Comments on: Focus http://journal.adityamukherjee.com/essay/focus/ Warning: Geek Inside! Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:14:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Abhishek Nandakumar http://journal.adityamukherjee.com/essay/focus/comment-page-1/#comment-4646 Abhishek Nandakumar Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:15:02 +0000 http://adityamukherjee.com/geekaholic/?p=1363#comment-4646 <p>I remember when Apple released the iPod 5G, Jobs made it clear that they were never going to offer consumers an iPod which would play video. Within a few months, they made the version 5.5 Software Upgrade public which added support for video playback on the iPod 5G.</p> <p>I think the iPod market transformed the company completely. Apple's become a consumer electronics company. They may not call it a netbook because they wont be competing in that market, but the devices that use those 10" multitouch screens they've just ordered might be products that people are ready to buy even when they have cheaper alternatives like the netbook available. I wonder how they'll adapt Mac OS X so that it works with these new devices. They could use the iPhone OS but they might have to maintain a separate app store.</p> I remember when Apple released the iPod 5G, Jobs made it clear that they were never going to offer consumers an iPod which would play video. Within a few months, they made the version 5.5 Software Upgrade public which added support for video playback on the iPod 5G.

I think the iPod market transformed the company completely. Apple’s become a consumer electronics company. They may not call it a netbook because they wont be competing in that market, but the devices that use those 10” multitouch screens they’ve just ordered might be products that people are ready to buy even when they have cheaper alternatives like the netbook available. I wonder how they’ll adapt Mac OS X so that it works with these new devices. They could use the iPhone OS but they might have to maintain a separate app store.

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