The Genius of Jobs
My column in today's Financial Post looks at how Steve Jobs and Apple are focused on getting a strong foothold in the digital living room - a potentially lucrative market also being targeted by Microsoft, Intel, Dell, Cisco, etc. My take is that Apple has as good a shot as anyone because it's a world-class industrial design company that makes ultra-cool, user-friendly devices. iTV - the much-hyped device that will wirelessly connnect the TV to Macs (and, I suspect, PCs) could be the next Newton but I doubt it if the iPod's success is any indication. Read/Write Web believes Apple will get the design of the iTV rights but thinks access to content (movies) will be a big challenge. For an extensive look at the iPod/iTunes empire, check out Daring Fireball.
Written by Mark Evans on September 14th, 2006 with
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