• Explore the magic and the mystery!


  • » Currently browsing posts tagged with: Npd Group

    The Apple Should Have Known Report

    June 17th, 2010

    I suppose you can say I’m weird when I tell you that I enjoy the lame attempts by some members of the media to devise sensational — and usually misleading — headlines and content about Apple Inc. and loads of other subjects. So in the wake of that massive system breakdown when hundreds of thousands […]


    So is Apple the Best?

    May 18th, 2010

    A published report today suggests that, although Apple’s products aren’t necessarily the fastest or contain the latest whizzy features, people are comfortable with the secure ecosystem and interface simplicity. That’s why iPhones are still hot sellers even though competing products have speedier processors, superior displays and more powerful camera chips. Or at least, that’s the […]


    The Apple Hardware Report: What Will 2010 Bring?

    December 21st, 2009

    I can start this discussion with just one word, and that’s iTablet, or iPad, or whatever Apple will choose to call that presumed tablet-based computer. But the question remains whether there’s a need for such a product in the real world, regardless of the rampant speculation and all those rising expectations. It’s not whether or […]


    The Apple Tax Revisited

    November 26th, 2009

    All right, a new report from the NPD Group says that 48% of the retail dollars spent on personal computers in the U.S. now goes to Apple. However, that doesn’t add up to a 48%% market share by any means, because of the price of admission. But, folks, I still maintain there is no Apple […]