What Amazon and HP are now learning from Apple

For instance, Apple is one of the few companies that designs marketing into their products, out-executes the industry in marketing, and enjoys the highest segment margins and generally the highest growth rates, yet few seem to make the connection. Amazon and HP are two of the few companies that are taking a page directly out of Apple's book (Palm with its new Pre is another) and benefiting from it.

Let's talk about the new Kindle 2, the Apple lesson Amazon is applying to sell it, and how HP is emulating Apple and approaching the SMB market as an integrated company.

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