What Financial (Investment) Websites Do You Use?

[Scott Campbell]

Yeah that's a pretty awesome deal. How'd you score that? If the carrier did offer the iPhone, why wouldn't it be eligible for the same plan?

Sprint. Company discount. But not too hard to get. They don't carry the iPhone.

[MJZiggy]

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-best-25-hidden-gems-of-nyc-startups-2011-5#

There's a lot of tech in here, some cloud, some crowdsourcing. Aimed at VC, but interesting way to find companies to watch for their IPOs.

[Bretsky]

Thank you Ziggy; I will check that out

Fellow Investors, would it be fair to say Google might be entering the territory of being underpriced right now ?????

[Freak Out]

I've been saying it for years........gold.

[Bretsky]

I've been saying it for years........gold.

that's like asking somebody who is but ugly w/no personality out on a date. Boring

[Freak Out]

Boring but profitable

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Sprint. Company discount. But not too hard to get. They don't carry the iPhone.

Ahh yes, I have Sprint SERO myself. 30 bucks for 500 min, unlimited text and data. The rumor has it that Apple wants to put the kibosh on Android quickly, and they intend to do it by going for market share and get on all 4 of the big carriers in US, and then the bigger regional ones as well like US Cellular. That would be great news if that happens.

I can't see very many people buying Android phones IF Apple gets a 4" screen and gets on all of the big carriers. What would the incentive be? The user experience is so much better on an iPhone. Everything is just more fluid and polished.

I was hanging out a Best Buy Mobile a few weeks back while my fiance was shopping. I was listening to how the salesmen were pitching Android, and it always seemed to go something like this: "The iPhone isn't available on this carrier, so this is the closest alternative, designed to be like the iPhone".

Sprint corporate discounts are ridiculous. Pretty much anybody can call and say they work for x company. There are tons of threads on Slickdeals about it.

I'm stuck on an old Palm Pre which has the same silicon as the iPhone 3GS yet is infinitely slower and clunkier.

A lot of analysts seem to think that AAPL is extremely underpriced right now. I've seen some people that 1000$/share is a realistic estimate in a few years, but take that with a grain of salt because it was on Apple message boards.

The iCloud stuff that they introduced for iOs 5 matches and exceeds the web capabilities of Android. They are making things like transferring photos, documents, etc completely seamless and behind the scenes to the user. I'm absolutely thrilled by this because I have two work iPod touches, two work iPad2s, a work mac, and two personal macs that I've been struggling to keep in sync.

The idea that I can take a photo on my phone and it'll immediately be available for viewing on my computer, iPad, or even my AppleTV is really, really awesome.

This is just a guess on my part, but I think Apple is going to take on the video game industry in a big, big way. Have you seen their remote control app for the Apple TV? I can easily see them applying that concept and having an app store for games/video/etc on the Apple TV. This market could be absolutely huge.

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http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/06/19/the-3-most-undervalued-tech-stocks-google-apple-ibm/

GOOG and AAPL blowing up. PEG is a great indicator from what I've read. Probably the best.

[Scott Campbell]

Ahh yes, I have Sprint SERO myself. 30 bucks for 500 min, unlimited text and data. The rumor has it that Apple wants to put the kibosh on Android quickly, and they intend to do it by going for market share and get on all 4 of the big carriers in US, and then the bigger regional ones as well like US Cellular. That would be great news if that happens.

That horse left the barn a long time ago. They really screwed themselves with that AT&T deal. Android pretty handily outsells them now.

The iPhone is a great product, but so is the Android. It's good for all of us for there to be fierce competition in that space.

I've played around with the first AppleTV, and think they could dominate in that space with a little more effort. Nobody has a truly great product there yet.

[MJZiggy]

I've never seen an Apple TV. Is it significantly more expensive than the comparable non-Apple product like the computers are?

[Scott Campbell]

I've never seen an Apple TV. Is it significantly more expensive than the comparable non-Apple product like the computers are?

Not sure, but I think they're like $100. And that price is on the low end of the streamer market.

[Bretsky]

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/06/...gle-apple-ibm/

GOOG and AAPL blowing up. PEG is a great indicator from what I've read. Probably the best.

Great info Partial; I have both of these on my watchlist as well as a bunch of cloud stocks I'm researching. Thx for posting this article. Lots are touting AAPL as being undervalued right now

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That horse left the barn a long time ago. They really screwed themselves with that AT&T deal. Android pretty handily outsells them now.

The iPhone is a great product, but so is the Android. It's good for all of us for there to be fierce competition in that space.

I've played around with the first AppleTV, and think they could dominate in that space with a little more effort. Nobody has a truly great product there yet.

I don't agree with this. The iPhone is the best selling phone on the planet. Android as a whole ecosystem of phone barely outsells the one phone. Imagine the success Apple will have once it's on more carriers. Also, how many Android users will be repeat buyers? I can't imagine many non-nerds. Meanwhile, I haven't met a person who has switched from an iPhone beyond monetary reasons, and since Android costs the exact same, I don't foresee them jumping ship.

I predict that a fair amount of non-techies are happy with their Android device like MJ. My guess is these people haven't had much exposure to an iPhone. I used to be really happy with a Blackberry, too, and after using iOs on a daily basis I could never go back to that garbage.

Android's market share actually decreases recently for the first time in a while. I cannot visualize a college aged non-nerd buying an Android phone when it's the exact same monthly price and upfront price as an iPhone on their carrier. We're seeing this on Verizon right now.

Completely agree that competition is good. Not as willing to say that Android is a great product. What I do love about Android is the fleet of phones running it push competition forward. Take the Galaxy S2 for example. This phone has beastly specs, so Apple will surely have to match them to please the spec whores. I'll say that there is absolutely no comparison in fluidity and user experience comparing an HTC Evo and an iPhone 4. Where as the Evo is lagging even scrolling around, the iPhone 4 runs at a snappy 60 frames per second and looks gorgeous.

To me, where Android misses the boat is it's basically a linux computer. Things are always running, which is an interesting concept, but may not be the best thing given that phone batteries suck. Linux is a great idea and an excellent thing for computing in general, but it's still not fit for consumers.

For what it's worth, I have a coworker who has identical applications for iOs and Android. He's was a big Android supporter until he realized that no one downloads from the Android app stores because they are a mess. With Apple, he gets about 10 bucks a day in sales/ad revenue for his Applications.

[Scott Campbell]

I don't agree with this. The iPhone is the best selling phone on the planet. Android as a whole ecosystem of phone barely outsells the one phone.

Eerily similar to the 80's Mac/Windows battle for marketshare.

Android outsells the iPhone. More manufactures for the Android means not only more choices, but also quicker refreshes. We've seen this movie before, and we know how it ends.

I love what Apple is doing, but I don't see them dominating the space. One of them will be 1a, and one will be 1b.

[Scott Campbell]

I've never seen an Apple TV. Is it significantly more expensive than the comparable non-Apple product like the computers are?

Google bought SageTV this weekend. There's a lot to still shake out, but this is probably an admission that their streaming device sucked and they need a lot of help in the space.