T-Mobile CEO talks about... Mac OS X Leopard
There's an article on MacRumors saying that the T-Mobile CEO kept on talking about Apple in a press conference last week. Here's the original article referred to by MacRumors.
Oddly enough, the T-Mobile CEO didn't talk about the iPod (or an iPhone), he was talking about Leopard.
What in the world is he talking about? Leopard integrates video and voice? Leopard's email? Does he know something we don't? And why is a mobile phone CEO talking about Leopard, rather than the iPod or a potential iPhone? And finally, does his talking about it get him Steved?
Oddly enough, the T-Mobile CEO didn't talk about the iPod (or an iPhone), he was talking about Leopard.
Quote:
"The [upcoming] Leopard [OS X 10.5] operating system does an incredibly good job of integrating video, and you're starting to see the integration of voice," he said. "It is a good precursor to how this marketplace can evolve, and how you can really start making money off products and services in a mobile environment."
But Dotson's favorite Apple product seems to be OS X, not the iPod. He downplayed the importance of mobile music, video, and TV in the 3G landscape, focusing instead on user-generated content in the MySpace and YouTube mode, e-mail, and personal information management. As much as 30 percent of Web browsing on T-Mobile's Sidekick handhelds is "directly from MySpace," Dotson said.
"You didn't hear a lot of discussion about mobile TV [from T-Mobile], you didn't hear a discussion about the next music platform; we're not going to spend a lot of resources on the development of mobile TV in the market."
Rich e-mail, on the other hand, gets Dotson's vote. He said that while e-mail is the number one Internet application on PCs, with 91% of broadband users e-mailing, only 5% of consumer e-mail is currently accessed in a mobile environment. "As can be seen with Apple's new Leopard operating system, the richness of e-mail communications is just beginning to discover elements beyond the printed word, moving to dynamic and personally tailored image-rich communications," he said.
"The [upcoming] Leopard [OS X 10.5] operating system does an incredibly good job of integrating video, and you're starting to see the integration of voice," he said. "It is a good precursor to how this marketplace can evolve, and how you can really start making money off products and services in a mobile environment."
But Dotson's favorite Apple product seems to be OS X, not the iPod. He downplayed the importance of mobile music, video, and TV in the 3G landscape, focusing instead on user-generated content in the MySpace and YouTube mode, e-mail, and personal information management. As much as 30 percent of Web browsing on T-Mobile's Sidekick handhelds is "directly from MySpace," Dotson said.
"You didn't hear a lot of discussion about mobile TV [from T-Mobile], you didn't hear a discussion about the next music platform; we're not going to spend a lot of resources on the development of mobile TV in the market."
Rich e-mail, on the other hand, gets Dotson's vote. He said that while e-mail is the number one Internet application on PCs, with 91% of broadband users e-mailing, only 5% of consumer e-mail is currently accessed in a mobile environment. "As can be seen with Apple's new Leopard operating system, the richness of e-mail communications is just beginning to discover elements beyond the printed word, moving to dynamic and personally tailored image-rich communications," he said.
What in the world is he talking about? Leopard integrates video and voice? Leopard's email? Does he know something we don't? And why is a mobile phone CEO talking about Leopard, rather than the iPod or a potential iPhone? And finally, does his talking about it get him Steved?
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What about it? Blue screen and graphic distortion effects? Or something else that we haven't seen yet?
I can't tell if T-Mobile via Dotson is trying to woo Apple (say, for some upcoming iPod phone) *away* (or parallel to) Cingular by flattering them in talking about Leopard, or if he's alluding to some kind of T-Mobile/Apple collaboration currently in the works. Or is a hint about some of the "secret stuff" in Leopard, e.g. a telephony application built in?
Either way... very unusual.
Interesting, but hardly earth-shattering.