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Couldn't Apple sell music videos for $.99 each?
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The Star Wars Ipod would be cool if it also played Music Videos and Movie Trailers .
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Quote: Originally posted by webmail I call you 380 mil and then some... apple can use the employees, but tivo doesn't have any hardware that is worth paying for. everything is readly available. Motorola has "kits" of boxes like these that coul…
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Here a new CBS article stating that Apple won't buy Tivo but at this point everything is just speculation- CBS Market watch
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M$ is already tied-in in pretty close with cable companies like Comcast so Apple could align themselves with DirectTV since DirectTV will most likely have alot more HDTV content before the end of the year. Since DirectTV has a large customer bas…
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Quote: Originally posted by webmail I want to clarify some of the rumors for everyone since people have been going crazy with this stupid TiVo rumor. Apple IF it decides to buy TiVo (and yes they are considering it) Is only buying tivo to shut…
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The alleged Steve Jobs letter has a date of "March 23rd 2005"??
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Keep the good news and speculation flowing!!!!! Im glad I bought a few hundred shares @ $25 and I havent sold them yet. I'll most likely wait to after the actual stock split to see how it trends and then I might sell.
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I was thinking maybe Apple should get into owning content. While Steve already knows how to do it with Pixar , maybe Apple should buy some Music Labels. The biggest problem Apple faces with making itunes-store insanely profitable by itself (not b…
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If M$ launches the xbox2 in Nov 05 then I would suspect M$ would unveil their new powerpc-based media-computer @ CES in January 06. 2006 is also the year of the deadline for cable companies to allow card-based decoder boxes to work with their ser…
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Quote: Originally posted by JimDreamworx Does M$ lose money on the hardware sales of XBox? Unlike a game console, you wouldn't be buying a new OS every week to cover the cost of a loss leader. Wait, this is M$ we're talking about? I could st…
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Quote: Originally posted by Mr. Me Microsoft is an illegal monopoly on Intel hardware. If it were to enter the PPC hardware market, it legal status on Intel hardware would remain. The notion of Microsoft entering the business of selling personal …
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If M$ did make this little powerpc-powered xbox2/pc they could sell apps for this new os soley through their LIVE online service and bypass all traditional retailers. These new apps could be part of an expanded LIVE service that would cost an ext…
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Quote: Originally posted by quamb yes- they could, and will - infact I believe they are. Gates himself has said some pretty scarey things about the xbox2 being not only a games console, but a media centre. This is M$'s way to invade our living…
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Quote: Originally posted by wmf Xbox2 is a console; Mac mini is a computer. One goes on your desk, and one goes on your TV. If you're in the market for a computer, you aren't going to buy a console and vice versa. They don't compete. I unders…
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Do you guys think downloading h264 HD movies online is something the average consumer actually would do? Or do you think the most realistic way the average person to get personal copies of a particular HD movies would be by coping them onto a DV…
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This news clip from a month ago it appears to related to what we are talking about: from : http://broadcom.com/press/release.p...amp;source=home Broadcom Announces Next-Generation Advanced Video Compression Chip Supporting the H.264 Standard …
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I currently record HD programing with my cable companies 80gig HD receiver/DVR and its not a bad deal for only an extra $10 a month. It would be cool to connect Sony's HD camera up to a mini mac that connected to my HDTVto store my homemade HD co…
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Since Apple already uses Broadcoms technology for Airport I would expect a wireless-media version should be out within 12 months. The following is a news-clip about Broadcom ability to stream multimedia over a wifi connection: Among the adv…
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Quote: Originally posted by timmy o'tool I just wanted to add that I don't think that video players will ever have the mass appeal that music players will have. Hand-held gaming on the other hand does. There is an emerging convergence on that fro…