I think Apple and Microsoft have reached critical mass. Basically, both of them can't come up with any new products cause everything has already been done. That's why Apple didn't announce an iphone. It's been done already, why reinvent the wheel?
With Microsoft, we have Vista which is XP, but prettier and very OSX-Like. Better yet than never, but I don't think it's worth the money to upgrade to an os where their only selling point is that they made it more "OSX-Like".
With Apple, everyone and their mother has an ipod, so now they've been labeled as "uncool". Apparently being the #1 mp3 player in the world has killed the coolness factor of the device. What does that mean for Apple? Their sales are starting to drop. It was going to happen, we all new it was going to happen, so they came out with newer nano's, a shuffle the size of a book of matches, and an ipod with better video and a better battery (hope it isn't a sony battery!)
I think I'll check out the shuffle, so I could join the legions of people locked into the Apple DRM.
As far as I can tell iPods have not been labelled as uncool, not where I live anyway. As for the sales drop, people don't tend to spend a lot of money on devices in the summer espceially if you take a vacation and I have'nt read about the masses of success Creative and Sandisk are having at the moment either.
As for the, 'legions of people locked into the Apple DRM' you have no idea what you're talking about! What makes Apple's DRM's more restricitve than MS's, if you rent your music I don't know if you can even burn it to a CD which is useless if you need to go on a long car journey or if you need to back it up!
I bought an album of iTunes and my friend now wants a copy and I can make him one so he can do whatever he likes with it!
Whenever people complain about being locked in it just means you haven't had the sense to figure out the incredibly simple ways of getting out of it!
Anyone notice that Steve only mentioned 802.11 as the wireless spec not A or G?
As reported on Thinksecret yesterday :
".....Of interest, the reference to "802.11 wireless networking" would seem to imply 802.11n, the as-of-yet unfinished next- generation wireless standard that will support transfer speeds about ten times faster than 802.11g, delivering the bandwidth needed for smooth video streaming.
Final spec 802.11n devices are not expected until mid-2007, although Apple has previously pioneered the deployment of other 802.11 standards, suggesting the company may deliver 802.11n networking to Macs early next year, as well. ....."
Maybe this is why they are waiting until next year for iTV
-Robert
PS: as a sidenote does anyone know the the Bandwidth ( Mbps ) requirements for Streaming ( using H.264 )
There is an 802.11 specification. This specification is a broad ranging spec that deals with wireless (not specifically A,B,G or N)in general. Sub specifications like 802.11G deal with the specifics of a particular wireless, like transmitting on the 2.4 GHZ range. The specs are designed so that you can basically "mix and match" for compatability. For instance, 802.3 specifications apply to the data level of the TCP/IP protocol you transmit over your wireless, reguardless of which one. By mentioning 802.11, Steve indicates that this service should work on A, B, G, or the yet established N wireless networks.
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With Microsoft, we have Vista which is XP, but prettier and very OSX-Like. Better yet than never, but I don't think it's worth the money to upgrade to an os where their only selling point is that they made it more "OSX-Like".
With Apple, everyone and their mother has an ipod, so now they've been labeled as "uncool". Apparently being the #1 mp3 player in the world has killed the coolness factor of the device. What does that mean for Apple? Their sales are starting to drop. It was going to happen, we all new it was going to happen, so they came out with newer nano's, a shuffle the size of a book of matches, and an ipod with better video and a better battery (hope it isn't a sony battery!)
I think I'll check out the shuffle, so I could join the legions of people locked into the Apple DRM.
As for the, 'legions of people locked into the Apple DRM' you have no idea what you're talking about! What makes Apple's DRM's more restricitve than MS's, if you rent your music I don't know if you can even burn it to a CD which is useless if you need to go on a long car journey or if you need to back it up!
I bought an album of iTunes and my friend now wants a copy and I can make him one so he can do whatever he likes with it!
Whenever people complain about being locked in it just means you haven't had the sense to figure out the incredibly simple ways of getting out of it!
spec not A or G?
As reported on Thinksecret yesterday :
".....Of interest, the reference to "802.11 wireless networking"
would seem to imply 802.11n, the as-of-yet unfinished next-
generation wireless standard that will support transfer speeds
about ten times faster than 802.11g, delivering the bandwidth
needed for smooth video streaming.
Final spec 802.11n devices are not expected until mid-2007,
although Apple has previously pioneered the deployment of
other 802.11 standards, suggesting the company may deliver
802.11n networking to Macs early next year, as well. ....."
Maybe this is why they are waiting until next year for iTV
-Robert
PS: as a sidenote does anyone know the the Bandwidth ( Mbps )
requirements for Streaming ( using H.264 )
1) Near DVD Quality
2) DVD Quality
3) HD Quality
spec before release.
spec before release.
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