It seems mandatory to comment on the iPhone so here we go:
So it’s a smartphone. Woopeedoo. Everything but the GUI and input is pretty basic stuff; it was the same thing with the Ipod though so it’ll be interesting to see if incremental innovations on the same trajectory will be enough for smartphones to tip. It looks sweet and I can’t wait to test it, but let’s try to stay calm while we wait, ok?
Speaking of wait… 6 months if you’re in the US (and I’m doubting they’ll be able to meet demand so it’s probably more) and 10-12 months in EU and more than a year in Asia? Come on… what happened to “and it’s available for shipping now”.
Speaking of breaking a habit…. Steve J has said before that he “doesn’t do predictions”, but couldn’t resist predicting they would sell 10 million units in 2008, which would be 1 percent of the total market. 1 percent, 10 million… very nice, rounded numbers… sounds like one of those start-up projections coming out of thin air =)
I won’t bother to rant away on Apple TV, because I find it boring. It’s an extender like all others with a slicker interface and Itunes connectivity. Sure, Podcasting might have the potential to disrupt the distribution but it remans to be seen how the Akamai-infrastructure scales. My money is on a semi-torrentbased solution for a variety of reasons, more on that some other time.
