experience. Hate having to think about how finite our time is. - Logical Extremes

Love that a growing level of experience and knowledge allows for the generation of a number of ideas. Frustrated by knowledge and skill deficits necessary for successful execution that is revealed by those very same ideas - Marco (aureliusmaximus)

I hate everytime Vera tells me I sound grumpy like my dad, and in the back of my head, I know I do. - Dave@yummyporky

I hate that I am no longer "kiddo" at the office. I love that I know all the songs on Guitar Hero and rock harder than my kids:-) - bdsanchez

Love that I've learned to breathe and what is really important - Hate that I need more time to recover from things. - Jane Quigley

Dave Winer posted an entry on Scripting News

Losing followers on Twitter?

July 24 at 6:42 am - Link

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IMHO twitter works well when you are following fewer people. Best if you know all these people really well, or at least to a degree that you have interacted with them on a personal level outside the blogosphere. The whole thing about having a conversation is a fallacy. It isn't happening in twitter. Often times I felt like being in a party where other people talks and I just watch. - Ranjith Antony

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Your Followers are still following - paul mooney

http://tinyurl.com/5fzkc4 - Tim

I would have to disagree with Ranjith. I think it is a case where Twitter works well for a variety of different purposes, and that those different purposes involve different patterns of use. What works for Ranjith is probably the best for most folk to start, but would not work for me. - Patricia F. Anderson

I'm not sure why it's happening, but both of my Twitter accounts (i have 2) lost followers AND people that I'm following. One of my accounts lost ALL my followers and ALL my people I'm following. Not sure if it's based on time? The newer account is the one that lost everything... - Melissa Chang

final count seems i've lost about 200 followers, perhaps they were spam. but also lost 50 folks i've been following as that's a number i manage. No way to rebuild except over time - Michael Gartenberg

non-deterministic social networks are good. i for one welcome our new whale overlords. - Edward Vielmetti

Michael Gartenberg posted a message

“Twitter now down in addition to folks losing huge numbers of people they follow and followers. I'd take a shot but this is too easy.”

July 23 at 3:32 pm - Link

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This might be the straw, or nail, or, well, you know. Actually breaking all the connections destroys the value. Let's let it die and move here. - Dean Terry

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wow, I hope those connections are backed up! - Jamie

@Jamie If they were not, would this be the end of twitter? - Benedikt Koehler

Twitter, ah yes, I remember Twitter -- from wayyyy back in the olden days -- back when John McCain was still in diapers and dinosaurs ruled the earth right? - Thomas Hawk

Twitter is broken it unfollowed all my followers! Did same to many of my friends! Come to http://identi.ca/igorthetroll - Igor The Troll

a lot of contemporary problems would be solved if we can accept that DNA "DOES" decide certain things. It is not bigoted of me to say that being Jewish gives me access to certain DNA that does certain things. Mark Davidson is wrong! DNA is like twitter... is twitter's architecture evil? No... only if you get hysterical about it and start bullying people about what they can do with their feeds and start talking about grounding your follows.... etc. the inherent architecture of twitter is fine. if the admin at twitter really knew that the architecture could only work with so many people then they should of licensed the technology instead of hoarding it. the architecture was fine... the human element of tyranny took over. http://xrl.us/okmm2 twitter like Hitler... was only DNA! I am now at http://identi.ca/NoahDavidSimo... - Ⓝ〄ⒶⒽ ⒹⒶⓋⒾⒹ ⓈⒾⓂ〄Ⓝ

500 followers - poof gone! EPIC FAIL WHALE - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)

I liked how one person on twitter put it. the bigger issue is not the lost followers its the fact that we all still use it. I personally lost 100+ followers and friends. Biz and ev got some s'plaining to do - BCK via twhirl

Noah, to compare Twitter to Hitler is STUPID. You are a moron. If you are going to rant, at least try to make some sense instead of that rabid vitrol. - Trebor Elbocs

Why hasn't friendfeed worked out how to migrate twitter users across gracefully - James Tenniswood

Fair weather friends - paul mooney

wish I could use it... but I was thrown out of that country club a long time ago. - Ⓝ〄ⒶⒽ ⒹⒶⓋⒾⒹ ⓈⒾⓂ〄Ⓝ

Michael, what did you see re "losing huge numbers" of followers? Obviously with Twitter down for maintenence now, we can't see. - Dave Winer

Twitter is broken it unfollowed all my followers! Did same to many of my friends! Come to http://identi.ca/igorthetroll - Igor The Troll

I wonder if the twittering at F8 caused the outage - Bob

I suppose I should no longer be shocked, but I am, that they remain obstinately silent during these issues. GIve me some comfort that things are not really lost, give me the bad news already...but give me something. Free PR advice: crisis communications is a large field for a reason; you're going to be the poster child for how NOT to do it and, i fear, the consequences thereof. Trust is falling... - Jonathan Yarmis

At some point people are going to get tired and move on. Twitter set up a status blog but doesn't seem to communicate what is really going on well at all. - Dayngr via twhirl

http://status.twitter.com/post... - BCK

The only people still using twitter are those who haven't given FF a chance - Aaron Krug

f8 plus OSCON equals FailWhale. Bummer. - Eric Berto

I don't know about anyone else, but I just checked my email and I have about 30 or so follow notices from obvious spammers from twitter. This outage could be the result of an attack. Edit: I restarted my twitter account yesterday, btw. - Paul Short

at some point people are going to get tired of saying people are going to get tired and move on. I guess we'll just move on etc - Ivan Pope via twhirl

Twitter is broken it unfollowed all my followers! Did same to many of my friends! Come to http://identi.ca/igorthetroll - Igor The Troll

Come chat with me on identi.ca: http://identi.ca/jessestay - Jesse Stay

I sure hope when it comes back things will be restored to normal... but I fear not. Might try something else out, just for kicks. God knows there are enough alternatives. - Ginger Koolick

me too! http://identi.ca/susanbeebe - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)

See http://status.twitter.com - " Missing followers 1 hour ago Folks are reporting problems with missing followers - that is, seeing the follower counts drop on their profile pages. We’re looking into this now. Update: We’re going to go into maintenance mode to correct this problem." - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)

I'm there as well: http://identi.ca/rahsheen - ♫ Rahsheen ™ ★

Lo: http://identi.ca/itafroma - Mark Trapp

It's easy to take a shot... at a whale. http://identi.ca/louisgray - Louis Gray

FriendFeed is so I can tell all my Twitter followers to join me on identi.ca ;) - Jesse Stay

In case you didn't know, there is an auto-subscribe option on Identi.ca so you don't have to deal with a large number of subscription requests or whatever. Just sayin. - ♫ Rahsheen ™ ★

http://identi.ca/gordonswaby - Gordon Swaby

Yes, everyone join identi.ca so we can prove, again, that a database backed tiered architecture can only scale so far before coming crashing down. - Jason Carreira

looks like it's back. - Craig Ritchie via twhirl

as near as I can tell I lost 800 followers (from last time I noticed the number) and about 100 people I follow. - Michael Gartenberg

I don't seem to have lost anybody at all. Was 620 this morning, am 620 right now. - micronauta

Well, almost two hours later I'm missing about 54 followers and 30 followings. Friends report similar numbers now. Is anybody able to report getting people back? - micronauta

Just joined http://identi.ca/mitchelltsai - Mitchell Tsai

Waiting Twitter's @ev or @biz or @jack replies :( - Igor Poltavskiy

I lost about 70! Most that I got within the last 3 weeks! Also lost some that did not exchanged Tweets recently also lost the Spam bots, which I never followed! They restored the database which is 3 weeks old! - Igor The Troll

According to Twitter the numbers will be fluctuating over the next several days. They've stripped out a lot of spammers. I find it hard to believe 700 of my 2200 followers were spammers though... but, like I say, those numbers may not be an accurate count. I'm still a loyal fan - won't be dumping Twitter .. yet. ;) - Mari Smith

Maybe Twitter is just an experiment by market psychologists to find out how much failure and disappointment it takes to dispel a loyal brand community? - Benedikt Koehler

Michael Gartenberg posted a message on Twitter

“in the green room wearing more makeup than the joker :)”

July 23 at 1:14 pm - Link

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i like to call it "pancake face" - Veronica

feels like pancake face too! - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)

ok. Didn't clean up on green room. How do I get this stuff off? - Michael Gartenberg

Michael Gartenberg posted a message on Twitter

“Seattle confirmed for next week. Weston Bellevue actually”

July 22 at 5:43 pm - Link

next week? No FAM this week? - Sean Alexander

next Mon and Tue eve - Michael Gartenberg

Michael Gartenberg posted a message on Twitter

“Watching AAPL stock getting hammered.”

July 21 at 3:40 pm - Link

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buying AAPL. :) - felix

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is there a particular reason? I'm certainly tempted to buy more. - Robin Barooah

Apple sold too many macs this quarter. The market's worried that they're doing too well. ;) - felix

Time to buy ... I would have thought Wall Street analysts have caught on to Apple's tactic of under promise and over delivery. But once again they demonstrate that they are short-sighted and can't look past the next quarter. - Clarence Chiang

Conf. call today- here's the transcript with commentary http://tinyurl.com/appleconfca... Currently, in after hours they are in the plus territory 166.49 (+1.3) - Nice Fish Films

Sadly Nice Fish, that's the 4pm (ET) closing price. $148.30 in the after hours market at 6:51p - Robert Seidman

I think the interesting tidbit is the comment "Product transition that can't be discussed" ... Does it just mean refresh product lineup or completely new product category?? - Clarence Chiang

NFF - 166.49 is their closing price... after hours they're down ~11% - felix

Guidance was off what the street wanted. AAPL has guided low now for some time so you think Wall St would learn... I'm not a financial analyst so won't comment on where I think the stock will go - Michael Gartenberg

How the heck did my "extended" hours box get unclicked- now running around screaming! - Nice Fish Films

Michael Gartenberg posted a message on Twitter

“IMHO AAPL is playing for a marathon not a sprint. Next three quarters will tell an interesting story.”

July 17 at 11:32 am - Link

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That's been clear since Jobs returned. Building brick by brick new foundations in product, distribution, creating synergies. - Michael Markman

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iPod and iPhone not Mac dependent, but foster demand for Mac. Adoption of Intel opened the gate to switchers. Marathon indeed. - Michael Markman

yes Michael. it's a story of product integration and how well they work together.. kinda why they did a remote control app for iPhone :) - Michael Gartenberg

I wonder how many people are now buying Mac hardware because they can run Windows and Linux on it. And how many of those, are mainly using Windows or Linux. Hardware like the Air I suspect is especially attractive. If either of those scenarios are happening then Mac share/sales/adoption <> Mac OS market share, and a useful metric would be time spent in a given OS rather than ownership. - Ian Fogg

I doubt few if any buy a mac to run anything other than mac is as a primary system. - Michael Gartenberg

Michael Gartenberg posted a message on Twitter

“NY times app on iPhone is wonderful idea but horrible in use. Glacial speeds even on WiFi unacceptable. Bloomberg does it right”

July 17 at 4:18 pm - Link

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Totally agreed. So strange too. - Steve Rubel

Wow NY Times Blackberry app is incredible. Very interesting. - Cody Heitschmidt

front icons work slowly. Other stuff like tech news just doesn't work. Sorry NYT but FAIL - Michael Gartenberg

Michael Gartenberg posted a message on Twitter

“Macintosh now holds 8.5 percent market worldwide market share, that's from 6.4 percent in 2007. Anyone not think that's important?”

July 17 at 10:11 am - Link

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The percentage of machines at or over $1k is much , much higher. Ruling the high end is at least as significant. - Dean Terry

Most definitely. This trend started when Apple transitioned to Intel inside. That moment is defining the next few years of computing IMO. - Kevin C. Tofel

If Apple makes cheaper and lighter (not necessarily netbook category) laptops, I think they can easily double the market share. - Inksim

yep, there's a trend here and all those points will add up as well... - Michael Gartenberg

Michael Gartenberg posted a message on Twitter

“my favorite iPhone apps... http://tinyurl.com/6395m5 am i missing?”

July 14 at 8:31 am - Link

your tinyurl for your fav iphone apps has a typo in the destination. just heads up. - felix

thanks, just updated - Michael Gartenberg

Michael Gartenberg posted a message

“Favorite iPhone Apps”

July 14 at 8:29 am - Link

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News and Information: Bloomberg news, eReader. AP Mobile news. Movies. NetNewswire - Michael Gartenberg

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Media and Social Network: AOL Radio, Facebook, Last.fm, Pandora, Tuner, Twitteriffic - Michael Gartenberg

Games: Aqua Forest, Bejeweled 2, Columns, Crash Bandicoot, Hold 'Em, Ms. Pacman, Tetris - Michael Gartenberg

Note, Super Monkey Ball looks great but plays awfully. Way to hard to control IMHO even though this was a showcase app. - Michael Gartenberg

You try Twittelator? I like it better than Twitterrific on most accounts except that big one of T'rific's built in browser. Sigh. http://is.gd/SXT (I love Super Monkey Ball although it is hard to control and Labyrinth is making my brain hurt. :) - felix

iPint, DutchTab, CBNK 3D - Roberto Bonini

It's interesting to me that the Top 25 apps listed in the store are games. The last thing I want to do with my iPhone is play games on it. - Akiva Moskovitz

My favorite ones are not out yet. I do like EA's suduko - Aviv

I really like the Remote app. - Chris Rossini

Remote is the "One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them." - Michael Markman

Really enjoying Last.fm at the moment! - Mack D. Male

Remote was the first app I installed. - Akiva Moskovitz

Just Installed Remote. I think I just might get some remote speakers for this as well. Almost Sonos, but not quite. - Roberto Bonini

Kevin C. Tofel posted a message on Twitter

“Downloading the 225 MB iPhone 2.0 firmware now. Must press Option when clicking "Check for Updates" in iTunes to get it running.”

July 10 at 6:21 am - Link

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Any issues? - Steve Rubel

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work on the ipod touch? - Jay Martinez

Just finished the download. Holding Option down when clicking "Check for Updates" let me browse to a file, so now looking for the right one to "make it so." - Kevin C. Tofel

you option click on "Restore" in the iPhone tab of iTunes. No issues here. - Jamie

threw caution to the wind and tried error! could not update - Jay Martinez via twhirl

Doesn't look like you should unzip it. Changing the file extension to .ipsw to see if that helps. Otherwise you get a bunch of unzipped files, images and such... more to follow in a few. - Kevin C. Tofel

I don'r think its a .ZIP file, looking at what is downloading. Its is the update file uncompressed. - Nik Jones

@Kevin it is .ipsw already.. just fails. on ipod touch 8gb - Jay Martinez

ipsw is viewd as a zip file, you need to change the real extension to ipsw or zip the files and then change that extension - Michael Gartenberg

@Kevin, did you read/have issues like this - http://www.macrumors.com/2008/... - Steve Rubel

remove the .ipsw.zi[ extension and rename .ipsw. should work from there - Michael Gartenberg

@Michael no .zip extension just .ipsw - Jay Martinez

@Michael did it wipe your phone clean? - Steve Rubel

I did Steve. Instead of one .ipsw file, I ended up with a folder and the contents, which is why I think I goofed. Working at it now. - Kevin C. Tofel

at Steve it backs up your data and settings, but you need to resync media (podcasts, photos, music, videos) - Jamie

I've still got at least 20 mins before the D/L finishes - Nik Jones

Got it now. Safari was decrompessing the file for me, so I stopped that process and dropped the .zip so that it was an .ipsw file. Prepping the iPhone now it says! :) - Kevin C. Tofel

this is iPhone ONLY not touch... - Michael Gartenberg

remember not to unzip the files, just remove.zip and keep .ipsw - Michael Gartenberg

Software extracted, now running. This is like watching paint dry. Although if I paint a room, I know what the outcome will be. Major difference, I suppose. - Kevin C. Tofel

there is no .zip file extension from the macrumors download i saw just ipsw and it fails. so i am back to normal and will wait for the official launch - Jay Martinez via twhirl

Upgrade and backup complete! I can haz AppStore on home screenz now? :) - Kevin C. Tofel

just want to know what happens with ziphone unlock, I would assume it kills it - joey

@joey it wipes the iphone clean so yea probably does - Jay Martinez

Michael Gartenberg posted a message

“Favorite iPhone apps? ”

July 10 at 5:38 am - Link

Sketches, Expense2GO, Facebook, Things, Remote. NetNewsWire, NYTimes, EverNote, Voicenotes, Shozu - Jamie

Monkey Ball, eReader, Columns, Twitteriffic... much to play with - Michael Gartenberg

Stage Hand lets you control Keynote presentations. Zintin shows people close to you also using the app (geo-aware). TalkingPics lets you record audio notes over photos you take. There is a lot of quality stuff here - Jamie

Kevin C. Tofel posted a message

“Just downloaded eReader from the iPhone App Store. 1 MB. Same application for Windows Mobile: 3 MB. Will be intresting to see if that trend holds between other apps... will have to check.”

July 10 at 4:59 am - Link

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I like TextReader and ruBooks on my jailbroken iphone more than any other ebook reader I've tried on any platform, but I'm happy eReader is available and now I can read their books on the iphone. - Inksim

nice to know all my old ebooks will make their way to iPhone - Michael Gartenberg

Same here Michael. Curious: how many eReader titles do you roughly "own"? I've got about 200 in the library, which is why I opted out of the Kindle. - Kevin C. Tofel

This could be one of the apps that pushes me to get an iPhone. 400+ books at this time. =) - Jauder Ho

Jeremiah Owyang posted a message on Twitter

“@pregeeth How do I keep up with it all? I budget my time. 2 hours every morning reading and blogging. Today was 3-5am”

July 8 at 6:25 am - Link

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I noticed you on here at 7am ET ... what gives, J? - David Weiner

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Do you ever wake up in a sweat that you're "missing something?" Have you checked for signs of addiction? - Todd Defren

I'm addicted, absolutely. - Jeremiah Owyang

we need to start a 12 step program - Michael Gartenberg

it probably doesn't hurt that you get paid to do this! it's like wondering why actors are in such great shape... - Jeremy Toeman

Jeremy, If I stop blogging, I get the same salary. So if anything, I'm reducing my hourly value (but overall total value) ;) - Jeremiah Owyang

Gartenberg, I'm already a step ahead of you since I admitted it. ;) - Jeremiah Owyang

you're a f&*king animal ;) - john conroy

Counterpoint: your role is somewhat dependent on a technology landscape that is in massive flux. If you stopped reading/blogging (and twittering, friendfeeding, etc), you'd lose your edge, and sooner or later your job would be in jeopardy. Watch out for that Louis Gray guy, he's been popular of late. ;) - Jeremy Toeman

Do I hear you're going to join the Blogger Olympic Team? - Reid Evans via twhirl

Jeremy, we agree. hence I said "increasing my overall total value". For what it's worth some other social media analysts don't spend as much time in the conversation reading and contributing as I do, and are arguably far more successful than I am. Louis is on a tear, I should hire him ;) - Jeremiah Owyang

Michael Gartenberg posted a message on Twitter

“Empire Strikes Back, Godfather 2, Toy Story 2, Terminator 3 , Star Trek 2 & Indiana Jones 3 all great sequels. Any more?”

July 7 at 4:28 pm - Link

Spider-Man 2, X-Men 2 -- Terminator 3 was a great movie? I think you mean 2 - MG Siegler

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I liked Back to the Future 2 - Kevin Bondelli

correct. I meant T2 not T3 - Michael Gartenberg

lord of the rings, superman ii, aliens, bond (goldfinger, thunderball, more...) batman - Jason Kaneshiro

Road Warrior was solid. it's much more fun (and easy) to write the terrible sequels list. :) - Jeremy Toeman

Hot Shots! Part Deux. I think there was a Thai boxing scene where one guy wraps his hands in burlap, dips them in glue, then dips them