Daily Archives: October 4, 2011

iPhone 4s is out… Looks like shareholders and consumers will have to wait for iPhone 5.

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The consumers along with shareholders of apple have been waiting for the iPhone 5. Unfortunately it just isn’t here yet. Despite the fact that apple has had 16 months to prepare their new phone rather than creating what Job’s would call another revolution Apple has manifested a small scale evolution of an existing product. It seems Apple is attempting to replicate the marketing success of iPhone 3G and iPhone 3Gs.

The new iPhone 4 S  which was announced today includes the following evolutionary hardware modifications: A5, the same 1GHz dual core processor as the one in iPad 2 and an 8mp HD 1080p Camera. The prominent software modifications include a new iOS 5 and Siri.  Siri is basically an artificially intelligent life assistant. You can actually ask Siri aloud if you should take an umbrella with you today, where the closest ATm is and verbally command your iPhone 4 S to send messages and make phone calls. The iOS 5 does not seem to have any outstandingly new features.

What else is new? That’s about it. Not surprisingly shareholders were not impressed since the whole world was primed for iPhone 5. Most OEMs including Sony, Nokia, Samsung and Motorolla have already equipped their phones with 8 to 12mp cameras, dual processors and powerful displays prior to the release of this new iPhone. How will this effect Apple’s reputation? Will this be Apple’s first in a while marketing “slip”? Let me know what you think.

Markets do not seem to house the poor. It’s time for a revolution. It’s time for the $300 house.

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A developmental humanitarian project of Vijay Govindarajan- a professor of International Business at the Tuck School of Business at Darthmouth along with a marketing consultant Christian Sarkar has gained tremendous amount of buzz on the internet. At first the idea was released at the Harvard Business Review Blog in January 2, 2011. The idea was to replace the unsafe, unreliable, and unhygienic cardboard and metal sheet houses in the parts of the world heavily stricken with poverty with a mass produced $300 dollar product. The in work design of the $300 house for the poor includes a mosquito net, built-in furniture, solar cooker, outlets to charge phone/tablet PC as well as sanitation solutions. Govindarajan and Sarkar initially simply wanted for the idea to be out in the air. However the massive response that it received from the online community has opted for them to turn it into reality. As you can see here, this innovative project is being developed through a very innovative strategy. $300 House has issued a series of challenges such as the “Financial Challenge” the “Design Challenge” and “Energy Challenge” to be taken on by various companies and individuals to help turn this project into reality. This seems to be an amazing solution that could drastically help about 50% of the worlds population. I am currently looking into how I can contribute and suggest that you fellow Saudirites do as well! Check out their website for more details.

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