Not to mention the recent case, of the developer of Coverflow freeware disappearing. Then turning up at Apple with the launch of iTunes "now with coverflow".
Given the number of "independant developers" who have visited Apple Campus, and gone home in Limo's with a fat checque and a job offer. I'd say Apple knows who's friends are.
Steve said the other day that they had been looking at a number of good homebrew apps that exist already for the iPhone.
So I guess the job offers are in the post to those guys already.
Given Apple have just changed the form factor of the nano, I'm sure you could pick up a set of powered speekers (+radio) for the old nano at run out prices. Even maybe pick up an old nano with the battery already half dead, and you have exactly what your looking for.
Don't forget Yellow Box.
The Other way Apple could change the playing field greatly
and in their favor.
Build on Mac sell to everyone, then we'll see the real Windows/Linux Terminal War.
Well in that regard Apple has won the desktop war. It just doesn't look like that as they seem to loose the major battles.
After all when the majority of people are on little Touch OS devices the desktops that are left will be the limited tasks that still require a full scale general purpose computer. Look at Apples moves in the desktop market software wise of late in Creative and Content production if they make the play right over the next decade, they will keep current sales as desktops all but disappear. Plus there are posistioning themselves pretty well to grab major hold of portable devices at two different scales already.
It would be a backpackers dream if it had email. I know no email no maps is the only thing stopping from adding my name to the preorder list. Would have been a great tie-in to the Starbucks deal to have say free wifi access to.mac users at starbucks. If you where trying to find somewhere you could drop in to SB and maps would even be able to tell you where you are.
Of everything i've read profits are guessimated to be around 5-10c per track. Who said anything about a pittance at 10c the store is making a 30% markup on product, which is pretty good margin for any retail.
Profits would have been Lower at start butshould have improved over time as scale increased.
It's not just moving data you have to include the cost of the data centre, staff, cost of handling money, advertising, promotion and every other cost a normal store would have expect rent in high cost malls and dead stock issues.
Hey I don't buy that it's lead loss for apple, I think they've setup a viable standalone business, that just happens to compliment all of there other inhouse businesses.
No Apple has revenue of $.33 per track. Profit and revenue are different. You have cost in producing your music so it's not like you could say that the $.60 you get out of the deal is Profit either.
Great idea although I'd tackle it without direct confrontation. Organise a student debate make sure both sides are well covered with a mixture of good debaters and the tech and arts students. Don't frame the debate as an attack but as a more general discussion. say "Is IP good for my creative health?"
Then Invite Mr Taylor as a prominate member of a organisation charged with protecting the IP of creative content creaters you would like to take advantage of his insight to moderate and critic the debate. If the debate has covered both sides well then you forfill the purpose of education, also the invited guest either has to acknowledge both sides or show an obvious bias, which prevents any indoctrination.
Not that ironic, more a timing thing For the effect to work you need a audience that has grown up with the right visual imagery like improvement of cartoons like graphics to more realistic in games and animation. I guess they think the time is right to twist it the other way and make the real seem animated.
To bad we have a good write once solid state product. ZFS pool of slabs of write once storage just replace the oldest one as the data becomes redundant. Would work for all storage systems fro laptops, cameras and backup systems.
Let's not forget that Palm picked up the keyboard as park of licencing deal for NewtonOS.
The patent application drawing shows a stylus connected to the device with a string. So the only infriging device i've seen is the Brabie computer from Mattle
Just design the device around not having a cursor as such. If it's a portable device then touch screen. You always know where your own fingers are. The cursor is just to slow you down so the computer can cope.
I found in office situations this was a great move.
The sounds bounces off the desk then hits the ceiling,passing the users ears on the way. This means the sound doesn't travel outwards, so each person gets more volumn to play with before distrubing their neighbour. as the sound can be more directed. Oh the you could feel the base through the desk.
Why would Mobile Browsing only happen on an iPhone? Why not add it to any future iPod psudo video (ie. the main iPod) and iPod HD Video (big screen iPod) say 7" 160 Dpi.
Then Apple start to have a nice wifi browser market, and a nice supporting mobile browsing market.
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Not to mention the recent case, of the developer of Coverflow freeware disappearing.
Then turning up at Apple with the launch of iTunes "now with coverflow".
Given the number of "independant developers" who have visited Apple Campus, and gone home in Limo's with a fat checque and a job offer.
I'd say Apple knows who's friends are.
Steve said the other day that they had been looking at a number of good homebrew apps that exist already for the iPhone.
So I guess the job offers are in the post to those guys already.
Given Apple have just changed the form factor of the nano, I'm sure you could pick up a set of powered speekers (+radio) for the old nano at run out prices. Even maybe pick up an old nano with the battery already half dead, and you have exactly what your looking for.
No Doubt the advertisers have charged for a expected market.
Evan better if they can get lots of people to sign up.
Yet never download anything.
Don't forget Yellow Box. The Other way Apple could change the playing field greatly and in their favor. Build on Mac sell to everyone, then we'll see the real Windows/Linux Terminal War.
Well in that regard Apple has won the desktop war.
It just doesn't look like that as they seem to loose the major battles.
After all when the majority of people are on little Touch OS devices the desktops that are left will be the limited tasks that still require a full scale general purpose computer. Look at Apples moves in the desktop market software wise of late in Creative and Content production if they make the play right over the next decade, they will keep current sales as desktops all but disappear.
Plus there are posistioning themselves pretty well to grab major hold of portable devices at two different scales already.
Can anyone point me to any Creditable Standards body National and Industry that requires the use of an Autodesk product?
Maybe along with references to Mircosoft "Industry Heavyweight" would be a better phrase.
It would be a backpackers dream if it had email. .mac users at starbucks.
I know no email no maps is the only thing stopping from adding my name to the preorder list.
Would have been a great tie-in to the Starbucks deal to have say free wifi access to
If you where trying to find somewhere you could drop in to SB and maps would even be able to tell you where you are.
Even more Concidentially the screen is the same spec as the current iPhone screen.
160Dpi 3.5inch 320x480.
it could be a drop in replacement...
Of everything i've read profits are guessimated to be around 5-10c per track.
Who said anything about a pittance at 10c the store is making a 30% markup on product, which is pretty good margin for any retail.
Profits would have been Lower at start butshould have improved over time as scale increased.
It's not just moving data you have to include the cost of the data centre, staff, cost of handling money, advertising, promotion and every other cost a normal store would have expect rent in high cost malls and dead stock issues.
Hey I don't buy that it's lead loss for apple, I think they've setup a viable standalone business, that just happens to compliment all of there other inhouse businesses.
No Apple has revenue of $.33 per track.
Profit and revenue are different. You have cost in producing your music so it's not like you could say that the $.60 you get out of the deal is Profit either.
Nar they acquired in along with the rest of mac gaming leaders Bungi.
Great idea although I'd tackle it without direct confrontation.
Organise a student debate make sure both sides are well covered with a mixture of good debaters and the tech and arts students.
Don't frame the debate as an attack but as a more general discussion.
say "Is IP good for my creative health?"
Then Invite Mr Taylor as a prominate member of a organisation charged with protecting the IP of creative content creaters you would like to take advantage of his insight to moderate and critic the debate. If the debate has covered both sides well then you forfill the purpose of education, also the invited guest either has to acknowledge both sides or show an obvious bias, which prevents any indoctrination.
Not that ironic, more a timing thing
For the effect to work you need a audience that has grown up with the right visual imagery like improvement of cartoons like graphics to more realistic in games and animation.
I guess they think the time is right to twist it the other way and make the real seem animated.
To bad we have a good write once solid state product.
ZFS pool of slabs of write once storage just replace the oldest one as the data becomes redundant.
Would work for all storage systems fro laptops, cameras and backup systems.
As an architect i can tell you.
Unless they happen where we allow for them.
All Cracks are a problem.
Let's not forget that Palm picked up the keyboard as park of licencing deal for NewtonOS.
The patent application drawing shows a stylus connected to the device with a string.
So the only infriging device i've seen is the Brabie computer from Mattle
Dude,
I don't think we can really comment here in Oz.
Just have a look at the law which covers the the land know as the Parlimentry Triangle.
Well the consitution of Australia does list New Zealand as one of the orginal states.
Just design the device around not having a cursor as such.
If it's a portable device then touch screen. You always know where your own fingers are.
The cursor is just to slow you down so the computer can cope.
I found in office situations this was a great move.
The sounds bounces off the desk then hits the ceiling,passing the users ears on the way.
This means the sound doesn't travel outwards, so each person gets more volumn to play with before distrubing their neighbour. as the sound can be more directed.
Oh the you could feel the base through the desk.
But Those stickies don't work when the computer is turn off.
It's would be cool if they did.
Then i could have sync'ed stickies between computers or mobile devices.
Yep, you can't "hand me down" half a computer.
I mean i know we are the 53rd state politically while Howard is PM.
But Still no iPhone down here.
S/he must of hacked the phone on the plane on the way home or similar.
Why would Mobile Browsing only happen on an iPhone?
Why not add it to any future iPod psudo video (ie. the main iPod) and iPod HD Video (big screen iPod) say 7" 160 Dpi.
Then Apple start to have a nice wifi browser market, and a nice supporting mobile browsing market.