news.yahoo.com — "No other company has ever received that kind of attention for a product launch," Yoffie says. "It's unprecedented."...The company's masterful buzz machine has helped generate record profits (thanks to the worldwide digital music cultural icon, the iPod)
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steve_sMar 10, 2007
Banner ads and digg aside, i havent heard one thing about the iphone. No one i knows talks about it, its not on tv constantly and i doubt it has 400 million dollars of free advertisement built up. thats aprox. 200 superbowl commercials at 2 million a peice.
helooMar 10, 2007
It will be a nice phone for mac users and an okay phone for windows users.
kuallaMar 10, 2007
and how about for all the linux users out there?
slumMar 10, 2007
Microsoft is a company yet it's founder donated billions to help others (hint he got the money by making his products good). All companies are business' but that doesn't mean they don't have to help the general public. Tell me, how much money has Apple or it's founders donated to charity?
dn11Mar 10, 2007
Hey, it's a good thing they didn't have to spend much on advertising, because at $600 I don't expect them to sell too many.
Closed AccountMar 10, 2007
Besides the fact that Apple knows how to design a nice looking and easy to use product, everything else is a BIG hype produced by master mind manipulator - Steve Jobs. Steve can sell you a dead horse and teach you now to ride it. I believe that ThinkSecret.com is on the Apple's payroll. Just think about how much free press has Steve generated by suing the people who "leaks" the information about Apple's upcoming products. To quote master Steve:"it's easy, you just press here, here and boom... boom ... see?"
sctechguyMar 10, 2007
Ok, you REALLY don't need to put your Digg username as the signature in every single comment that you post. That's one of the quickest ways to get dugg down.Yes, he does it in every comment that he makes on any digg story: <a class="user" href="http://www.digg.com/users/imrankarim/news/commented">http://www.digg.com/users/imrankarim/news/commented</a>
mindlesssoulMar 11, 2007
@ dmseanVaporware? Do you even know what vaporware means? If you look up "Vaporware" on wikipedia or similar, you'll find "See Microsoft for more info on vaporware manufacturing". Apple hardly ever delays products, and they're always released if promised. Only recently has ONE product been delayed, and that would be the Apple TV. Not a lot of people care about that product anyway.I'm not bashing Microsoft because I'm an Apple fanboy and that's their #1 rival; it's because Microsoft is the #1 most famous company for creatiing near vaporware that's barely released. Vista may as well be vaporware, because the finished product was nothing special at all, and it took over 6 years to develop.
cleverboyMar 11, 2007
@sctechguySecond quickest way... comment on why someone else's comment bugs you. [Sigh] sctechguy, who the f**k cares? Did you ever think that his name is an all too clever anagram, and he's being a desperate exhibitionist in hopes that someone might pick it up? --But, again, who cares? I'd digg myself down to cap our entire nonsense trilogy, but I assume the community will do its duty for me. Light me up, bitches! --And stg, next time, just say no.
diqqMar 12, 2007
What is iPhone? Tell me please.