RealMoney: market not yet ready for Apple video iPod; Motorola iTunes phone is next big thing
Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 11:36 AM EST"Anybody who has ever heard of Apple Computer knows that the iPod changed the course of this company forever. Apple was a sleepy ol' computer vendor in danger of falling to 1% market share of the PC business before it veered into the portable MP3 player industry. Let me rephrase that: before the company recreated the portable MP3 player industry," Cody Willard writes for RealMoney. "The iPod has caught the world's fancy, and Apple has sold more than 21 million units, with more than 80% market share. Now, anytime Apple schedules an appearance at a tech conference or even just a press conference, the tech world goes crazy speculating that another new major product release is coming from the world's reigning most-innovative company."
"Last week, word hit that Apple has scheduled a 'special event' for Sept. 7, and right on time, the rumor mill around new product introductions kicked in. Initially, many analysts were sure this would be the video iPod announcement. As more information has come out since the event was scheduled, those video-product rumors have died down," Willard writes. "Next week's announcement is probably going to be just the formal rollout of the iTunes-enabled Motorola phone, which will run on Cingular's wireless services. That product itself is going to be great, and if I hadn't just bought a brand-new cell phone from Verizon last month, I would be first in line to purchase the new Motorola iTunes phone."
"Apple is going to try to dominate the portable (and stationary) video player world and duplicate the success it has had in the music world. But the video iPod and iShow products just aren't reality yet, and the market is probably not ready for them anyway," Willard writes. "I continue to believe that there are all kinds of ways to win with Apple here, and video consumer products will be added to the list, most likely in 2006. In the meantime, let's not get ahead of ourselves. From the iPod to iTunes and the new Motorola iTunes phone and especially given the growth of Apple's computer sales, I see plenty of growth drivers for now."
Full article here.
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Well since we don't have a idea what Apple is up to, it's kind of hard to predict the behavior of a innovative company.
After all Apple creates it's own market, so saying this ain't ready or that is something else isn't going to work here.
You'll know what Apple is up to when Apple tells us.
Because quite frankly, if people have though about it, it's already too late. Somebody would have built a buisness on it.
Make sense?