what steve means is: theres no "market" for video
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The Future of the iPod
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Which is really the point.
MP3 was different. It was universal. It was "associated" with content. And it was, legally or otherwise, readily available.
Video - not so much. You've got 20-30 different formats; and while your average knowing asshole will spend half an hour trying to figure out how to decode the copy of "wedding crashers" they got off usenet - the same populous that found such grace in MP3 will not.
Apple needs content. And trust me - they're working on it. But until they reach a comfortable level (as they did with i-tunes); your not going to see a vid-pod any time soon.
And, to add ice water to the fire - they movie/tv industry is learning from record label mistakes. They KNOW downloadable music is a sad, unprofitable comprimise, and they are very unlikey to make the same mistake. Some of them twice.
There's an interst. There's a HUGE interst. But there's no market. And the black eyes of the past are likely to insure that market does not arise for some time. And the attorneys are all smiles.
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Which is really the point. MP3 was different. It was universal. It was "associated" with content. And it was, legally or otherwise, readily available. Video - not so much. You've got 20-30 different formats; and while your average knowing asshole will spend half an hour trying to figure out how to decode the copy of "wedding crashers" they got off usenet - the same populous that found such grace in MP3 will not. Apple needs content. And trust me - they're working on it. But until they reach a comfortable level (as they did with i-tunes); your not going to see a vid-pod any time soon. And, to add ice water to the fire - they movie/tv industry is learning from record label mistakes. They KNOW downloadable music is a sad, unprofitable comprimise, and they are very unlikey to make the same mistake. Some of them twice. There's an interst. There's a HUGE interst. But there's no market. And the black eyes of the past are likely to insure that market does not arise for some time. And the attorneys are all smiles.