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[Rogerdodger]

The most popular cell phone ever sold:
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.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - There's hype. There's hysteria. And there's history. The hype around Apple Inc. (AAPL)'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.

"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."

"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."

"The software is going to sell this phone...
"Other phones - even BlackBerrys - can do a million things but you can't figure out how to do anything on them."

Stillman says the best iPhone features appear to be the simple access to Google Inc. (GOOG)'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.
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More than 1 million people have signed up with Apple and AT&T for more information.
49 million more to go...

Edited by Rogerdodger, 24 June 2007 - 10:58 PM.

[Russ]

How long can this stock keep going parabolic?
http://bigcharts.mar...&mocktick=1.png

Edited by Russ, 24 June 2007 - 11:43 PM.

[Mtrader]

only 12 bags. Double it.

[Sentient Being]

Russ, NOw that I own it....it's over.

[securelstmile]

I am pretty neutral on apple right now, still expect 150 this year though but have no idea when this year.

Something that has really peaked my interest is the comparisions between the blackberry and iphone regarding security. We really have come full circle to conclude that the biggest problem with an apple product is security related.

My investment idea related to this is certicom cic.to. Rimm uses certicom's ecc encryption and has for years. It is still unclear whether apple will ever sign on with them but the stock is so badly beaten down it is at the very least a value play at these levels. They are also suing sony for patent infringement and my patent attorney friend likes their odds.

There has been much written about the iphone and security but no one has as of yet connected certicom with this situation.

http://www.cioinsigh...,2149907,00.asp

[calmcookie]

Russ, NOw that I own it....it's over.

SB .... one of them WILL eventually win for you ... might be apple. Good luck!

[Sentient Being]

Russ, NOw that I own it....it's over.

SB .... one of them WILL eventually win for you ... might be apple. Good luck!

Nope, stopped out. It was just a passing interest. I'm actually spending hours building some trading systems and system testing. I'm making a move back toward mechanical trading where I seemed to do the best. I've got a number of ideas that I'm not testing variations of against a variety of stocks. Once I settle on a trading system, I'll then start optimizing it for some individual stocks and see how I do. At the moment my trading dollars are all cash, having stopped out for a loss again!