Joseph Bland on Premarket: Apple is red - 'Thanks for clarification, Rodney, and I upvoted both comments! This ridiculous drop in Apple’s valuation is (1) SO predictable, and (2) a huge opportunity for both Apple and long term investors to buy cheap AAPL – which Apple has now been doing for over 12 years!'
on Apple's MacBook Neo stars in this week's Joy of Tech - 'Anybody have an idea how big the revenue opportunity is for Apple in the budget market for laptops? If Apple sells annually 4 million additional budget laptops at 650 asp that works out to 2.6 billion per year. A nice use of older technology but not a super difference to the overall Apple ecosystem. If they do better than that then it bodes well for future Mac user sales so a good way to expand.'
on Premarket: Apple is red - '“ And no, Rodney, what some folks see as the tardiness of Smart Siri is not the problem.” I agree. I am not in a big hurry, and I don’t think Apple should be either. But there are some on Wall Street who think otherwise. And I believe that when Apple does make that announcement, we will see a very sizable bump in aapl.'
on Premarket: Apple is red - 'According to a court filing with the U.S. Court for International Trade, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency stated they are unable to comply with a court order directing it to refund tariffs that the Supreme Court has ruled illegal. That may also be what’s weighing on the market, from a couple of perspectives. First being companies and consumers won’t be getting their money that was illegally taken by US Customs and Border Protection any time soon and, second, the bigger, broader, and more significant implications of the US government simply saying they can’t (or won’t?) follow a court order to undo their illegal actions. Put simply, what does it mean to do business in a jurisdiction in which the rule of law is no longer of relevance to government and regulators?'
on Apple's MacBook Neo stars in this week's Joy of Tech - 'People spend more than that per month on coffee!'
on Apple's MacBook Neo stars in this week's Joy of Tech - 'Don’t forget the colors, telegraphing APPLE to all the other kids. And Apple offers $49.91/mo. per month for 12 mo.months.'
on Premarket: Apple is red - 'No farm payrolls came in at -92,000, against expectations of +50,000, unemployment rate ticked up to 4.4%'
on Apple's MacBook Neo stars in this week's Joy of Tech - 'Joy of Tech is a must-read for me. And I just swapped emails with Snaggy yesterday about a bug on their website.'
on Premarket: Apple is red - 'Greg, I’ve been trading AAPL since 1995 (gave all my shares to my ex in exchange for a divorce in 2005). I started trading options shortly before that. I don’t think the Market has ever reconciled Apple’s near death experience in 1997.'
on WSJ: Apple is using memory chip costs like a scalpel to slice up its competitors - 'Joseph, off the top of my head, wonder if you could mount a second hand iPhone, camera facing down, pointing at your keyboard so you can see everything correctly. Set it to local FaceTime to your Mac. Open the FaceTime app so you see the video from your iPhone camera correctly oriented. Resize the window as needed and place at base of display screen just large enough for you to have visual feedback for your typing. You can then see on the display directly in front of you what your hands and keyboard are doing below your line of sight. You could even elevate or angle the keyboard up a bit of you want your arms and wrists to have a more ergonomic position?'
on Apple MacBook Neo hands on (videos) - 'I expect to see these popping up in the Apple refurb store for $50 to $100 off in about 5 to 6 months, just in time for back to school season. And I am sure Apple will run some kind of promos as well. Places like Microcenter, B&H Photo and others will have sales sooner then that. A $500 aluminum-bodied MacBook with advanced chips? They will sell *very* well.'
