Here’s his list of what to expect in 2011:
• Verizon Wireless launch of the iPhone: He sees a 95% probability this will happen, with timing expected in the March quarter. (Which is to say, soon.)
• Mac App store launch: 100% probability; it launches on Thursday.
• iTunes cloud service: Probability 90%, he says.
• iPad geographic expansion: Probability 100%, according to Munster.
• iPad subsidies from carriers: Probability 80%, he contends.
• OS X Lion launches: Probability 100%, with arrival likely this summer, he says.
• Fifth-generation iPhone likely to launch this summer, with new near-field communications (NFC) capability.
• Second-generation iPad likely to launch this spring.
• He sees new MacBook Pros in the first half, and new iMac in the second half.
• New iPods are likely in the fall, as usual.
Read more, including Munster’s prediction of an “all-in-one Apple television,” in the full article here.
Great predictions! The sun will rise tomorrow too!!
I can see the television. More and more tv’s are coming out with internet apps, netflix, and wifi built-in. Those sales hurt appletv sales. I can see apple coming out with a 40 inch to capture some sales. That would be a nice size that would satisfy most families
My prediction for 2011? El Jobso will still be Apple’s CEO in the year ahead.
I mean come on, half of those predictions could have been done on the back of an envelope.
Cmon, let’s hear some predictions that aren’t totally obvious!
Apple microwave, Apple blender apple toaster, apple car, apple pie , apple juice, apple tree and applebees yeah
Apple will not come out with their own TV. They may partner but they already have the ATV. Screens are like bread, they are in every store and getting cheaper.
Applebutter
Don’t forget telephones apple will kick up it’s facility and our phones can b with apple not AT&T or verizon! Telephony reinvented ad jobs said “data is just Data”. Mark my words apple will b in the phone business
What is meant by iTunes cloud service? You load your music non-locally? Not following. Course it’s Monday.
itunes cloud, yea right.
Where do all these retards get such a good reputation?
I have said it before and will say it again: WHY THE HELL WOULD APPLE MAKE THERE USERES RE-DOWNLOAD THERE MUSIC EVERY TIME THE LISCEN TO IT? (oh sure google makes you do that (you tube, gmail etc) but where does apple make you do that?)
I am going to strangle the next person who says “cloud” within earshot.
Uhhh… Cloud.
Speaking of the cloud – why is it that in all of the Win 7 commercials that whenever someone needs to “go to the cloud” they have to switch to a new computer? It may be trying to make it look secret agent cool, but I’m betting it is just truth in advertising…
The one area – and it’s a crucial one – where Apple will have a long-term weakness is in not having control over content. Content drives a lot of the Apple universe, especially since so many Apple products are tied, in big and small ways, to the iTunes Store, which is driven completely by content. Already, content providers are being antsy in big and small ways – dictating what and when they will allow the iTunes Store to carry. And there are some organizations already beginning to offer their content and apps on their own websites. So Apple needs to get into the content business – and instead of starting from scratch, Apple would be better off to buy one of the big-league content providers. Apple has a huge trove of cash, so it would be well within its means to make such a move.
appletv not for everyone. I’m finding that out the hard way. bought one for relative. They just dont get what its all about. To switch to it, they have to find the input button on remote and switch to the right hdmi connection. when they want tv they have to switch back. if may seem easy for us, but to some its a pain that they dont want to deal with. Also when try to decide which movie to watch all they can see are the movie posters, with the small title underneath, only when its highlighted. I didnt realize until they were trying it, but it is actually hard to read all the titles. Sometime its easier to stand up and be close to the tv to make sure you can read them. I took it for granted cause i have good eyes, but if vision is not the best and you are watching a 37 inch from 10 feet away, the apple tv can suck
Apple will not have it’s own TV. TVs have tolong a lifespan, and Apple doesn’t make screens. Plus, despite what analysts keep spouting out, people wan their TVs to be TVs with easy access to content, not really big computers.
All-in-one Apple television? Sorry, no.
http://themacadvocate.com/2010/08/16/gene-munster-should-stick-to-regurgitating-others-credible-predictions-for-apple/
If it doesn’t materialize in 2 years, Gene can counter with “I said 2-4 years!”. In 4 years, I can only assume he’s banking on people forgetting his shitty prediction. There’s a little tutorial on “how to be a tech analyst” – no charge.
LOL…
Apple branded TVs? Give me a break. It’s like Apple would start producing toilet paper.
The market cap deltas between Microsoft, Apple, and Exxon have remained fairly constant in recent months (~$60B and ~$70B, respectively). That might change if this AAPL surge continues, but I am in for the long haul, anyway.
ipad subsidies – already happening and have been through december through 3uk and everything everywhere
(but then all or providers sell iphones not just one)
Apple TV Channel that is so does streaming music for a few instead of owning tracks.
Owning CDs and DVDs is so out of date, now it is time about not worrying about owning a movie or a music track. The TV model means you watch what is available without owning it.
I for one would be very happy to rent a channel and I would prefer it to be an Apple TV Channel(s) same for music.
I hope the same goes for books. The idea has already started in countries like France where for a modest monthly fee one gets to read a range of magazines and books, and the list is expanding.
The days of creating your library of tapes gone, CDs gone, DVDs going bust, Blueray never became a library, magazines and books are now going bust.
The cloud means accessing content and content management without having to worry about storage/backup/archive. Imagine the Green benefits when the same DVD BOOK MAGAZINE ETC is not roduced again and again, transported again and again.
Welcome new world,
M
An Apple Flat Screen TV? Could be. It would come with enough power to act like a really big iPad I’m guessing..
I will say that the bewildering model line up of Sony and Samsung, just to name two is more than overwhelming.
Less is more. No need to have all those different models, and no doubt, Apple will have just a handful to choose from