Is it Time for Apple to Open the Apple Watch to the Android Crowd?

We now know Apple has done well with the Apple Watch and that it outperformed the iPhone and iPad in terms of units shipped during their first 9 weeks on the market. However, they are doing these strong sales with the watch only connected to the iPhone. Of course, this makes sense. If the watch … Continue reading Is it Time for Apple to Open the Apple Watch to the Android Crowd?

Waste Less Time on Apple Reports

It’s been an interesting week for those who spend their time paying attention to Apple’s third quarter earnings. The fun started last week with an analysis from Slice Intelligence that claimed a 90% drop in the sales of the Apple Watch since the launch. Never mind the fact that Slice’s data was based on nonsense, … Continue reading Waste Less Time on Apple Reports

Where the Apple Watch goes next

So much has been written already about the Apple Watch over the past few days that I’m reluctant to add to the pile. But having already written a preview piece and a brief analysis of the numbers as released, I actually want to move on to where the Apple Watch goes next because, regardless of … Continue reading Where the Apple Watch goes next

Apple Earnings Review

It seems it is more interesting to write about Apple earnings when there is controversy. This time, it was two-fold. Wall St. had a high degree of confidence, as did I, iPhone shipments would be above 50m units. They were not and Wall St.’s expectations were priced into the stock (which remains undervalued) and then … Continue reading Apple Earnings Review

Thoughts on Apple Watch Survey, Segmentation, and Adoption Cycle Theory

I wanted to add a few more points, specifically for our Tech.pinion Insiders, on the Apple Watch customer satisfaction report Wristly and I worked on together. Part of my goal is to help you understand my thinking and my methodology. As I explained in my article, it was the interviews I was doing with consumers … Continue reading Thoughts on Apple Watch Survey, Segmentation, and Adoption Cycle Theory

Apple Watch Satisfaction

A lot has been written about the Apple Watch. A lot will continue to be written about the Apple Watch. Apple has positioned it as their most personal product yet. Personal tastes are often subjective and sometimes polarizing. Polarizing would certainly characterize the tone of much of the public commentary thus far. While the Apple … Continue reading Apple Watch Satisfaction

Podcast: Apple Earnings Preview, Xiaomi, Intel Earnings

Welcome to this week’s Tech.pinions Podcast. This week Tim Bajarin, Ben Bajarin, and Bob O’Donnell preview Apple’s earnings, discuss Xiaomi’s recent comments on copying and their potential entry to the US market, and analyze Intel’s earnings and what it means for the future of the semiconductor industry. Click here to subscribe in iTunes. If you … Continue reading Podcast: Apple Earnings Preview, Xiaomi, Intel Earnings

Forum Topics: What Does Apple Do about Echo?, PC Doldrums: Mac vs PC Growth

I posted some new topics and commentary in the Tech.pinions forums. I encourage you to check them out and chime in with your own commentary. What Does Apple Do About Amazon Echo? I’ve been using an Amazon Echo for a few days and it provides some interesting experiences around smart home potential and voice UI. … Continue reading Forum Topics: What Does Apple Do about Echo?, PC Doldrums: Mac vs PC Growth

Podcast: Apple Watch Sales, PC Shipments, Microsoft-Nokia

Welcome to this week’s Tech.pinions Podcast. This week Tim Bajarin, Ben Bajarin, and Bob O’Donnell discuss reports of struggling Apple Watch sales, analyze rapidly declining PC sales numbers, and converse about Microsoft’s recent writeoff of Nokia’s assets and their more focused future approach to smartphones. Click here to subscribe in iTunes. If you happen to … Continue reading Podcast: Apple Watch Sales, PC Shipments, Microsoft-Nokia

Three More Industries Apple Could Disrupt

On January 2, 2012, I wrote a piece for Time Magazine titled “Four Industries Apple Can Disrupt in the Near Future”. In it, I suggested Apple will someday impact the Auto, Watch, TV and Appliances industries. I encourage you to read it to see how close my predictions were three years back. As I look … Continue reading Three More Industries Apple Could Disrupt

Forum Topics: Microsoft Smartphones, iPhones in China, Slice Apple Watch Data

One of the ways I’m using our new forums is to share some shorter posts and solicit more of a discussion around certain topics. So I’ll frequently post a short post, or top of mind thought to the forum. To let everyone know there is new content there I’ll create a post like this one … Continue reading Forum Topics: Microsoft Smartphones, iPhones in China, Slice Apple Watch Data

My Week Without Apple Watch

Sometimes, in order to truly appreciate life with modern day conveniences, we have to be reminded of what life was like before them. As an experiment for the last week, I decided to live without the thoroughly modern convenience of the Apple Watch. I was lucky enough to be included in the first group of … Continue reading My Week Without Apple Watch

Apple and Google’s Partners

It’s been a busy couple of weeks in tech news, despite the traditional summer lull where major news is concerned. Among the biggest news this past week has been Apple’s launch of Apple Music and Beats 1, and Microsoft’s sale of its display ad business to AOL (Verizon). I want to use these two particular … Continue reading Apple and Google’s Partners

Report: Apple and Fitbit Dominate Wearable Market

As a part of a broader report I’m developing for my company’s clients both in the tech and financial industries, I’ve been modeling our views on what happens in wearables for the next few years. I will break out smart watch shipment estimates and health and fitness devices separately, although each category is intertwined in … Continue reading Report: Apple and Fitbit Dominate Wearable Market

Podcast: Apple Music, HD Audio, Smart Homes, IOT, China, mCommerce

Welcome to this week’s Tech.pinions Podcast. This week Ben Bajarin, Jan Dawson, and Bob O’Donnell discuss Apple Music, CE Week and HD Audio, smart home installation challenges, security concerns for IOT, smartphone and commerce trends in China, and mobile and eCommerce trends worldwide. Episode Notes: Mobile Commerce Report Click here to subscribe in iTunes. If … Continue reading Podcast: Apple Music, HD Audio, Smart Homes, IOT, China, mCommerce

Experience Shows Why Apple Music Has Been Just a Little Problem

The fight between Apple and music star Taylor Swift was clear knockout for the singer in her challenge to the not-quite-started Apple Music and one of the big stories of the week. It showed Apple is somewhat confused, especially given the fact the project has been going on for a long time. But what has … Continue reading Experience Shows Why Apple Music Has Been Just a Little Problem

Understanding Apple’s Hardware Refresh Cycles

Over the last few weeks, there have been a lot of rumors about new features that could be in the next version of the Apple Watch. Some have even suggested a new watch could hit the market later this year. Nope, not going to happen. Is Apple working on version 2.0 of the Apple Watch? … Continue reading Understanding Apple’s Hardware Refresh Cycles

Apple Music and the Future of the Music Industry

In the past few years, it has become glaringly obvious the economics of streaming music was not favorable toward artists. Interestingly, I recall the same thing being said when Apple first launched the iTunes Store, as the music industry pundits feared the move would make it easier for people to only buy the song(s) they … Continue reading Apple Music and the Future of the Music Industry

Why Context is the Next Battleground for Apple, Google and Microsoft

At this year’s Google I/O Conference, the company announced Now On Tap, the next-gen version of its Google Now digital assistant, which can contextually improve how you experience apps using an updated machine learning algorithm and something they call “deep linking.” The idea behind this is, if you get a text saying to meet at … Continue reading Why Context is the Next Battleground for Apple, Google and Microsoft

Podcast: Apple WWDC 2015 Analysis

Welcome to this week’s Tech.pinions Podcast. This week Ben Bajarin, Carolina Milanesi, and Bob O’Donnell discuss Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), analyzing the company’s announcements around iOS9, watchOS, Apple Music and more. Click here to subscribe in iTunes. If you happen to use a podcast aggregator or want to add it to iTunes manually the … Continue reading Podcast: Apple WWDC 2015 Analysis

Apple is Back in Content

I did a quick post on my personal blog earlier this week called “Ten quick thoughts on WWDC” and threatened to expand on some of those thoughts in more detail in the coming days. Here, then, is the first expansion on one of those thoughts, and it’s the last one on my list: Apple is retaking … Continue reading Apple is Back in Content

Analyzing Microsoft’s and Apple’s Approach to Tablets

With Windows 10 on the horizon and Apple’s latest iOS 9 which will bring the iPad into much closer competition with PCs, it is worth looking at how the two platform companies are approaching tablets. As outlined in this report, my thesis for tablets has always been it is the true mass market computer. The … Continue reading Analyzing Microsoft’s and Apple’s Approach to Tablets

Apple’s WWDC: Three Big Things

As I digest Apple’s plentiful announcements at WWDC, I want to highlight a few I think have long range foundational impact. As our readers know, I look at the foundations platforms lay and then build upon. At the core, Microsoft, Apple, and Google all are continuing to evolve in directions that suit their strengths and … Continue reading Apple’s WWDC: Three Big Things

Thoughts from Apple’s WWDC

As I listened to Tim Cook and Apple’s executives give us an update on OS X — now known as El Capitan — iOS 9, Apple watchOS 2.0 and explain the new Apple Music “Beats 1” service, I was struck by the fact Apple’s ownership of the hardware, software, services and commerce layers of their … Continue reading Thoughts from Apple’s WWDC

Apple’s Music Business Today and Tomorrow

This piece will be published the morning of Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference keynote, so I thought I’d provide something of a companion piece to Ben’s from late last week, which was on the state of the online streaming music industry today. This is also, in some ways, a follow-up to my own piece from a … Continue reading Apple’s Music Business Today and Tomorrow