Apple has set the stage for finishing off most of the competition and now maybe the telecoms.

This is stage one of the new war . Three years from now, most American kids will have one.

Someone needs to be creative and very bold with acquisitions to disrupt them. I would kill to be in the Google and RIMM war room. The bankers of the world are not smart enough and none of the fat cat tech CEO’s seem to care. They think they can compete. Meanwhile Apple opens more stores and cuts small deals with the likes of Starbucks…not revolutionary but another stake in the ground.

Take a look at all the meme’s and tech blogs. Apple owns it. The TV campaign is simple and fun because the products are simple and fun.

Google is happy to share the pie with Apple if they have to. Theoretically they need to be careful because as they make acquisitions, Apple controls the hardware that could theoretically change the software and search landscape five years out. Apple has no people integration issues because they buy no one!

He who makes a move for RIMM will be overpaying, but smart. Traders know it and that’s why RIMM won’t go down until someone steps up. If you are short RIMM, you are gagging on that thought. P/E – SHMEE/E

Awesome war shaping up at home and abroad in tech. It’s fun.

UPDATE – Just to be safe and temper my always rosy look for Apple, this is what the grumpy nerds are saying about the Apple product news today . It’s important to know what the non cheerleaders think, because like Dave they can be very smart if you can get around the grumpiness.