Recent Articles From EvanCarmichael.com http://www.evancarmichael.com/ http://www.evancarmichael.com/Retail/3840/If-and-when-the-iPad-arrives-it-wont-be-a-stopgap-solution.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Retail/3840/If-and-when-the-iPad-arrives-it-wont-be-a-stopgap-solution.html Whether the rumored "iPad" comes out this year or next, Apple will almost certainly position the device (assuming it even exists; the company has made no official statement about it) as a mobile computing device, NOT as a laptop. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Retail/3840/Are-Macs-and-WalMarts-a-good-match8232.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Retail/3840/Are-Macs-and-WalMarts-a-good-match8232.html Apparently, there are plans afoot for Wal-Mart to sell Macs, as well as iPhones and iPods, in at least some of their stores. I'm not sure that's a good idea, but it's worth pursuing, at least on a trial basis. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Retail/3840/Apple-should-NOT-cut-Mac-prices.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Retail/3840/Apple-should-NOT-cut-Mac-prices.html There’s a constant cry from some quarters for Apple to slice prices on the Macs to: a) compete with the bargain bin PeeCees, b) accommodate consumers in these tough economic times, and/or c) prove those Microsoft ads wrong. To which I say: don’t do it http://www.evancarmichael.com/Retail/3840/Youve-been-watching-TV-on-your-Mac-I-know-you-have.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Retail/3840/Youve-been-watching-TV-on-your-Mac-I-know-you-have.html Recent stats from Nielsen Online, a division of The Nielsen Company, show that (no surprise) YouTube continued to rank as the No. 1 video web brand with 5.5 billion total streams in April. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Retail/3840/Apple-wont-a-buy-EA-b-buy-Twitter-c-launch-its-own-game-console.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Retail/3840/Apple-wont-a-buy-EA-b-buy-Twitter-c-launch-its-own-game-console.html Tough economic times or not, Apple is rolling in dough. It has an US$29 billion cash balance, so this has led to some crazy speculation on what Apple will do with the moolah. There's been talk -- crazy talk in my opinion -- that Apple will buy Twitter and/or Electronic Arts. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Retail/3840/My-take-on-the-iPhone-lite-Apple-Pad.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Retail/3840/My-take-on-the-iPhone-lite-Apple-Pad.html Sometimes the rumors get it right, sometimes not. But I think they’re at least half off on the reports of Verizon and Apple working together on an “iPhone lite” and/or an “Apple pad.” My take: the former isn’t coming, the latter is. Though not necessarily with Verizon. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Retail/3840/DVDs-Bluray-discs-may-be-around-longer-than-most-pundits-think.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Retail/3840/DVDs-Bluray-discs-may-be-around-longer-than-most-pundits-think.html Whether or not Blu-ray ever succeeds in replacing DVDs, I do wish that Apple would offer the necessary support in Mac OS X (Snow Leopard, perhaps) so that third parties could make Blu-ray players (as well as recorders, which are already offered) for the Mac. I know that Apple wants to convince us that renting and buying movies online are the future (which is why we may never see Blu-ray player/recorders built into a Mac), but hat future is a ways off yet. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Retail/3840/By-my-new-way-of-calculating-it-Apple-is-the-number-one-computer-vendor-in-the-US.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Retail/3840/By-my-new-way-of-calculating-it-Apple-is-the-number-one-computer-vendor-in-the-US.html Maybe it would be cheating but what if iPhones and iPod touches were tallied into the total for Macs sold during a quarter? Imagine what that would do for the Mac’s market share. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Retail/3840/The-Sellers-Research-Groups-take-on-Apples-financial.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Retail/3840/The-Sellers-Research-Groups-take-on-Apples-financial.html Apple announces its latest financial results today at 2 pm (Pacific). Naturally, we’ll be covering the announcements in-depth. But first I wanted to give you the predictions of what Apple will announce, as determined by the Sellers Research Group. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Retail/3840/iMac-to-be-retired-this-year-I-dont-think-so.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Retail/3840/iMac-to-be-retired-this-year-I-dont-think-so.html Ian Lamont, writing for The Industry Standard says he thinks that Apple will announce no later than Sept. 30, 2009, that the iMac is being discontinued. I think he’s waaay off base, but you have to admire his penchant for details.