05-31-2009, 08:40 PM
I have worked with clients in the past who would buy ANYTHING Apple had on the high-end. There are people with deep pockets who will pay for anything.
That doesn't mean that Apple is going for that market. They tried that with the Cube that didn't go anywhere until they lowered the price, and then it didn't go much farther.
And because the market IS so cutthroat, that would be another reason not to market to just the Apple fanboys. Despite what some want to think, fanboys are a much smaller niche than Apple users. It's not all about branding.
Well-written? Not really.
Actually, it is well written for what it *is*-- a lot of wishful thinking and day dreaming with valid points made. The author made no claims that "Apple *is* making a TV and here's why...".
He says "I have no confirmation of this from inside of Apple, but I must say that this makes huge sense to me.
Here is my logic:".
What facts does anybody have to show his logic is incorrect, misleading, or lies, distortions, and half-truths, and that it can't possibly make sense?
A lot of people thought Apple would never enter the cell phone biz either, but look what happened.
EXACTLY!
A lot of analysts and forum experts said "NO WAY" about the iPhone. Apple was doomed. It was outsider their sphere of expertise. The only expertise they had at that time was integrating such a device to a computer, oh, and creating an OS for it. And how do *we* know that this is "all of a sudden"?
While none of this means that Apple is going to bring out an actual TV, it certainly doesn't show they could do so and be successful. And making a "tablet computer for $500" is completely irrelevant to making a TV.
I meant it's essentially a TV.
And you are correct. It would be a small effort to tuck in a tuner on a bigger screen. There is no doubt in my mind that Apple couldn't do for TVs what it did for cellphones. I just don't think it will happen yet, and possibly not at all.
But nobody here has given a good reason why Apple couldn't be successful, merely a lot of wishful thinking and daydreaming, me thinks.
My only logic here is that if Apple were making a TV (which to me means a display bigger than 30", somebody would have probably leaked the news that Apple ordered 40" panels (since *I* want a TV at least that big) by now.
I certainly would give an Apple television a close look.
That doesn't mean that Apple is going for that market. They tried that with the Cube that didn't go anywhere until they lowered the price, and then it didn't go much farther.
And because the market IS so cutthroat, that would be another reason not to market to just the Apple fanboys. Despite what some want to think, fanboys are a much smaller niche than Apple users. It's not all about branding.
Well-written? Not really.
Actually, it is well written for what it *is*-- a lot of wishful thinking and day dreaming with valid points made. The author made no claims that "Apple *is* making a TV and here's why...".
He says "I have no confirmation of this from inside of Apple, but I must say that this makes huge sense to me.
Here is my logic:".
What facts does anybody have to show his logic is incorrect, misleading, or lies, distortions, and half-truths, and that it can't possibly make sense?
A lot of people thought Apple would never enter the cell phone biz either, but look what happened.
EXACTLY!
A lot of analysts and forum experts said "NO WAY" about the iPhone. Apple was doomed. It was outsider their sphere of expertise. The only expertise they had at that time was integrating such a device to a computer, oh, and creating an OS for it. And how do *we* know that this is "all of a sudden"?
While none of this means that Apple is going to bring out an actual TV, it certainly doesn't show they could do so and be successful. And making a "tablet computer for $500" is completely irrelevant to making a TV.
I meant it's essentially a TV.
And you are correct. It would be a small effort to tuck in a tuner on a bigger screen. There is no doubt in my mind that Apple couldn't do for TVs what it did for cellphones. I just don't think it will happen yet, and possibly not at all.
But nobody here has given a good reason why Apple couldn't be successful, merely a lot of wishful thinking and daydreaming, me thinks.
My only logic here is that if Apple were making a TV (which to me means a display bigger than 30", somebody would have probably leaked the news that Apple ordered 40" panels (since *I* want a TV at least that big) by now.
I certainly would give an Apple television a close look.