Comments on: Apple Announcements and Marketing 101 http://www.maccast.com/2007/11/26/apple-announcements-and-marketing-101/ For MacGeeks by MacGeeks Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:29:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Chris Christensen http://www.maccast.com/2007/11/26/apple-announcements-and-marketing-101/#comment-62065 Chris Christensen Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:01:44 +0000 http://www.maccast.com/2007/11/26/apple-announcements-and-marketing-101/#comment-62065 Exactly, and a point I meant to make but forgot. Another reason that they handled the iPhone differently. Thanks Tinus. Exactly, and a point I meant to make but forgot. Another reason that they handled the iPhone differently. Thanks Tinus.

]]> By: Tinus http://www.maccast.com/2007/11/26/apple-announcements-and-marketing-101/#comment-62025 Tinus Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:26:31 +0000 http://www.maccast.com/2007/11/26/apple-announcements-and-marketing-101/#comment-62025 Well, with the FCC checks Apple didn't really have a choice with the iPhone, its existence would have been known anyway. I think they did a masterful job at the marketing, everyone was talking about it. Well, with the FCC checks Apple didn’t really have a choice with the iPhone, its existence would have been known anyway. I think they did a masterful job at the marketing, everyone was talking about it.

]]> By: Chris Christensen http://www.maccast.com/2007/11/26/apple-announcements-and-marketing-101/#comment-61764 Chris Christensen Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:00:53 +0000 http://www.maccast.com/2007/11/26/apple-announcements-and-marketing-101/#comment-61764 If I could spell I would be dangerous. Thanks for catching it, I fixed the typo. If I could spell I would be dangerous. Thanks for catching it, I fixed the typo.

]]> By: Ian Osborne http://www.maccast.com/2007/11/26/apple-announcements-and-marketing-101/#comment-61754 Ian Osborne Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:54:33 +0000 http://www.maccast.com/2007/11/26/apple-announcements-and-marketing-101/#comment-61754 [quote]This is called the [B]Osbourne[/B] Effect after [B]Osborne[/B] Computer Corporation which pre-announced a series of new products in 1983. The company went out of business shortly there after and the most common story has been that their sales dried up when they announced these new machines. (Whether this actually caused [B]Osbourne[/B] to go out of business[/quote] Get the spelling right, dude - it's O-S-B-O-R-N-E (no relation). And yes, I do have an axe to grind! :D [quote]This is called the [B]Osbourne[/B] Effect after [B]Osborne[/B] Computer Corporation which pre-announced a series of new products in 1983. The company went out of business shortly there after and the most common story has been that their sales dried up when they announced these new machines. (Whether this actually caused [B]Osbourne[/B] to go out of business[/quote]

Get the spelling right, dude - it’s O-S-B-O-R-N-E (no relation).

And yes, I do have an axe to grind! :D

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