Why Apple won before it even started fighting…
Okay, so. Apple iPhone – iPod – iPad – pretty much everything in Apples product range begins with an i. For all we know, they have iCEOs, and iExecutives. and if you don’t perform well enough you get made iRedundant. But, the thing is, whether it was the naming convention, or the products, Apple has pretty much won over the phone/media player market, and is now encroaching on a market that didn’t even exist a few years ago, with the iPad. And, because Apple got there first, getting these new ‘tablet’ thingies out to the public, in a readily, available way, just like it did with it’s iPod and, to a lesser extent, it’s iPhone, we are now going to have to listen to several years of reviewers going on about whether this new tablet idea, or that new tablet idea will be able to compete with the iPad.
I mean, even today, most mp4 players are compared against Apples mighty iPod, and the first line usually relates to whether ‘it can compete with the iPod.’ The same thing’s happened with the iPhone, pretty much all new ‘superphones’ are compared against Apples iPhone, and often come off worse. And that’s why Apple’s already won. Because every new product is instantly compared against the iPhone/iPod/iWhateverthehell
Okay, I’m coming off pretty anti-Apple here.Maybe I am – I never really did like the look of Apples products, but you can’t deny the fact that Apple’s doing something right to be able to attract so many customers. Still, I can’t envisage myself holding any kind of Apple product any time soon. Unless, of course, it’s the crunchy, fruity kind.
