Apple iPhone sales predictions vs. information overflow and filtering
We’re in second half of October and Apple Inc. has already surpassed the goal of selling 10 million iPhones in 2008. Impressive!
Get your laughs at various analysts predicting a lame future for iPhone and Apple a while ago.
Here’s another failed prediction from January 2007:
“2. Jobs raised Wall Street expectations too high
Jobs made the mistake of specifying Apple’s target of selling 10 million iPhones by the end of 2008. The goal sounded modest when Jobs said the goal represents just 1 percent of the global handset market”“.
As ever, analysts will give you predictions either way, pro et contra, buy vs. sell, good vs. bad, fame vs. lame. I’d say we’re all better off using our “trusted” sources and gut feeling when making decisions.
We’re living in the world of Web 2.0 littered with information sources but also technologies (feed readers, micro-blogging communities, podcasts, and the alphabet soup - RSS, APP, XMPP, ESP, etc.) Twitter that help us stay on top of the resulting information overflow. The whole idea of managing information overflow is perfecting our filters so that we are left with more time using our gut feeling,
![Every Web2.0 afficionado should have a look at this: Web Trend Map 2008.The brilliant people at Information Architects selected nearly 300 of the most influential and successful websites and layered them over the greater Tokyo-area train map. Looks great and it’s a great reference too.All of you Web2.0 addicts may use this as your del.icio.us 2.0. ;-) You can download a PDF (A3 format) or check out the clickable online version. Within a week, you will be able to obtain a huge poster (A0 format!) version of it. You can preview its prominent features in detail too. [via informationarchitects.jp]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/efJwabBt35fk9rnrgqcbcpWB_500.gif)
