Rob Enderle Quotes

American financial analyst

Rob Enderle (born July 27, 1954) is an American technology analyst who has worked for EMS, ROLM, IBM, Dataquest, GiGa, and Forrester, before founding The Enderle Group.

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Apple has recently done more with the tablet format with the iPod Touch and iPhone then any other vendor but the jury is still largely out on this format with challenging devices from RIM, Palm, and Google often showcasing that keyboards are necessary.

Steve Jobs is the Ronald McDonald of Apple, he is the face.

[The iPhone]'s clearly going to start a wave towards a new technology — as I say, I'm not convinced that Apple's going to be able to ride this wave.

This will be a difficult year for Apple, and the iPhone could be more of a drag on earnings than a help. ... Apple is clearly not going away — but this year, compared to last, will be really nasty for the company.

2006, at least after August['s Vista release], will be great time for buyers and sellers of PC hardware and that has to be a good thing for everyone — except Apple.

[T]he next generation of the Xbox game machine ... may even take out Apple, forcing the company to exit the PC business.

I asked the panel to list the companies that would certainly be around in the future — and those that wouldn't be. ... There was some disagreement about Oracle. Microsoft and Oracle said that Oracle would survive; Apache said it wouldn't. I also asked which companies would be dead. The panel agreed that it would be Apple, Sun and Novell.