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Monday, March 15, 2010

Apple Innovation eBook - Innovation Strategy, Innovation Process, Innovation Model

Apple Innovation Strategy - Apple Innovation eBookHow does Apple, the #1 innovative company in the world, innovate and create game-changing innovations such as the iPod, iTunes, iPhone, iPad and more? What is Apple's secret recipe for innovation success?

What is Apple's Innovation Strategy? Download these Apple Innovation eBook insights and learn to be like Apple... like Steve Jobs, the innovator and CEO of Apple.


― "There's an old Wayne Gretzky quote
that I love. 'I skate to where the puck
is going to be, not where it has been.'
And we've always tried to do that at
Apple. Since the very very beginning.
And we always will.
" —Steve Jobs

Apple innovates through:
• Creativity and Innovation
• Innovation in Products
• Innovation in Business Model
• Innovation in Customer Experience
• Innovation and Leadership
• Steve Jobs


This Apple Innovation Strategy ebook provides insights, strategy, best practices, facts and much more...

Apple has built an Innovation Factory – one that harnesses creativity in its people, stimulating new ideas, and launching successful, profitable new innovations... Apple leverages its diverse culture, innovation processes, partners and networks to seize the new opportunities in the marketplace and grow its business...exponentially…

How did Apple do it?
• Increase revenue more than 400% in 8 years…
• Increase net profit more than 650% in 8 years…
• Increase market cap more than twenty times to over $170 billion and
counting…

Download Apple's Innovation Strategy and learn to innovate, like Apple, today!!

Download Now

If you are having download issues, send us an email at: info at innovationmain dot com

About the author:
Sanjay Dalal is an innovator and entrepreneur with over fifteen years of leadership experience in Silicon Valley and High Tech companies. Dalal authored and launched the Innovation Faculty eBook and Definitive Guide on Creativity and Innovation in business in 2008, used by over 550 leading organizations and professionals all over the world including HP, Hallmark, Cleveland Clinic, Pepsi, EDS, and major universities. Dalal published over 200 articles in the last two years on the real-time state of innovation in business at this blog on Creativity and Innovation Driving Business, and introduced the Innovation Index in December 2006 that correlates business, innovation and stock performance. Dalal filed joint U.S. Patent on "Hands-On Labs" for delivering live, hands-on training over Web Meetings by simulating a training lab environment. Dalal has launched innovative products such as WebEx Training Center and WebEx Sales Center to market, and grown product line revenue to tens of million dollars in annual revenue. Dalal holds executive certification on Leading Management Teams from Cornell University, and is an engineering scholar graduate in Computer Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. Dalal attended Arizona State University for graduate education in Computer Science.

Innovation eBook is brought to you by Creativity And Innovation Driving Business based in Irvine, CA.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Apple's Innovation Strategy - Learn How Apple Innovates

Apple Innovation Strategy - Apple Innovation eBookHow does Apple, the #1 innovative company in the world, innovate and create game-changing innovations such as the iPod, iTunes, iPhone, iPad and more? What is Apple's secret recipe for innovation success? How does Steve Jobs innovate?


What is Apple's Innovation Strategy? Download these Apple Innovation eBook insights and learn to be like Apple... like Steve Jobs, the innovator and CEO of Apple.


― "There's an old Wayne Gretzky quote
that I love. 'I skate to where the puck
is going to be, not where it has been.'
And we've always tried to do that at
Apple. Since the very very beginning.
And we always will.
" —Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple Inc.

Apple innovates through:
• Creativity and Innovation
• Innovation in Products
• Innovation in Business Model
• Innovation in Customer Experience
• Innovation and Leadership
• Steve Jobs
Legendary Leadership

This Apple Innovation Strategy ebook provides insights, strategy, best practices, facts and much more...

Business Innovation FactoryApple has built an Innovation Factory – one that harnesses unbridled creativity from its people, stimulating bold & enterprising new ideas, and launching successful, profitable new innovations... time and again! Apple leverages its diverse ecosystem of employees, customers, suppliers, partners & global networks, proven innovation process, and a winning culture that doesn't accept second place - to seize the new opportunities in the marketplace and grow its business... exponentially…


How did Apple do it?
• Increase revenue more than 1,200% since 2000
• Increase net profit more than 3,000% since 2000
• Increase market cap more than thirty five times to over $300 billion and
counting…

Download the all new, revised Apple's Innovation Strategy and learn to innovate like Apple and Steve Jobs, today!! (latest edition released in April 2011, and includes iPad innovation, iPhone 4, new insights, and excerpts from Steve Jobs interview)

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Apple Innovation Strategy eBook details invaluable tools to unlock:
Creativity -> Ideas -> Innovations -> Success -> Profits

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If you are having download issues, send us an email at: info at innovationmain dot com

About the author:
Sanjay Dalal is an innovator and entrepreneur with over fifteen years of leadership experience in Silicon Valley and High Tech companies. Dalal authored and launched the Innovation Faculty eBook and Definitive Guide on Creativity and Innovation in business in 2008, used by over 650 leading organizations and professionals all over the world including HP, Hallmark, Cleveland Clinic, Pepsi, EDS, J&J, LG, TATA and major universities. Dalal published over 300 articles in the last two years on the real-time state of innovation in business at this blog on Creativity and Innovation Driving Business, and introduced the Innovation Index in December 2006 that correlates business, innovation and stock performance. Dalal filed joint U.S. Patent on "Hands-On Labs" for delivering live, hands-on training over Web Meetings by simulating a training lab environment. Dalal has launched innovative products such as WebEx Training Center and WebEx Sales Center to market, and grown product line revenue to tens of million dollars in annual revenue. Dalal holds executive certification on Leading Management Teams from Cornell University, and is an engineering scholar graduate in Computer Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. Dalal attended Arizona State University for graduate education in Computer Science. Dalal is the current CEO & Founder of OGoing Inc., exclusive business community for social networking.

Apple Innovation eBook is brought to you by Creativity And Innovation Driving Business based in Irvine, CA, an Irvine Chamber of Commerce member.

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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Apple hits a home run with the latest earnings - Learn how Apple innovates and creates exciting new products

InnovationMain.com - Creativity And Innovation Driving Business is hosting engaging online Innovation Bootcamp workshops. These workshops are now delivered using WebEx Meeting Plus service, the global leader in web meetings.

Learn how Apple innovates, creates exciting new products such as iPhone, iPod, iTunes Store, App Store, MacBook, and grows the business successfully time and again, especially during recession and economic cycles. Learn how to unlock your creativity, uncover and create game-changing innovations, and make exponential business growth a reality.


In the latest quarterly earnings announced today, Apple earned the highest in its storied history, and grew the most - while maintaining the margins. An amazing feat considering the slowing economy and dismal holiday sales that have impacted major retailers. How did Apple do this? How did Apple turnaround the iPod business and had the highest sales of iPod in a quarter? Over 22 million iPods. Although iPhone quarterly sales slowed somewhat, Apple still sold more than 13 million iPhones in 2008 - besting Apple Innovation blog's estimate of 12 million iPhones. Why are Steve Jobs and Timothy Cook more confident about the future of Apple?

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have...It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it." - Steve Jobs, Apple chief executive officer and co-founder.

"The training provided an excellent orientation on the topic of innovation and I learned several new techniques for generating and successfully implementing new ideas. Plentiful real world case studies was another aspect I liked about the program. I highly recommend the program." - IT Manager

The Innovation Bootcamp will help you:

  • Unleash the Creativity of your Team.
  • Become an Innovator at your Organization.
  • Build an Innovation Factory.
  • Accelerate the Growth of your Business.

"The Innovation Bootcamp has helped me in countless situations, not only on the job but also in my personal life. Sanjay Dalal's tenacious and diligent coverage of all the core innovation techniques and case studies has given me a more well-rounded understanding of the business world." - Bootcamp Attendee

The Innovation Bootcamp consists of Six Online Engaging Workshops of 90 minutes each:

1. Leading with Innovation
The Business Case for Innovation

(Each attendee completes a Q&A to establish an Innovation baseline)
The Current State of Business Innovation at Apple and key innovators
The Disruptive Innovation Gap
The Innovation Index - Correlating Stock, Business, Innovation Performance
Measuring Business Innovation Success with examples of iPod and iPhone
Short Innovation in Business Quiz

2. Unblocking Creativity and Innovation
The Essential Processes and Skills

The Essential Processes and Skills
Short Business Creativity Quiz
Blocking Creativity and Innovation - Four blockers and Nine Processes
Failures Driving Innovation - Five Takeaways to implement today
Avoiding Cycles of Innovation and Innovation Blunders
Six Ways to Find Innovation - Can you find Innovation? You bet
Leadership Driving Innovation - Ten must-have leadership drivers

3. Unleashing Team Innovation
Great Teams Deliver Great Innovations

Short Team Innovation Quiz
Ten Traits of Creative Leaders - Are you an innovative leader?
Seven Characteristics of Highly Innovative Teams - Build that great team
Examples of Effective Teams - Learn how creative teams deliver
Ten Principles to Unleash Team Innovation - Crank up your team creativity
Unlocking Team Creativity - Create that well oiled assembly line

4. and 5. Innovation Case Study
Learn how Top Innovators Lead with Innovation
Topics include Co-creation, Business Models, Product and Process Innovation
Apple - What makes Apple the #1 Innovative Company?
Apple in 2000 - A Historical Perspective
Apple in 2008 - How did Apple get here?
Apple Innovations in Products, Business Model, Customer Experience
iPod, iPhone, iTunes, Macintosh, Retail - Innovations in motion
Apple Creativity and Innovation Process
Apple Leadership and Innovation
How Apple Innovates? The Innovation Machine
Apple in 2010 and beyond

6. Building an Innovation Factory
Grow and Manage Innovation at Your Organization

Make Innovation Happen at Your Organization
Five Principles For Driving Successful Innovation - Key takeaways
Develop your Innovation and Creativity - Multiple techniques to jumpstart creativity
Create a Business Case for Innovation - Strategy and Plan to drive innovation
Implement Innovation Models at Your Business
Group Innovation Brainstorm and Quiz
Final Project to create an Innovation Strategy

The Innovation Bootcamp will help you:


1. Create real strategies, tools, and techniques to unleash innovation at your organizaton.
2. Prepare you and your team to convert ideas and creativity into successful innovation.
3. Enable you to accelerate and grow your business profitably.

Who should register?
Managers, Leaders, Consultants, HR Managers, Directors, Marketers, Product Managers, Technologists, Engineers, Professors, Business and Engineering Majors, Marketing Executives, Executives, Team Leaders, Consultants, Sales Managers, Strategists, Product Marketers

Why I should attend?
Be different from your peers. Be innovative. Be creative. Stand out. Beat the recession. Increase your team productivity. Challenge your mind. We promise that you will be inspired to jumpstart Innovation at your business after attending the Innovation Bootcamp, or your money back.

The Innovation Bootcamp Schedule

The Innovation Bootcamp Workshop will be delivered live and online through web seminars on the following dates and time:

Learn more

All times in Pacific time zone. You only need to register for one of the bootcamps. If you miss one session, no worries... you can make up a session in the next bootcamp or watch video of the recorded session.

Register by Phone, Email or Fax

Please call us at: 1-949-688-2880 to learn more and register. Email us your registration at: info@innovationmain.com Hurry, registration is limited to 15 attendees per Innovation Bootcamp. You only need a computer with sound card to attend the live, online workshops from your office or home. It is convenient, flexible and effective.

Contact Us Today if you would like us to deliver the Innovation Bootcamp at your organization at a convenient time.

About Our Innovator

Sanjay Dalal is an innovator, investor and entrepreneur with over fifteen years of experience in Silicon Valley and High Tech companies. Dalal is the author of the Faculty eBook and Definitive Guide on Innovation, and has published over 200 articles in the last year and a half on the real-time state of innovation in business at his blog Creativity and Innovation Driving Business. Dalal introduced the Innovation Index in December 2006. Dalal was the president and managing director of the innovative investment company, Innovation Index Group, that systematically invests into the Top 20 Innovators of The Innovation Index. Dalal has launched innovative products to market and grown businesses to the tune of $70 million plus a year. Dalal holds executive certification on Leading Management Teams from Cornell University, and is an engineering scholar graduate in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. Dalal attended Arizona State University for graduate education in Computer Science. Dalal secured the first position in the 50th William Lowell Putnam Math Competition. Dalal volunteers as a basketball coach for Irvine NJB - 7th graders, as an art master for 2nd graders, and as the secretary in the School Site Council. Dalal, a philanthropist, is an appointed member of the Dean's Leadership Circle of The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine.

About Creativity And Innovation Driving Business

The mission of Creativity and Innovation Driving Business is to provide no-nonsense insights, strategy and solutions with proven processes that drive Creativity and Innovation at your business, create real market growth and success for your products and services, and achieve market leadership. We have considerable experience and expertise in working with small, growing and emerging companies & business units, product and marketing departments, and distributed innovation teams.

Creativity And Innovation Driving Business is located in Irvine, California.

Selected references:
Leading eBook on Creativity and Innovation in Business
Creativity and Innovation Best Practices
Creativity and Innovation Case Studies
The Innovation Index
Top 50 innovative companies in the world

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Apple Innovation and Creativity in Business Case Studies

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is one of the Top 20 Innovators of The Innovation Index.

Apple Innovation eBook - Innovation Strategy, Innovation Process, Innovation Model

How does Apple, the #1 innovative company in the world, innovate and create game-changing innovations such as the iPod, iTunes, iPhone, iPad and more? What is Apple's secret recipe for innovation success?

What is Apple's Innovation Strategy? Download these Apple Innovation eBook insights and learn to be like Apple... like Steve Jobs, the innovator and CEO of Apple.

― "There's an old Wayne Gretzky quote
that I love. 'I skate to where the puck
is going to be, not where it has been.'
And we've always tried to do that at
Apple. Since the very very beginning.
And we always will.
" —Steve Jobs

Apple innovates through:
• Creativity and Innovation
• Innovation in Products
• Innovation in Business Model
• Innovation in Customer Experience
• Innovation and Leadership
• Steve Jobs Leadership


This Apple Innovation Strategy ebook provides insights, strategy, best practices, facts and much more...

Apple has built an Innovation Factory – one that harnesses creativity in its people, stimulating new ideas, and launching successful, profitable new innovations... Apple leverages its diverse culture, innovation processes, partners and networks to seize the new opportunities in the marketplace and grow its business...exponentially…

How did Apple do it?
• Increase revenue more than 400% in 8 years…
• Increase net profit more than 650% in 8 years…
• Increase market cap more than twenty times to over $170 billion and counting…

Buy Apple's Innovation Strategy and learn to innovate, like Apple, today!!

Revised in 2011! Includes Steve Jobs interview, iPad innovation, new insights and much more... 125 slides in all!





Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is one of the Top 20 Innovators of The Innovation Index.

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Apple iPhone Post Launch Frenzy

Apple iPhone was launched on June 29, 2007.

Unconfirmed reports indicated high-end sales of over 700,000 iPhones during the first two days of launch (June 29, June 30), and over 1,000,000 in the first few days. iPhones were sold out at most AT&T (NYSE: T) and Apple stores. "Shoppers may have taken home as many as 700,000 iPhones over the weekend, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. analyst David Bailey has estimated, twice his initial projection. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs has sought to use the connection to the iPod business, which pulls in about $10 billion in revenue a year, to reach his goal of selling 10 million phones in 2008."



Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock traded as high as $134.50 on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 marking an all-time high for the company. Apple is scheduled to announce the quarterly earnings report on July 25, 2007 after market close.

Apple may introduce new, cheaper iPhone by Fall 2007

According to Forbes story, in a note to clients, J.P. Morgan analyst Kevin Chang said based on a patent Apple filed in November, he thinks a new iPhone is coming that will cost $300 or less. It is likely to be controlled by a scroll wheel, and might have limited functionality. He said the patent filing showed how to dial a phone number with the scroll wheel.

"We believe it's a strong sign that Apple could potentially convert every iPod nano into a nano phone," he wrote, referring to the company's popular flash memory-based music player.

The nano currently sells for $149 to $249, depending on the amount of included memory. The nano and Apple's shuffle iPod comprise the majority of the estimated 50 million iPods the company sells each year, Chang said.

Chang said there's "a decent chance" that Apple will accept operator subsidies for a cheaper iPhone model, which could sell 30 million to 40 million units in fiscal year 2008.

"The global introduction of this model should be much faster than iPhone, given the former's limited functionality and lower customization requirement," he wrote

Apple Competition

Motorola Needs To Be Quicker To Prevent The Big Squeeze
CNNMoney.com - 9 Jul 2007
Apple Inc .'s (AAPL) initial success with the iPhone increases the pressure on Motorola Inc . (NYSE: MOT) to move faster to launch exciting new products.With the popularity.....

Apple has not yet announced an European partner for the newly launched iPhone. There is speculation that O2 could be the chosen one.

Bottomline:
If Apple indeed sold over 1 million iPhones during the first week of launch, Apple is well poised to best its own estimate of 10 million iPhones during the first year of launch. This will be phenomenal. And the cheaper iPhone will only help cement the lead for the foreseeable future. Can Apple achieve the impossible barrier set by Motorola back in 2004-2006 of 60 million RAZR phones? Even if Apple sells over 10 million iPhones during the first year, the meaningful total impact on the revenue would only be about a third of the actual sales price, or about $1.6 billion in accountable revenue for the next fiscal year. This is owing to the fact that Apple will be counting the sale of the Apple iPhone over a two year period.

Who benefited most from the Apple iPhone launch besides Apple? Research In Motion Inc. (NASDAQ: RIMM) - RIM had an amazing quarter, beating profit and revenue estimates handily, besting all the analyst estimates, raising the quarterly estimates, and then announcing:

"As it prepares to do battle with the Apple (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) iPhone, Research in Motion (nasdaq: RIMM - news - people ) told investors that, after eight years of trying, it's finally received the official green light to sell its sought-after BlackBerry device in China. RIM will serve corporate customers in cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou."

Apple has yet to determine its Asian partner for the iPhone, and will likely take a few years before entering the China market.

It's too early to predict as to who will emerge victorious in the Smartphone market: Apple, RIM, PALM or the emergence of Nokia, Samsung, LG, Motorola and more. For now, RIM has shown no signs of slowing down owing to the launch of the Apple iPhone. RIM CEO believes that all the interest around the smartphones actually helps RIM. RIM shares are trading at all time highs, and closed at $209.25 on July 10, 2007.


Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and RIM (NASDAQ: RIMM) are two of the top 20 innovators of The Innovation Index; Apple is the Number One Innovator for 2007 as per the rankings of the Top 50 Innovative Companies in the world by BusinessWeek.

Also check out the following interesting stories about the Apple iPhone Launch:
Apple iPhone Rising - June 29 Liftoff - Top Ten Innovations

Friday, June 29, 2007

Apple iPhone Rising - June 29 Liftoff - Top Ten Innovations

Top Ten iPhone Innovations introduced by Apple's Creativity

Apple iPhone launches today, June 29, 2007.

Here are the Top Ten innovations introduced in iPhone by Apple:

1. Make calls by "simply pointing at a name or number." Get out of here... no buttons to click. No clicking umpteen times before you find the number you want to call. Point and Call. Welcome to the new touchscreen interface of iPhone. If you love the iPod interface, iPhone will only make it better.

2. Visual Voicemail, is definitely an industry first, a new innovation, that "lets users look at a listing of their voicemails, decide which messages to listen to, then go directly to those messages without listening to the prior messages." How useful is this? How often and how long you have to wait to hear that all important message from your very important friend, or boss until all the messages before are heard? If you are a frequent cell phone user, the answer is all the time. Apple understands the users' frustration as they check their voice mails, and Visual Voicemail will change the way you listen to your voice messages, and even save you minutes spent in waiting to hear that all important message. Oh, and you can even ignore earlier messages from that certain friend.

3. SMS move over. No more clicking 3 or 4 or more times to get to that letter that you want to type now. How about a touch keyboard that is predictive, full QWERT, and even prevents mistakes. Oh my. Finally, SMS will become easier, simpler, faster, friendlier, and bigger!! If you love SMS, iPhone is it. Recent reviewers have indicated that SMS on the iPhone needs a bit of getting used to; but once you do, you won't go back to the old ways.

4. A handy 2 megapixel camera, with that all important Photo management software. Finally. Now you can organize the photos you take and use them for wallpapers, emails, upload and download them to your PC or MAC, and watch them on a 3.5-inch widescreen.

5. A widescreen iPod. How wide? 3.5-inch wide. You love iPod. You would love iPhone even more. It takes iPod to the next level. Literally. iPhone promises that you will now "touch" your music, videos, photos, songs, artists, albums, playlists - all at the click of a finger. And now you can enjoy all those TV shows in cool landscape mode. Add YouTube to the video mix, and now we are talking!!

6. Cover Flow in iPhone introduces a new way to "browse music library by album cover artwork, for the first time." When navigating your music library on iPhone, you are automatically switched into Cover Flow by simply rotating iPhone into its landscape position. Now, you can enjoy the album in the same way as you buy it from the music store.

7. iPhone brings your Rich Email with the graphics, photos and visuals along with text from your friends, family or work to the phone. The emails are downloaded in the background while you work, browse, message or call, and will work on most POP3 and IMAP services. And to top it off, Yahoo! Mail is integrated and readily available for the iPhone.

8. Web Browsing as good as computer. This could be a stretch. Although iPhone comes with the Safari (TM) web browser which provides all the features of web browsing for the computer on the iPhone. Could this be the last straw that finally breaks the camel's back, and brings the hordes of wireless phone users to web browsing? Not only you can see a web page as it was designed to be seen, iPhone allows you to "easily zoom in to expand any section by simply tapping on iPhone's multi- touch display with their finger." And with the Quad-Band GSM technology along with EDGE and Wi-Fi means "you can surf the web from just about anywhere," and even "automatically sync bookmarks from their PC or Mac."

9. Google Maps. On iPhone. No way. Yes way. Google's groundbreaking maps service and iPhone's amazing maps application tied together "offering the best maps experience by far on any pocket device." Easily and conveniently view maps, satellite images, traffic information and even get directions. Finally, you have everything local and global covered.

10. Artificial Intelligence. iPhone that thinks and senses and becomes one with what you do. iPhone has "advanced built-in sensors -- an accelerometer, a proximity sensor and an ambient light sensor" that "detects when the user has rotated the device from portrait to landscape, then automatically changes the contents of the display accordingly, with users immediately seeing the entire width of a web page, or a photo in its proper landscape aspect ratio." Are you kidding me? No wait. There's more. iPhone also has "proximity sensor detects when you lift iPhone to your ear and immediately turns off the display to save power and prevent inadvertent touches until iPhone is moved away." Wait a moment. Finally, "iPhone's built-in ambient light sensor automatically adjusts the display's brightness to the appropriate level for the current ambient light, thereby enhancing the user experience and saving power at the same time."

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is one of the top 20 innovators of The Innovation Index, and is the Number One Innovator for 2007 as per the rankings of the Top 50 Innovative Companies in the world by BusinessWeek.

Also check out the following interesting stories about the Apple iPhone:

Two Days to Apple iPhone Launch - June 29 Liftoff
Three Days to Apple iPhone Launch - June 29 Liftoff
Four Days to Apple iPhone Launch - June 29 Liftoff
Five Days to Apple iPhone Launch - June 29 Liftoff
Seven Days to Apple iPhone Launch - June 29 Liftoff
Eight Days to Apple iPhone Launch - June 29 Liftoff
Nine Days to Apple iPhone Launch - June 29 Liftoff
Ten Days to Apple iPhone Launch - June 29 Launch
Countdown to Apple iPhone Launch - Day 15 - June 29 Launch
Countdown to Apple iPhone Launch - Day 14 - June 29 Launch
Countdown to Apple iPhone Launch - Day 13 - June 29 Launch
Countdown to Apple iPhone Launch - Day 3 - June 29 release
Countdown to Apple iPhone Launch - Day 2
Countdown to Apple iPhone Launch - Day 1

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Two Days to Apple iPhone Launch - June 29 Liftoff

"Apple Inc.'s iPhone won't hit stores until Friday, but the heavily hyped gadget already has unleashed a cottage industry of touch-screen protectors, leather hip carriers and car adapters.

Even the most enthusiastic manufacturers said creating formfitting iPhone accessories was an enormous challenge. A notoriously tightlipped Apple kept many partners in the dark on precise specifications, and some of the company's most trusted accessory manufacturers still have not touched a genuine iPhone.

To compensate, many cribbed size and weight specifications from Apple's Web site, then created models out of wood, cardboard or plastic. They shipped models to Apple for advice on whether headset and other outlets were placed correctly. They adjusted and resent revised versions to Apple." - Source: BusinessWeek

"Motorola, the world's second-largest mobile handset maker is coming off a $118 million dollar first calendar quarter loss, notes the Financial Times, where its strategy to increase market share resulted in crisis.

Padmasree Warrior, chief technology officer for Motorola, told the financial paper that her firm is basing a comeback on a new generation of handsets, but admits that iPhone is of particular concern.
"I do worry about [the iPhone] because [Apple] is a great competitor; a very respectable, credible, tough competitor to have in the industry," she said.

At the same time, the exec believes the Apple device will appeal only to a "small part of the market" and hold its share of weaknesses. For instance, she said the phone's web browsing capability could have "severe limitations" because it will run on AT&T's slower 2.5G network, rather than the carrier's high-speed 3G network.

Motorola, which saw a resurgence after the launch of its RAZR handset in 2004, plans to unleash the second-generation of the super-slim handset sometime this summer. Like the firm's Q9 smartphone, the RAZR2 will reportedly run on the faster 3G networks." - Source: Apple Insider

"Vodafone is in talks with Apple to launch the U.S. firm's iPhone combined music player and telephone in Europe, and talks partly hinge on volume guarantees and subsidies, a Dutch magazine reported.

Apple demanded a guaranteed sales volume for the iPhone, which the British mobile operator did not want to give, Dutch magazine Bright said on its web site late on Tuesday.

The magazine said Vodafone was pushing for more scope to subsidize the phone and did not want Apple to have control of the sale price." - Source: Reuters UK

"Apple Inc.'s iPhone won a strong endorsement from a key technology reviewer on Tuesday, June 26 when the Wall Street Journal's Walter Mossberg called it a beautiful, breakthrough device.

"Our verdict is that, despite some flaws and feature omissions, the iPhone is, on balance, a beautiful and breakthrough handheld computer," Mossberg said in a review on WSJ.com.

New York Times technology writer David Pogue also weighed in with a largely positive review saying that the iPhone lived up to most of its considerable hype even if it did fall short in some areas." - Source: WSJ, New York Times

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is one of the top 20 innovators of The Innovation Index, and is the Number One Innovator for 2007 as per the rankings of the Top 50 Innovative Companies in the world by BusinessWeek.

Bottomline:

If iPhone is a huge success, the iPhone accessories market will be another big hit. Case in point: iPod accessory market. iPhone has competitors worried, both in the U.S. and outside. In order to succeed globally though, Apple must put together a solid win-win plan to expand in Europe and Asia soon - within the next two months. Finally, reviews of iPhone are coming in, and are mostly optimistic - either the reviewers don't want to emphasize the flaws, or there are limited flaws - also, do they really want to bet against a winning horse when there is so much hype, buzz, hysteria and more surrounding the launch? The consumers will soon find out whether the iPhone is for real on June 29.

Also check out the following interesting stories about the Apple iPhone:

Three Days to Apple iPhone Launch - June 29 Liftoff
Four Days to Apple iPhone Launch - June 29 Liftoff
Five Days to Apple iPhone Launch - June 29 Liftoff
Seven Days to Apple iPhone Launch - June 29 Liftoff
Eight Days to Apple iPhone Launch - June 29 Liftoff
Nine Days to Apple iPhone Launch - June 29 Liftoff
Ten Days to Apple iPhone Launch - June 29 Launch
Countdown to Apple iPhone Launch - Day 15 - June 29 Launch
Countdown to Apple iPhone Launch - Day 14 - June 29 Launch
Countdown to Apple iPhone Launch - Day 13 - June 29 Launch
Countdown to Apple iPhone Launch - Day 3 - June 29 release
Countdown to Apple iPhone Launch - Day 2
Countdown to Apple iPhone Launch - Day 1

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Three Days to Apple iPhone Launch - June 29 Liftoff

Jessica Rodriguez joins the line to purchase an iPhone in front of an Apple store on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 in New York. The much-promoted mobile phone from Apple goes on sale Friday in U.S. markets. For Jessica Rodriguez, waiting four days for an iPhone is nothing when the prize is "the next big thing."

On Tuesday, Rodriguez became the fourth person to line up outside Apple Inc.'s Fifth Avenue store in New York. The 24-year-old college student wants to get a belated birthday gift for her sister as soon as the iPhone starts selling Friday evening.

"Words can't express why I want an iPhone," Rodriguez said, sitting in a red folding chair she brought. "The main reason is (Apple CEO) Steve Jobs is a genius. He's a great innovator. It's going to be the next big thing in cell phones.".....Click here for the complete story

"I'll probably get the world's worst sunburn,'' said Eric Mueller, a graphic designer from Harlem who's fifth in line at the Fifth Avenue store, the only Apple outlet that's open 24 hours a day. "But it's exciting to be part of it.''

For others, it's about earning some extra cash. John May, a college student in Vallejo, California, has offered to stand in line for $250 for a potential iPhone buyer. He'll wait at an Apple store in Vallejo or Walnut Creek. Although no one has responded to his ad on Craigslist, May said he'll still join the line for latecomers.

"It seems like an easy way to make cash,'' said May, 18, who said his dad gave him the idea. "It's crazy.''

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is one of the top 20 innovators of The Innovation Index, and is the Number One Innovator for 2007 as per the rankings of the Top 50 Innovative Companies in the world by BusinessWeek.

Bottomline:

Fans are beginning to clamor for the brand new Apple iPhone which is due out at 6:00 p.m. on June 29. The lines will only get bigger by June 29 morning, and expect dozens to hundreds of anxious buyers waiting outside the key Apple and AT&T stores to try and buy the iPhone. Even the $59.99 monthly plan that includes 450 minutes and unlimited data services among other features will not deter the die-hard Apple aficionados. Most analysts are predicting 100,000 to 200,000 iPhone unit sales by June 30. If you cannot wait for the iPhone, don't want to stand in line for days or hours, and are searching for an alternative, check this review of iPhone competitors by Marketwatch: Wireless device makers target iPhone crowd - LG, Nokia and target high-end users, but devices lack carrier support.

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Customers line up for iPhone launch
By ANICK JESDANUN
AP INTERNET WRITER

New Yorkers camp out for iPhone despite summer heat
IPhone fever takes hold in the Big Apple

Monday, June 25, 2007

Four Days to Apple iPhone Launch - June 29 Liftoff

The following table shows estimates for unit sales of the Apple iPhone from various analysts, including my own:



Bottomline:

The average estimate from all the analysts including the Apple Innovation Blog is over 1 million units of Apple iPhone sold by September 30, 2007, and 8.74 million units of Apple iPhone sold in the next year by September 30, 2008 for a total of 9.74 million units sold from June 29 launch through September 30, 2008. Even if Apple iPhone sells closer to 7.5 million units in the first full year of launch, this would be considered highly successful, and would easily eclipse the first full year of launch sales of the Apple iPod. However, Steve Jobs' and Apple's sights are much higher - the Motorola RAZR sold 50 million units from 2004 to 2006. Can iPhone come close to the breakout success of the RAZR?

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is one of the top 20 innovators of The Innovation Index, and is the Number One Innovator for 2007 as per the rankings of the Top 50 Innovative Companies in the world by BusinessWeek.

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Sunday, June 24, 2007

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Bob Rehm has seen the commercials, he’s witnessed the hype, and he really couldn’t care less that the iPhone is about to drop in Southwest Florida.

Yes, it’s a cell phone that can hold pictures, MP3s files, and includes a Web browser complete with Google search and map functions. Yes, it will be able to support wireless streaming of videos from YouTube.

And yes, it’s actually cooler — if that’s even possible — than the iPod, according to loyalists of the Apple brand.....

There's hype. There's hysteria. And there's history. The hype around Apple Inc.'s upcoming iPhone is abundantly clear. So is the hysteria. But how the iPhone will leave its historical mark after Friday's launch is to be seen.

Will the gadget - which triples as a cell phone, iPod media player and a wireless Web device - be as "revolutionary" as Apple CEO Steve Jobs has claimed?

Even if the product flops for some reason or stays limited to the high-end corner of the smart phone market, the iPhone has already jolted the industry, showing that it is not just the body and outward beauty of the handset that counts, but what's inside....

Remember the television ads for the Motorola RAZR?
The commercials showed off the sexy, thin profile of the clamshell handset and seduced more than 50 million people from 2004 to 2006 to buy it, making it the most popular cell phone ever sold.

But people want more now. There are plenty of slim, ultra-thin options out there, but not many make finding photos, saving phone contacts, picking up voice mail and selecting ringtones insanely easy.

"This is the most anticipated phone since Alexander Graham Bell did his," said Michael Gartenberg, an industry analyst at JupiterResearch. "Part of it is the fascination with Apple's products and how well they design them, but it's also about how poor the design in software is in cell phones now, and how much time Apple has spent working on this."

Apple's iPhone commercials show a finger swiping the touch screen display to activate the home menu, and with one tap on the photo icon, up pop your photos. Another icon zips over to your contacts.

Not a drop-down menu in sight.

"A few handset makers have been trying to make the phone simpler without having to refer to a manual that's 18 times the size of the phone," said Richard Doherty, president of The Envisioneering Group, a research company. "But Apple is going for the moon here.".....

Oakland Web programmer David Stillman, 21, hopes to be the first of his friends to own an iPhone.

Stillman, who has three Macintosh computers and two iPods, plans to trade in his two-year-old Sanyo phone for the high-end $599 iPhone if the all-inclusive monthly charges come to less than $100. Apple and AT&T Inc. - the exclusive carrier for the iPhone - have not yet disclosed the service charges.

Stillman says the best iPhone features appear to be the simple access to Google Inc.'s online maps and route directions and the intuitive user interface, which allows for easy scrolling through a contact list, fast searches through photo albums and quick callback for missed calls and recently dialed numbers.

Also, instead of just listening to voicemail in the order received, Apple has created what it calls "visual voicemail" for iPhone, an innovative way to see the list of voice messages so users can quickly choose the one they want to hear.

"The software is going to sell this phone - it's going to be so easy and obvious and will correct a lot of problems in other phones," said Stillman, who was waiting for Apple's flagship retail store in San Francisco to open Friday morning to do some shopping. "Other phones - even BlackBerrys - can do a million things but you can't figure out how to do anything on them.".....

Bottomline:

Oh my!! The buzz that the Apple iPhone has created pre-launch is unprecedented. As Steve Jobs will have you believe, iPhone is the coolest mobile phone, "it's all about the software inside", and the ease-of-use, the intuitive interface, the touchscreen, the iPod music player, the comprehensive Safari Internet browser, the YouTube video, the visual voice mail, the Google Maps, the pictures, the artificial intelligence, the photos, the wireless connectivity.....and more. Just one or two of these killer features have to be a big hit for the iPhone to rival the success of the iPod or the Motorola Razr. What will these features be? Would it be the Internet browsing? Would it be the music? Would it be the video? Or the fact that it would be the easiest mobile phone to operate. Would iPhone software come in the way of its operations and konk out when you are calling someone? Is the iPhone tested fully? Would iPhone connection be available everywhere and there would be no more "Can you hear me?". The industry is eagerly waiting for perhaps the biggest product launch of the 21st century.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is one of the top 20 innovators of The Innovation Index, and is the Number One Innovator for 2007 as per the rankings of the Top 50 Innovative Companies in the world by BusinessWeek.

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Fans already saying ‘iWant the iPhone’ By Jessie L. Bonner
Originally published — 2:21 p.m., June 23, 2007
Updated — 10:20 p.m., June 23, 2007

Associated Press
Industry Awaits 'Revolutionary' IPhone
By MAY WONG
06.24.07, 4:04 PM ET

Friday, June 22, 2007

Seven Days to Apple iPhone Launch - June 29 Liftoff

Apple Inc.'s iPhone was a top choice in a survey of people who plan to buy an advanced mobile phone in the next three months, a sign the new device may take market share from rivals.

The survey by ChangeWave Research found that 26 percent of likely buyers would choose the iPhone, a combination mobile phone and iPod that will go on sale June 29. It was tied for first place with Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry. The research firm asked 3,489 U.S. consumers if they planned to buy an advanced mobile phone, and if so, what brand they would choose.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) , based in Cupertino, California, is betting the iPhone's features such as a touch screen will lure customers away from the BlackBerry and Palm Inc.'s Treo. The U.S. market for so- called smart phones, which offer e-mail functions, music players and cameras, may grow 43 percent this year to almost $6 billion, according to research firm Strategy Analytics.

"It appears that the Apple iPhone will have a huge impact on the smart-phone market,'' ChangeWave said in the report. The device "poses an enormous challenge to the entire industry.''

ChangeWave, based in Rockville, Maryland, said 7.8 percent of the consumers surveyed planned to buy an advanced phone within the next 90 days. The study was conducted in April.


Bottomline:

If the market of smartphones indeed grows to $6 billion this year, and 26 percent of likely buyers will choose the iPhone, this would translate to $1.56 billion in total revenue for the new iPhone in the first year. At an average sale of $549 per iPhone, the number of new iPhones sold in the first year could eclipse 2.84 million units. Most analysts predict that the first year sales of the new iPhone would be in the range of 3.5 million to 4 million units. This means, that an additional 1 million iPhones will be snapped up by existing iPod owners. With 100 million iPod owners all over the world, 1 million translates to only 1% of the entire population. It is plausible that at least 10% of the iPod owners would buy the new iPhone - this alone creates a market of 10 million new iPhones. The question then is really about the timing. How soon will Apple sell 10 million new iPhones? Would it take only two years, or closer to five years? The success of Apple and the new iPhone will be entirely defined by rapid acceleration of new iPhone sales. Anything less than the sale of a few million iPhones in the first year would be construed a failure.

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Thursday, June 21, 2007

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AT&T (NYSE: T) adds 2000 employees, includes 1,800 stores, and expands store hours for the upcoming Apple iPhone launch

AT&T, the exclusive service provider for the Apple iPhone, said on Thursday it has hired 2,000 temporary store workers to handle its much-hyped introduction of the iPhone, the first cell phone from iPod music player maker Apple.

The biggest U.S. wireless service provider by customer numbers will be the country's only carrier to offer the device when it goes on sale June 29. AT&T and Apple said they plan to start selling the device starting at 6 p.m. local time in cities across the country.

AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel said the company hired the extra summer staff for its 1,800 stores in anticipation of "significant demand" for the device. AT&T's wireless division employs a total of about 58,000 people.

AT&T sales staff have received a total of 100,000 hours of training to sell the device, at "the high end of the normal range" with an average of 6 hours per employee, said Mr. Siegel.

Apple, which plans to start selling the phone in all of its 162 retail stores on June 29, did not disclose any plans around training or staffing for the launch.
Apple will also start selling the phone online on the launch date, but AT&T will first launch only in its stores.

"This is such an important product we want to make sure people are fully informed," when they buy it, said Mr. Siegel.

AT&T stores will close locally at 4.30 p.m. on that Friday to prepare for the launch, then reopen at 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. that night, according to Mr. Siegel.

"We want to free people from the rush of what they would normally encounter on a busy day," he said.

AT&T, which is requiring iPhone shoppers to sign up for a 2-year contract, has not yet revealed the service fees it will charge iPhone customers. The price of an iphone will be either $500 or $600, depending on the storage space in the phone.


Bottomline:

Both AT&T and Apple are working in overdrive to make the new Apple iPhone a smashing success. If Apple iPhone does not takeoff as anticipated, it would definitely not be because of lack of planning, preparation and execution. Rather, it may fail if the consumers do not adopt it by the masses and if the much touted Internet, Music and Video features don't live up to the expectations. Is the AT&T network ready to handle the type of data traffic that an iPhone user will exploit on a daily basis when they are downloading iTunes, Video from YouTube and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), and browsing the Internet on the powerful Safari browser? There is also the small matter of texting using the touchscreen - this may involve a user behavior change that most layman users may not be ready to adopt or adapt. Remember Palm and the Graffiti. It never took off since the users were not ready to change the way they write their abc's. There is also the prohibitive cost of the Apple iPhone itself at $499 or $599, the monthly data services cost, and the inherent cost of switching carriers if you are stuck in a contract. All these costs can add up significantly, and can dampen the iPhone launch. However, if AT&T and Apple score high on these potential hiccups, they will launch a home run that will rival the success of iPod. Ten million iPhones may very well become a thing of the past by the end of 2008.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is one of the top 20 innovators of The Innovation Index, and is the number one innovator for 2007 from among the Top 50 Innovative Companies in the world as per BusinessWeek.

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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Nine Days to Apple iPhone Launch - June 29 Liftoff

Apple® announced that Apple iPhone™ users will be able to enjoy YouTube’s originally-created content on their iPhones when they begin shipping on June 29. A new Apple-designed application on iPhone will wirelessly stream YouTube’s content to iPhone over Wi-Fi or EDGE networks and play it on iPhone’s stunning 3.5 inch display.

“iPhone delivers the best YouTube mobile experience by far,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO.

iPhone will be the first mobile device to use the H.264-encoded videos. Over 10,000 videos will be available on June 29, and YouTube will be adding more each week until their full catalog of videos is available in the H.264 format this fall.

The complete story can be found at: Nine Days to Apple iPhone Launch - June 29 Liftoff

Bottomline:

Just when we thought we had seen the last of the "nine days to launch" Apple iPhone's innovations, Apple iPhone once again steals the limelight, and creates a mobile industry first: iPhone becomes the first mobile device to use H.264-encoded videos with a built-in ability to browse 10,000 videos on demand from YouTube. Wow!! Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) leads the market with the YouTube on demand web video service; Google and Apple have now joined hands to offer YouTube over the iPhone. There are tens of millions of YouTube downloads daily; now there will be hordes of iPhone users browsing YouTube video clips daily. YouTube is already viral; now, iPhone can become viral based on the viral appeal of YouTube. Can one find a better match than this? Not in the current market. The numbers are mind boggling: 19 million consumers have shown interest in purchasing the new iPhone, and with YouTube coming on board, the numbers can only become real. One thing is certain: Steve Jobs and Apple are playing all the right cards to make the iPhone a must have, gotta have, to die for mobile phone that will provide the best internet, video and music experience. And oh, it's a pretty good phone too.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is one of the top 20 innovators of The Innovation Index, and is the number one innovator for 2007 from among the Top 50 Innovative Companies in the world as per BusinessWeek.

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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Ten Days to Apple iPhone Launch - June 29 Launch

iPhone Delivers Up to Eight Hours of Talk Time

Now Features Durable Glass Top Surface

Apple® announced on June 18 that iPhone™ will deliver significantly longer battery life when it ships on June 29 than was originally estimated when iPhone was unveiled in January. iPhone will feature up to 8 hours of talk time, 6 hours of Internet use, 7 hours of video playback or 24 hours of audio playback.* In addition, iPhone will feature up to 250 hours-more than 10 days-of standby time. Apple also announced that the entire top surface of iPhone, including its stunning 3.5-inch display, has been upgraded from plastic to optical-quality glass to achieve a superior level of scratch resistance and optical clarity.

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Bottomline:

With Ten days to iPhone Launch, Apple has once again upped the ante by providing increased talk time, and superior touchscreen surface for the iPhone. Either Apple is really getting good at underestimating and over-delivering on announced features thereby creating an awe for the iPhone even before the launch, or even Apple is essentially figuring out things out on-the-fly and innovating in real-time. Either way, the consumers benefit the most from these improvements. The question then to ask is whether Apple will announce another enhancement before the launch. For the naysayer, Apple's strategy of innovating while the product is on the assembly line should raise quality concerns. But then again, Apple has proved time and again that it will rather stretch just a bit more with the best interest of the consumer in mind and take that meaningful risk, rather than wait.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is one of the top 20 innovators of The Innovation Index, and is the number one innovator for 2007 according to BusinessWeek.

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