The Professor’s Notes

(iPhone Experience, Pt 2)
I had to chuckle.  Really.  Remember way back when, when I wrote that the iPhone was a bit over-priced, in my opinion?  It was funny at the time, really, considering that Scott Bourne, over at The Apple Phone Show was talking about how great a deal it was, to get an 8gb [...]

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As you no doubt have read, I have bought an iPhone.  This makes for the third iPhone in the family, and the first of the 3G variety.  I have replaced my Cingular 8525, which was a nice Windows Mobile phone.  I bought my phone at the AT&T store near me the day it was released, [...]

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Perhaps it is time for me to explain some things.  Those of you that have read me regularly know that I have been of two minds concerning the iPhone.  I thought it was overpriced, but definitely a cool device.  Then the price came down.  First my son bought one (with a subsidy from Dad, but [...]

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Here is the screenshot taken (using that new, cool iPhone feature.)  As you can see the charging feature of my accessory is not supported.  In this case, the accessory is an Altec-Lansing InMotion portable player.

You can get a quick look at my other apps downloaded, including my son’s favorite, PhoneSabre.
I would like to take a [...]

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Okay, I did it. I bought a 3G iPhone.  And I like it.  I really do.  But it would be nice it if would also charge using the existing iPod/iPhone accessories.  I have several, including a car charger that works with all my previous versions of iPod/iPhones, but find that when I connect the 3G [...]

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I would say I feel vindicated. I mean, after all I had been ranting that the iPhone was overpriced.  But then, as you may recall, I blogged about “temporal price discrimination” and how dropping the price on the “Jesus phone” made sense.  Take all the money away from those who are so readily willing to [...]

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I have posted this over at “Supply Chain Innovations Today” but wanted to cross-post here.
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DC Velocity has published a great article pointing out the way in which logistics (and by extension, supply chain management) comes through time and time again–and occasionally with a high profile effort. In this case, the author writes about the [...]

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After writing the last post, I realized I had not tackled the big question:  How could Apple have practiced price discrimination that would have enabled the “big spenders” to still feel good about themselves, rather than feeling like they were robbed?
Thankfully, others have taken on this task.  Specifically, Seth Godin (you know, the “All Marketers [...]

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After some thought, I have decided to write about what Apple did right, and wrong, in their decision to lower the prices on the iPhone. Essentially, I believe they recognized the opportunity to generate more revenue from a lower price point, and chose to practice price discrimination to achieve that. Alas, they made [...]

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Perhaps I was a bit rash in judging the iPhone. Who am I to resist the iWitch, and eternal life?
The Video

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