Comments on: How the Pocket PC beat the Palm - Lessons for Apple iPod http://www.sastwingees.org/2006/06/04/how-the-pocket-pc-beat-the-palm-lessons-for-apple-ipod/ Knowledge is Scrumptious Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:04:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1-alpha-10188 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.sastwingees.org/2006/06/04/how-the-pocket-pc-beat-the-palm-lessons-for-apple-ipod/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Anonymous Tue, 04 Jul 2006 10:24:00 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2006/06/04/how-the-pocket-pc-beat-the-palm-lessons-for-apple-ipod/#comment-201 Alex, thanks for the comments. You are right in the Apple has put a great business model together. However, my point is that, it is too consumer-focused thereby opening a window of opportunity for MS and other players to come in with an enterprise-focused business model. As i explained this is how Palm lost the battle to Pocket PC. Alex,

thanks for the comments. You are right in the Apple has put a great business model together. However, my point is that, it is too consumer-focused thereby opening a window of opportunity for MS and other players to come in with an enterprise-focused business model. As i explained this is how Palm lost the battle to Pocket PC.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sastwingees.org/2006/06/04/how-the-pocket-pc-beat-the-palm-lessons-for-apple-ipod/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Anonymous Sun, 25 Jun 2006 18:50:00 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2006/06/04/how-the-pocket-pc-beat-the-palm-lessons-for-apple-ipod/#comment-200 Hi Sukumar. Interesting analysis. Both companies, Palm & MS, have indeed followed different business models. They were targeting different target customers, which they tried to reach through different channels. However, I'm not sure that this analysis can be applied to the iPod. Apple's strength regarding iPod is the business model design. By linking a product (iPod) with a service (iTunes) to sell entertainment (listening to music everywhere), which is all based on an acknowledged capacity to design stylish things, they designed a business model that is hard to copy. The business model building blocks perfectly fit... As mentioned above Apple's main weakness will be their proprietary approach. To date it plays largely to their favour and only future will tell if it will be their Achilles' heel... Hi Sukumar. Interesting analysis. Both companies, Palm & MS, have indeed followed different business models. They were targeting different target customers, which they tried to reach through different channels. However, I’m not sure that this analysis can be applied to the iPod.

Apple’s strength regarding iPod is the business model design. By linking a product (iPod) with a service (iTunes) to sell entertainment (listening to music everywhere), which is all based on an acknowledged capacity to design stylish things, they designed a business model that is hard to copy. The business model building blocks perfectly fit…

As mentioned above Apple’s main weakness will be their proprietary approach. To date it plays largely to their favour and only future will tell if it will be their Achilles’ heel…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sastwingees.org/2006/06/04/how-the-pocket-pc-beat-the-palm-lessons-for-apple-ipod/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Anonymous Tue, 20 Jun 2006 05:43:00 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2006/06/04/how-the-pocket-pc-beat-the-palm-lessons-for-apple-ipod/#comment-199 Ganesh, I guess you have a point. Robbie Bach may do an encore with this after his success with the XBox. This is going to be one helluva interesting battle. Ganesh, I guess you have a point. Robbie Bach may do an encore with this after his success with the XBox. This is going to be one helluva interesting battle.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sastwingees.org/2006/06/04/how-the-pocket-pc-beat-the-palm-lessons-for-apple-ipod/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Anonymous Sun, 18 Jun 2006 03:58:00 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2006/06/04/how-the-pocket-pc-beat-the-palm-lessons-for-apple-ipod/#comment-198 <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060616/tc_nm/media_microsoft_apple_dc_7" rel="nofollow">This </a> reinforces my thoughts on this topic - MS will take iPod head on in the consumer space instead of coming via the enterprise - ala XBox against Sony Playstation. MS has the gumption and cash power to do this. Versions 1 and 2 of the iPod rival will probably suck, but by version 3, MS would have ironed out the kinks and exposed the APIs to bring in developers and business partners into their fold. As Sukumar had mentioned before, the fact that Apple is NOT opening up their APIs may spell the death knell for iPod. Eventually, I see MS bundling "iPod rival" in devices that support Windows Mobile OS. So, for example, folks who love the Treo 700w, would get "iPod rival" hardware bundled in, with a free 3 month subscription to MS music service - all of which will somehow be tied with Windows Live. Now, you have enticed folks to move away from iPod/iTunes!! Ganesh This reinforces my thoughts on this topic - MS will take iPod head on in the consumer space instead of coming via the enterprise - ala XBox against Sony Playstation. MS has the gumption and cash power to do this. Versions 1 and 2 of the iPod rival will probably suck, but by version 3, MS would have ironed out the kinks and exposed the APIs to bring in developers and business partners into their fold. As Sukumar had mentioned before, the fact that Apple is NOT opening up their APIs may spell the death knell for iPod.

Eventually, I see MS bundling “iPod rival” in devices that support Windows Mobile OS. So, for example, folks who love the Treo 700w, would get “iPod rival” hardware bundled in, with a free 3 month subscription to MS music service - all of which will somehow be tied with Windows Live. Now, you have enticed folks to move away from iPod/iTunes!!

Ganesh

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sastwingees.org/2006/06/04/how-the-pocket-pc-beat-the-palm-lessons-for-apple-ipod/comment-page-1/#comment-196 Anonymous Fri, 09 Jun 2006 07:37:00 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/2006/06/04/how-the-pocket-pc-beat-the-palm-lessons-for-apple-ipod/#comment-196 CK, I think you are right. I had read somewhere that the average number of songs in an iPod is only 375 which is below what the basic Shuffle can carry. Therefore, iPod functionality being subsumed by the smartphone is a very probable scenario and as i said in the enterprise scenario that becomes even more probable. Iam sure people noticed the rumor that Apple may be tying up with Blackberry which will give it some legs in the Enterprise market. CK,

I think you are right. I had read somewhere that the average number of songs in an iPod is only 375 which is below what the basic Shuffle can carry. Therefore, iPod functionality being subsumed by the smartphone is a very probable scenario and as i said in the enterprise scenario that becomes even more probable. Iam sure people noticed the rumor that Apple may be tying up with Blackberry which will give it some legs in the Enterprise market.

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