Whilst the iPod has been a great success for Apple and digital music in general, the success of the iPod pales into insignificance when compared to the number of mobile phones in the world.
Most peoples iPods are full of their CD collection rather than music downloaded from iTunes as has been mentioned thousands of times, by mobile music downloads are increasing all the time, the advantages are you don't need a computer, and most of the world doesn't own one anyway
Over the air music downloads to mobile devices will overtake online downloads, and Apple realise iTunes has to evolve to OTA downloads if it is to remain at the top of the market.
If Apple don't start making mobile devices, they will sink. iPods will become irrelevent, as phones music capabilites overtake those of iPod
Walkman branded phones are the most sought after in the UK with the under 25's (which has a more advanced and mature mobile market than the US)
I'm a manager for Europes largest mobile retailer The Carphone Warehouse, so I should know.
Apple are already playing catch-up in the rest of the world, and it's only the fact that the US public is still by low capabilty phones like the Razr, that means they haven't got much catching up to do in the US.
I can't wait for the iPhone, but as this is a new venture for Apple they must build an upgrade path into it, for when they want to make an iPhone2 etc...
Who would want to download loads of tracks OTA only to find if you want the latest model, you may loose them all unless you can back them up, and with mobiles being less reliable than iPods they need to make sure people don't loose everything if it goes wrong
So go for it Apple
It's just another Hollywood hoax as part of the build up to the Transformers Movie. It's gone the same way as the UK's Mars Beagle mission shown in the teaser trailer on the site
Just wait till the doors open on the release day and walk straight in, whilst there all struggling with the bags/tents whatever
I've got to wait till March...I might start camping now
Quite some time ago i visited utube by mistake, I wondered what all the fuss was about and how does this website have a hundred million downloads a day
So if it wasn't for youtube I'd never be aware there was a company called utube
xbox360 is largely made out of spare PC components. The lack of innovation this US firm shows, will cost it dearly from next year onwards. Who want to play yet another EA game which is exactly the same as last years one except they change the buttons around?
Sony will win out, purely because they haven't played safe in fact they've taken a risk which will be the making or breaking of SCE. They've developed new chips etc... they've developed a new media BluRay which this console will help distribute.
Nintendo will be Sony's biggest competition as they have taken a different approach, which will undoubtedly be huge in Japan and possibly the US, but Nintendo don't hold quite the same stock in Europe where Sega was more popular.
And I am glad Sony protected their interest and customers by taking out lawsuits against a grey importer. When I buy a ps3 now (disappointingly next year) I know because of their firm stance that mine will work in the UK, it will play all the games I can by in the UK, it will will play all the BluRay movies I can buy in the UK, and it will conform to UK electrical safety standards
Thank you Sony for saving me about 500 pounds
Oh and the most likely reason Lik Sang closed down was due to illegal activities like
"Hong Kong based Lik-Sang, a mail order company which distributes videogame software and hardware worldwide, has lost a crucial court case brought by Nintendo over the sale of devices which could copy Game Boy software."
If your going to carry out an illegal trade, then expect the consequences....
And there's a million other places you buy stuff that that Lik Sang sold... just google it on Google or search for it on eBay;-)
These 1st party console aren't designed for these markets.
Blu-Ray movies are region encoded.
Why would Sony want their customers to buy a product which won't fulfil it's potential in these countries, now I'm hacked off I've got to wait till next year but at least I know I'll be buying a product designed for the UK, which conforms to UK electrical safety standards and will play all the games I can buy in the UK, and and play all the movies I can buy in the UK
If I had have unwittingly brought a grey import designed for use in another country I wouldn't have been able to use the machine, unless I brought Japanese games, and what about the language problem there!!!!
Thank you Sony for saving me money in the long run
2007. The year of Sony
Region encoding on Blu-Ray disks?
If I spent hundreds of pounds on a machine which didn't work to it's full capability in my country I'd be well and truly hacked off I might even start hating Sony for it, when it's not their fault as they never designed that unit for use in my country
People have really got the wrong end of the stick over Sony's law suits
Each EU country is an individual country and as such Sony were protecting their rights in each country. The EU isn't a country. Europe isn't a country. Even if Americans think it is!!!!!
No AMEN from me.... the games on the ps2 pee all over the xbox games, and when the ps3 is up and running and the software house in Europe and Japan get in to full flow about this time next year, you will see what a wonder the ps3 is.
Sony haven't played safe with this new console there breaking new ground, they've taking risks which in the end will win out over a US firm who did play safe making a console out of left over PC spares,
Sony have had a bit of a nightmare year, combining risk with the ps3 with the awful battery fiasco.
Next year is the year of Sony.
With regards to Sony launching a law suit in nearly every EU member country. So what!!! These are individual countries, they aren't states of one super country. We harmonise laws and tax to better trade between each other and team up against the US and China in trading with the rest of the world
All the EU is, is a trading agreement between these member countries. The UK most certainly isn't part of France Or Germany, so Sony were only protecting their interests in each individual country.
Although I am really hacked off having to wait till early next year to get my hands on one. At least I know when I do buy one it will be a PAL model which fits UK standards and is capable of playing Blu-Ray movies for my region, not some sub-standard import which won't work properly in the UK
Didn't Apple just update iTunes the last time this happened... I think it was v6.4
Or to stop music being played as dowloaded from another download store, Apple will just force out another iPod update, after all there's a reason why they included auto-update software in iTunes v7
And even if I did buy music online why would I choose anyone other than iTunes as they have the widest choice of music/podcasts anyway
Why can't he engineer something useful
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The US Army can't even over throw insurgents in Iraq/Afganistan, who have little more than an AK47, and a Toyota pick-up.
How's it going to overthrow countries with military muscle like Korea or China?
Whilst the iPod has been a great success for Apple and digital music in general, the success of the iPod pales into insignificance when compared to the number of mobile phones in the world. Most peoples iPods are full of their CD collection rather than music downloaded from iTunes as has been mentioned thousands of times, by mobile music downloads are increasing all the time, the advantages are you don't need a computer, and most of the world doesn't own one anyway Over the air music downloads to mobile devices will overtake online downloads, and Apple realise iTunes has to evolve to OTA downloads if it is to remain at the top of the market. If Apple don't start making mobile devices, they will sink. iPods will become irrelevent, as phones music capabilites overtake those of iPod Walkman branded phones are the most sought after in the UK with the under 25's (which has a more advanced and mature mobile market than the US) I'm a manager for Europes largest mobile retailer The Carphone Warehouse, so I should know. Apple are already playing catch-up in the rest of the world, and it's only the fact that the US public is still by low capabilty phones like the Razr, that means they haven't got much catching up to do in the US. I can't wait for the iPhone, but as this is a new venture for Apple they must build an upgrade path into it, for when they want to make an iPhone2 etc... Who would want to download loads of tracks OTA only to find if you want the latest model, you may loose them all unless you can back them up, and with mobiles being less reliable than iPods they need to make sure people don't loose everything if it goes wrong So go for it Apple
It's just another Hollywood hoax as part of the build up to the Transformers Movie. It's gone the same way as the UK's Mars Beagle mission shown in the teaser trailer on the site
Just wait till the doors open on the release day and walk straight in, whilst there all struggling with the bags/tents whatever I've got to wait till March...I might start camping now
Isn't that what most /.er's will be doing
Quite some time ago i visited utube by mistake, I wondered what all the fuss was about and how does this website have a hundred million downloads a day So if it wasn't for youtube I'd never be aware there was a company called utube
Sony will win out, purely because they haven't played safe in fact they've taken a risk which will be the making or breaking of SCE. They've developed new chips etc... they've developed a new media BluRay which this console will help distribute.
Nintendo will be Sony's biggest competition as they have taken a different approach, which will undoubtedly be huge in Japan and possibly the US, but Nintendo don't hold quite the same stock in Europe where Sega was more popular.
And I am glad Sony protected their interest and customers by taking out lawsuits against a grey importer. When I buy a ps3 now (disappointingly next year) I know because of their firm stance that mine will work in the UK, it will play all the games I can by in the UK, it will will play all the BluRay movies I can buy in the UK, and it will conform to UK electrical safety standards
Thank you Sony for saving me about 500 pounds
Oh and the most likely reason Lik Sang closed down was due to illegal activities like
If your going to carry out an illegal trade, then expect the consequences....
And there's a million other places you buy stuff that that Lik Sang sold... just google it on Google or search for it on eBay
These 1st party console aren't designed for these markets. Blu-Ray movies are region encoded.
Why would Sony want their customers to buy a product which won't fulfil it's potential in these countries, now I'm hacked off I've got to wait till next year but at least I know I'll be buying a product designed for the UK, which conforms to UK electrical safety standards and will play all the games I can buy in the UK, and and play all the movies I can buy in the UK
If I had have unwittingly brought a grey import designed for use in another country I wouldn't have been able to use the machine, unless I brought Japanese games, and what about the language problem there!!!!
Thank you Sony for saving me money in the long run
2007. The year of Sony
Region encoding on Blu-Ray disks? If I spent hundreds of pounds on a machine which didn't work to it's full capability in my country I'd be well and truly hacked off I might even start hating Sony for it, when it's not their fault as they never designed that unit for use in my country People have really got the wrong end of the stick over Sony's law suits Each EU country is an individual country and as such Sony were protecting their rights in each country. The EU isn't a country. Europe isn't a country. Even if Americans think it is!!!!!
No AMEN from me.... the games on the ps2 pee all over the xbox games, and when the ps3 is up and running and the software house in Europe and Japan get in to full flow about this time next year, you will see what a wonder the ps3 is. Sony haven't played safe with this new console there breaking new ground, they've taking risks which in the end will win out over a US firm who did play safe making a console out of left over PC spares, Sony have had a bit of a nightmare year, combining risk with the ps3 with the awful battery fiasco. Next year is the year of Sony. With regards to Sony launching a law suit in nearly every EU member country. So what!!! These are individual countries, they aren't states of one super country. We harmonise laws and tax to better trade between each other and team up against the US and China in trading with the rest of the world All the EU is, is a trading agreement between these member countries. The UK most certainly isn't part of France Or Germany, so Sony were only protecting their interests in each individual country. Although I am really hacked off having to wait till early next year to get my hands on one. At least I know when I do buy one it will be a PAL model which fits UK standards and is capable of playing Blu-Ray movies for my region, not some sub-standard import which won't work properly in the UK
Didn't Apple just update iTunes the last time this happened... I think it was v6.4 Or to stop music being played as dowloaded from another download store, Apple will just force out another iPod update, after all there's a reason why they included auto-update software in iTunes v7 And even if I did buy music online why would I choose anyone other than iTunes as they have the widest choice of music/podcasts anyway Why can't he engineer something useful