10-28-2011, 03:38 PM
Agree about Siri - it's a game-changer.
Maul, I disagree that Apple is a hardware company. It's a hardware and software company, which is it's strength. The software (OSX, iOS) is just as important as the hardware.
In fact, in a smartphone and tablet world where hardware specs are increasingly meaningless (cos there's always something better a week later), software is going to be the big differentiator. It's easy to one-up a competitor on hardware - someone is going to beat the iPhone 4S specs very quickly (you could argue some phones beat them already). But it would take years to develop something as strong as Siri. The latest release of Android nothing even remotely as "sexy" to compete. Even more important is the ecosystem - the way the iPhone, the iPad, and Apple TV all seamlessly work together. Until you try airplaying a game on your big screen TV you don't realize how cool it is.
Which is why I'll be winning my best against Jake.
Maul, I disagree that Apple is a hardware company. It's a hardware and software company, which is it's strength. The software (OSX, iOS) is just as important as the hardware.
In fact, in a smartphone and tablet world where hardware specs are increasingly meaningless (cos there's always something better a week later), software is going to be the big differentiator. It's easy to one-up a competitor on hardware - someone is going to beat the iPhone 4S specs very quickly (you could argue some phones beat them already). But it would take years to develop something as strong as Siri. The latest release of Android nothing even remotely as "sexy" to compete. Even more important is the ecosystem - the way the iPhone, the iPad, and Apple TV all seamlessly work together. Until you try airplaying a game on your big screen TV you don't realize how cool it is.
Which is why I'll be winning my best against Jake.
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