my apple announcement guess

ok, i’ll play. today is ‘guess what apple will announce tomorrow’ day.

there may be a new macbook mini or even a new newton (apple has had a handwriting recognition software team working still all these years); i’m as interested in where they go with TV and consumer electronics.

the apple tv product has potential. add DVR, docking to ipods and the iphone, and throw in ten free movie rentals and tv subscriptions. maybe a stretch, but with an interesting content announcement to go with it…

adding ipod docking would be good for two reasons.

• you could buy an ipod and an apple tv and together do all your music syncing and shopping and tv show renting or downloading all without a computer. that opens up a much larger potential base of customers. now you need a computer - and to be comfortable with one - to use an ipod or iphone.
• buy or rent TV and movies and take them with you on a portable device.

then another super interesting feature would be to add a camera to apple tv, and setup video ichat between apple tv and iphone users. then i could get an apple tv for my grandma, and video chat with her from my iphone…

i hope they add “ecosystem value” more than individual product value, building on how the devices interact and support each other.

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