iCrime

Fat Abe · 05-01-2010, 01:50 AM

Another new word to stuff into Webster's dictionary, come the end of 2010. From a blog by David Morgenstern:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=6778

" ... I note the iCrime rate for e-readers. I have read anecdotal reports that you can read a Kindle on the NYC subway and nobody will bother you. This was said with a note of pride, as if that was a good thing for the Kindle platform. The “where are the iPads if they’re so hot?” measure of the market. We already have news reports that if you pull out a iPad on the subway, you will be instantly mugged. This was the very same problem with the Microsoft Zune audio player a couple of years ago — robbers would steal the iPods and leave the Zunes."

iCrime= code word for "take a bite out of the competition"

The author speculates that the iPad's tablet competition "(will) drop like flies, (with) e-book readers next." Hypothetically speaking, the Apple Blitzkrieg (iPad) could surpass the installed base of all other e-readers in 18 months or less. I'm not including smartphones or laptops. The competition (MSFT and HPQ) have fallen on their own spears. GOOG is a long shot. The traditional players, Amazon and Sony are no competition for Apple, since the former don't make multipurpose tablet devices of any note. Apple struck while the iron was hot, and turned the competition into waffles.

05-01-2010, 01:50 AM	#1
Fat Abe Man Who Stares at Books Posts: 1,817 Karma: 10606722 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: 50th State, USA. Also, PA, NY, CA, and elsewhere. Device: All of the Above	iCrime Another new word to stuff into Webster's dictionary, come the end of 2010. From a blog by David Morgenstern: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=6778 " ... I note the iCrime rate for e-readers. I have read anecdotal reports that you can read a Kindle on the NYC subway and nobody will bother you. This was said with a note of pride, as if that was a good thing for the Kindle platform. The “where are the iPads if they’re so hot?” measure of the market. We already have news reports that if you pull out a iPad on the subway, you will be instantly mugged. This was the very same problem with the Microsoft Zune audio player a couple of years ago — robbers would steal the iPods and leave the Zunes." iCrime= code word for "take a bite out of the competition" The author speculates that the iPad's tablet competition "(will) drop like flies, (with) e-book readers next." Hypothetically speaking, the Apple Blitzkrieg (iPad) could surpass the installed base of all other e-readers in 18 months or less. I'm not including smartphones or laptops. The competition (MSFT and HPQ) have fallen on their own spears. GOOG is a long shot. The traditional players, Amazon and Sony are no competition for Apple, since the former don't make multipurpose tablet devices of any note. Apple struck while the iron was hot, and turned the competition into waffles. Last edited by Fat Abe; 05-01-2010 at 01:55 AM.