Yawn. Anything up with AAPL? Seems very quiet here…….

You know me. Age 72. AAPL since $4/share. But, I am a scientist, not an investment person. I’ll not sell my AAPL, no way José! But I want to put the rest of my retirement into something that at least will not lose value. Right now it is all in Vanguard TIPS. That has done really well over the last little while! Should I switch it all to Treasuries? What should I do? (I tend to do everything to excess, e.g. putting ALL my IRA into AAPL under President Ford). Thanks for any advice!

I just read some analysts’ objections: the next gadget that hits may be some other company, and AAPL is dust. I won’t bother to comment on that, for this board! It reminded me that my grandfather lived next door to a carriage manufacturer in Oshawa, Ontario. The guy decided to build horseless carriages! My grandfather felt it would fail, because there were not enough lower-class people able enough to be chauffeurs. Not a joke. The company became General Motors of Canada. And I still have my grandfather’s buggy whip! Again, not a joke.

Apple Hotels – wouldn’t it be great? I am in a non-Apple hotel at the moment, at a scientific meeting. When you come in the door, the light switch is near the door but is painted the same color as the walls so you can’t see it. The lamps by the bed have an intricate structure to keep you busy trying to find the switch. But the switch, believe it or not, is not on the lamp, it is on a separate black box about a foot away from the lamp itself. The black box has a handy tiny light on it so you can find it in the dark, once you know – and have been able to remember – that it exists. As for electricity, I am typing this on a table across the room from the desk, because the one (1) available electric outlet at the desk I am using for my iPhone charger. Can you imagine how Sir Jony Ive feels when he visits a hotel, ANY hotel? Hotels are a nightmare of non-design. And of course I am paying a huge sum per day to connect to the internet. This hotel even offers different rates (at different prices) if e.g. you want to game. Hey, I am old enough that I remember stopping at a hotel that advertised in neon lights, “Free TV. Rooms $4 and $6.” When I asked her what the difference was, she explained that the $6 rooms have the free TV. Not a joke! And at that time (you can tell how long ago it was from the room price) there were plenty of motel rooms where you had to feed quarters into the TV. Hey, why not have coin meters on the hot water taps in hotel rooms? Anyone else got hotel horror stories?

Verizon + Cable:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/verizon-wireless-makes-marketing-airwave-deal-with-three-cable-companies/2011/12/02/gIQARvPYMO_story.html?hpid=z1

What are the implications for Apple’s plans?

I’ve never even experienced Siri, but she’s got under my skin: as I write my fortran programs on my mac, I have the program write on the screen “Siri has finished plotting your data” when the program is done. There is nothing like personality! I think Siri is going to make me money on my AAPL shares. Current market stinks.

This seems to say that we AAPL investors are in good shape:

http://seekingalpha.com/article/308145-can-google-catch-apple-s-siri?source=yahoo

Yeah for Siri!

I found this useful:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/11/opinion/rushkoff-jobs-apple/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

I myself am computer savvy, BUT I have no interest in computers which is why I love the Mac. On the Mac I can write my Intel Fortran programs and run them without thinking about computers. Except when I have to upgrade my fortran and installing is not like just getting an app. Unix crap that I hate. Which is sad – I don’t see why there could not be a fortran app for the Mac – anyone up for it?

From the web:
ZDNet is reporting that Adobe has announced to its partners that the company has discontinued development on Flash Player for mobile browsers. The news comes roughly a year and a half after the publication of Steve Jobs’ “Thoughts on Flash” open letter, laying out his thoughts on the use of Flash in mobile devices and explaining why Apple would not support Flash on their mobile devices.
Instead of working on mobile Flash, Adobe plans to continue developing its tools to produce applications that work on mobile app stores, including Apple’s App Store.
From Adobe’s announcement:
Our future work with Flash on mobile devices will be focused on enabling Flash developers to package native apps with Adobe AIR for all the major app stores. We will no longer adapt Flash Player for mobile devices to new browser, OS version or device configurations. Some of our source code licensees may opt to continue working on and releasing their own implementations. We will continue to support the current Android and PlayBook configurations with critical bug fixes and security updates.
ZDNet notes that the announcement should go public on Adobe’s website in the next day.

I wanted to see what was up on the pathetic google AAPL page, but it no longer loads, as of yesterday. Have they finally pulled the plug?