Will iPhone change the PC minds and the PC world?
We will see how many iPhones will sell. I think it seems pretty cool so I hope it sells big. I thought about maybe buying one but I bought a used Treo 650 used because we use Sprint and the iPhone will do cingular. Meanwhile read about what others are thinking how this phone might turn heads in other ways.
Why the iPhone will change the (PC) world
Imagine an iPhone the size of a big-screen TV. That's the PC of the future.
Mike Elgan Today’s Top Stories or Other Mobile and Wireless Stories
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9011412&pageNumber=1
Saturday, February 17, 2007
I don't understand what the ranting and raving by Jobs about online music has to change
First I saw
iTunes Store Tops Two Billion Songs
50 Million TV Shows & Over 1.3 Million Movies Sold
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/01/09itunes.html
then recently I saw this article (below)which included
* companies are not making enough money from Music
* sound like Apple is not making enough?
* people still don't know how to download music for a price
and more
I don't understand what the ranting and raving by Jobs about online music has to change (below)
Download biz has to change, or digital sales will be playing a swan song
(more below)
Posted 2/13/2007 9:38 PM ET
http://www.newsalerts.com/news/article/will-apple-pick-music-s-digital-locks-.html:scitech0:912275
Then I noticed at the end of the article Apple Spokesman Natalie Kerris said there was no particular reason to post this this " rant "at this time . But the thoughts are thay Jobs "never does anything for no particular reason. He manipulates the media and timing better than anyone in tech. More likely , Jobs realized it was a time to save iTunes."
What the heck is he talking about? iTunes and the Music store make 2 billion and things are in the dumps? huuhhhhh?
Dr. Eric Flescher, Olathe, KS(dreric1kansas@aol.com): DrEric1MacNews/Macsightings Blog : http://dreric1macnewsmacsightings.blogspot.com/
iTunes Store Tops Two Billion Songs
50 Million TV Shows & Over 1.3 Million Movies Sold
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/01/09itunes.html
then recently I saw this article (below)which included
* companies are not making enough money from Music
* sound like Apple is not making enough?
* people still don't know how to download music for a price
and more
I don't understand what the ranting and raving by Jobs about online music has to change (below)
Download biz has to change, or digital sales will be playing a swan song
(more below)
Posted 2/13/2007 9:38 PM ET
http://www.newsalerts.com/news/article/will-apple-pick-music-s-digital-locks-.html:scitech0:912275
Then I noticed at the end of the article Apple Spokesman Natalie Kerris said there was no particular reason to post this this " rant "at this time . But the thoughts are thay Jobs "never does anything for no particular reason. He manipulates the media and timing better than anyone in tech. More likely , Jobs realized it was a time to save iTunes."
What the heck is he talking about? iTunes and the Music store make 2 billion and things are in the dumps? huuhhhhh?
Dr. Eric Flescher, Olathe, KS(dreric1kansas@aol.com): DrEric1MacNews/Macsightings Blog : http://dreric1macnewsmacsightings.blogspot.com/
Friday, February 9, 2007
Does Apple wants locking in music or not?
I don't think that music, written by people's hard earned money, should be free. If Apple can distribute and make money for itself and also give earnings back to the song writers I think that is fine. I think it is also okay for Apple to lock in their music and out of of sources. Sort of like VHS and Beta battle or others. The European cartel should got after Microsoft and the cronies that continue to monolize the internet and operating systems.
from macworld@lm.macworld.com
Looking To a Post-DRM World
By Dan Moren mailto:macuser@macuser.com
For years people have argued about how much Apple has benefited from
locking people into an iPod/iTunes ecosystem, with iTunes Store
purchases only playing on iPods and no other portable devices. But now
Steve Jobs has published an open letter, in which he says Apple would
drop the FairPlay DRM system from iTunes songs if music companies gave
the OK. Goodbye, lock-in myth.
http://playlistmag.com/news/2007/02/06/jobsletter/index.php?lsrc=mcweek
How might a DRM-free world affect Apple? I suspect brand loyalty and
quality of service would keep iTunes popular. Apple seems to have no
fear of competing with other online music stores. And it should
continue to dominate the music player market as well: The iPod doesn't
have 70 percent of the digital music player market just because you
can buy tracks from the iTunes store. As Jobs himself points out, the
vast majority of the tracks stored on iPods are unencumbered by DRM.
Some of them are pirated, but lots of them are ripped directly from
CD.
The iPod is a success because of its design and its functionality.
Would some sales be lost if there was no iTunes/iPod tie-in? Probably,
but I'd be surprised if Apple somehow lost its dominant position:
people are not going to flock to the Zune just because DRM is
unlocked. It will certainly make competition in the MP3 player space
fiercer, but for the consumer, that's all to the good; they'd rather
competition was driven by technological innovation than by restrictive
lock-in.
What the music industry hasn't wanted to admit -- because it runs
counter to the record labels' established logic -- is that DRM-free
music could actually boost sales, by taking away the stigma of
second-class citizenship that haunts the download services in the eyes
of the digerati. At the moment, record companies are reacting out of
fear of the unknown, and that's something that doesn't traditionally
help businesses in the long run. Sooner or later, all of their
restrictive measures are going to fail, and they're either going to
have to adapt or be destroyed. And trust me on this: consumers aren't
going to be broken-hearted either way.
Jobs's letter goes a long way to answer questions that consumers and
governments have been asking about Apple and DRM practically since the
iTunes Store's debut almost four years ago. The big step still remains
for DRM to be actually abolished.
Your move, record labels.
* Apple News *
Partners, rivals react to Jobs' anti-DRM comments
In the aftermath of the open letter in which the Apple CEO said his
company would sell DRM-free music if the major record labels allowed
it, at least one of the four largest music companies noted it's been
experimenting with DRM-free songs.
http://playlistmag.com/news/2007/02/07/drm/index.php?lsrc=mcweek
Apple, Beatles reach new settlement
Apple and Apple Corps -- the Beatles' management company -- have
settled their legal differences, paving the way for the Fab Four's
music to potentially wind up on the iTunes Store.
http://playlistmag.com/news/2007/02/05/applecorps/index.php?lsrc=mcweek
Apple ribs Vista security in new ad
http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/02/06/vista/index.php?lsrc=mcweek
from macworld@lm.macworld.com
Looking To a Post-DRM World
By Dan Moren mailto:macuser@macuser.com
For years people have argued about how much Apple has benefited from
locking people into an iPod/iTunes ecosystem, with iTunes Store
purchases only playing on iPods and no other portable devices. But now
Steve Jobs has published an open letter, in which he says Apple would
drop the FairPlay DRM system from iTunes songs if music companies gave
the OK. Goodbye, lock-in myth.
http://playlistmag.com/news/2007/02/06/jobsletter/index.php?lsrc=mcweek
How might a DRM-free world affect Apple? I suspect brand loyalty and
quality of service would keep iTunes popular. Apple seems to have no
fear of competing with other online music stores. And it should
continue to dominate the music player market as well: The iPod doesn't
have 70 percent of the digital music player market just because you
can buy tracks from the iTunes store. As Jobs himself points out, the
vast majority of the tracks stored on iPods are unencumbered by DRM.
Some of them are pirated, but lots of them are ripped directly from
CD.
The iPod is a success because of its design and its functionality.
Would some sales be lost if there was no iTunes/iPod tie-in? Probably,
but I'd be surprised if Apple somehow lost its dominant position:
people are not going to flock to the Zune just because DRM is
unlocked. It will certainly make competition in the MP3 player space
fiercer, but for the consumer, that's all to the good; they'd rather
competition was driven by technological innovation than by restrictive
lock-in.
What the music industry hasn't wanted to admit -- because it runs
counter to the record labels' established logic -- is that DRM-free
music could actually boost sales, by taking away the stigma of
second-class citizenship that haunts the download services in the eyes
of the digerati. At the moment, record companies are reacting out of
fear of the unknown, and that's something that doesn't traditionally
help businesses in the long run. Sooner or later, all of their
restrictive measures are going to fail, and they're either going to
have to adapt or be destroyed. And trust me on this: consumers aren't
going to be broken-hearted either way.
Jobs's letter goes a long way to answer questions that consumers and
governments have been asking about Apple and DRM practically since the
iTunes Store's debut almost four years ago. The big step still remains
for DRM to be actually abolished.
Your move, record labels.
* Apple News *
Partners, rivals react to Jobs' anti-DRM comments
In the aftermath of the open letter in which the Apple CEO said his
company would sell DRM-free music if the major record labels allowed
it, at least one of the four largest music companies noted it's been
experimenting with DRM-free songs.
http://playlistmag.com/news/2007/02/07/drm/index.php?lsrc=mcweek
Apple, Beatles reach new settlement
Apple and Apple Corps -- the Beatles' management company -- have
settled their legal differences, paving the way for the Fab Four's
music to potentially wind up on the iTunes Store.
http://playlistmag.com/news/2007/02/05/applecorps/index.php?lsrc=mcweek
Apple ribs Vista security in new ad
http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/02/06/vista/index.php?lsrc=mcweek
Monday, February 5, 2007
Apple and Beatles make love not war settle dispute
Apple and Beatles make love not war settle dispute settle trademark dispute
Agreement ends litigation over Apple name, logos getCSS("3054163") maker Apple and the guardian of The Beatles’ music resolved their long-simmering dispute on Monday about who has the right to the Apple trademark.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16988500/
Agreement ends litigation over Apple name, logos getCSS("3054163") maker Apple and the guardian of The Beatles’ music resolved their long-simmering dispute on Monday about who has the right to the Apple trademark.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16988500/
Friday, February 2, 2007
Apple, Cisco, Ready for an iPhone Truce?
Interesting how a "name of a product"makes all the fuss. Why didn't Apple secure the copyright to the name a long time ago?
Apple, Cisco, Ready for an iPhone Truce?
By MAY WONG
AP
SAN JOSE, California (Feb. 1) - Apple Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. are apparently suspending their court battle over the iPhone to return to the negotiations table.
Although Cisco's lawsuit against Apple remains pending, the two companies have agreed to extend the time Apple has to respond so the parties can discuss trademark rights and interoperability, the companies said late Wednesday. The aim is to reach an agreement on the matter, they said.
more at
http://money.aol.com/news/articles/iphone/_a/apple-cisco-ready-for-an-iphone-truce/20070202062309990001
also more at
Apple and Cisco may be playing nice with 'iPhone' lawsuit
Posted Feb 2nd 2007 9:40AM by Brian White
also
http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/02/02/apple-and-cisco-may-be-playing-nice-with-iphone-lawsuit/
Filed under: Products and services, Launches, Competitive strategy, Apple Inc (AAPL), Cisco Systems (CSCO)
Apple, Cisco, Ready for an iPhone Truce?
By MAY WONG
AP
SAN JOSE, California (Feb. 1) - Apple Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. are apparently suspending their court battle over the iPhone to return to the negotiations table.
Although Cisco's lawsuit against Apple remains pending, the two companies have agreed to extend the time Apple has to respond so the parties can discuss trademark rights and interoperability, the companies said late Wednesday. The aim is to reach an agreement on the matter, they said.
more at
http://money.aol.com/news/articles/iphone/_a/apple-cisco-ready-for-an-iphone-truce/20070202062309990001
also more at
Apple and Cisco may be playing nice with 'iPhone' lawsuit
Posted Feb 2nd 2007 9:40AM by Brian White
also
http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/02/02/apple-and-cisco-may-be-playing-nice-with-iphone-lawsuit/
Filed under: Products and services, Launches, Competitive strategy, Apple Inc (AAPL), Cisco Systems (CSCO)
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Tech Dessert: Apple's icing on Cingular's cake
Apple's icing on Cingular's cake
The once-hapless wireless operator bounced back -- and landed the hyped Apple iPhone. Fortune's Stephanie Mehta tells how they did it.
By Stephanie N. Mehta, Fortune senior writer
January 19 2007: 11:53 AM EST
http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/18/technology/pluggedin_mehta_cingular.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2007011911
The once-hapless wireless operator bounced back -- and landed the hyped Apple iPhone. Fortune's Stephanie Mehta tells how they did it.
By Stephanie N. Mehta, Fortune senior writer
January 19 2007: 11:53 AM EST
http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/18/technology/pluggedin_mehta_cingular.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2007011911
Windows on the Mac changes everything
I was thinking about this the last few days while viewing reviews of Vista stuff.
Now they have written what I was thinking
Windows on the Mac changes everything
The kind of software sold by the formidable Parallels is transforming computing and challenging Steve Jobs, says Fortune's David Kirkpatrick.
http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/19/technology/fastforward_parallels.fortune/index.htm
Dr. Eric Flescher, Olathe, KS(dreric1kansas@aol.com): DrEric1MacNews/Macsightings Blog : http://dreric1macnewsmacsightings.blogspot.com/ : editor MacsU.N.I.T.E. ( MacIntosh Users Network for Integrating Technology into Education):(Subscribe send email to :macsunitsubscribe@egroups.com)
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Now they have written what I was thinking
Windows on the Mac changes everything
The kind of software sold by the formidable Parallels is transforming computing and challenging Steve Jobs, says Fortune's David Kirkpatrick.
http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/19/technology/fastforward_parallels.fortune/index.htm
Dr. Eric Flescher, Olathe, KS(dreric1kansas@aol.com): DrEric1MacNews/Macsightings Blog : http://dreric1macnewsmacsightings.blogspot.com/ : editor MacsU.N.I.T.E. ( MacIntosh Users Network for Integrating Technology into Education):(Subscribe send email to :macsunitsubscribe@egroups.com)
Staff Writer at macCompanion Magazine (http://www.maccompanion.com/); moderator
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