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  • Unless I missed something, the figures are missing the costs for actually developing iTunes. If Apple combines the costs associated with iTunes development into the same cost center as those necessary to maintain the store, then Apple claims of bar…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Blascock How will wifi help anything? Wow now we can transfer songs from my computer to my ipod even slower than before and waste more battery! Sounds pointless to me. I agree. I don't see WiFi as being all that …
  • The reference to the volume of P2P volumes vs. iTunes is a pretty good point. A lot more music is obtained from P2P than iTunes and IF Apple wants to reach these users, iTunes current model of song purchases may not be the answer. Since Apple, how…
  • Back in the early days of computing, before wholesale use of PC's, we used dumb terminals hooked up to main frames. These dumb terminals where just little boxes with screens attached and all of the processing was done on the backend. The cool thin…
  • AppleTV only needs one thing to be a success - good ol' American porn. If we look back on VHS vs. Betamax, porn was available on VHS but not Betamax. If we look at the earliest success of media and the net, it was porn. My guess is that ther…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Plague Bearer One MAJOR drawback to the whole touch sensitive display interface is it's lack of tactile feedback. With the current iPods You can find and use the controls without seeing them. Ever keep your iPod in an i…
  • To me, the iPhone could look exactly like an iPod. Just add a new screen interface that mimics the old rotory phones to dial a number. Seaching through a list of numbers would work just like you do for songs/albums/etc and if you add a new contact…
  • Most comments seem to assume that the iPhone will be Nano based. I have to wonder if it might instead be based on the 5g iPods. Since the current prices are lower than when they first came out, haven't we already illustrated a willingness to p…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by fabsgwu The iTV has a USB 2.0 port. Let me repeat this. The iTV has a USB 2.0 port. What can you connect to a USB 2.0 port? A tuner perhaps, but what about storage? Well, that's where Apple could design a compl…
  • I would guess that the device would be like an iMac, but a much larger screen (TV size) and with the ability to mount it directly to the wall. It would have an iTunes like interface for TV shows, both live, recorded, and purchased. Additionally,…