Apple CEO Steve Jobs talked a lot about the “post PC” world during his Worldwide Developer Conference keynote on Monday. So does that mean the Mac’s importance is dwindling? Hardly. It’s just that the Mac is now one more device in Apple’s expanding arsenal, instead of THE device as it has been in the past.
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By Greg Mills
For those constantly reading my blog, the Nokia transition to the Windows 7 OS, which I predicted would be a disaster for Nokia, seems to be gathering steam.
Since Nokia announced they were discontinuing the bulk of the existing lines of Nokia smartphones and dumping the lackluster two mobile operating systems they had been using, the market has shunned both their products and the stock of the giant Norwegian company.
Read MoreAnalyst Philip Leigh of Inside Digital Media (http://www.insidedigitalmedia.com) says the future of television is on the Internet. I think he’s right, though this will take time. Leigh says here is how this will happen:
° First, content migrates to the Internet where it’s accessed via browser-centric or app-centric devices.
° Second, the socket panel available on modern, flat panel TVs is the “Trojan Horse” will prompt the paradigm shift.
° Third, the future TV remote control units are likely to be smartphones and tablet computers using apps such as Peel.
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By Greg Mills
All is not rosy with a gentile fragrance of spring in the air at the Android handset camp. Various problems come up, with all sorts of consumer products, creating what is called a “product return factor.”
Each of the cell phone networks have some sort of handset return policy so customers who have a problem with a certain phone from a defect issue to just not liking a handset, allowing free returns or exchanges for some period of time.
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By Greg Mills
Second guessing Apple is a growth industry, as the deeply held secrets that are seldom leaked early are dramatically confirmed by a beaming Steve Jobs only as products are launched. We know a lot based on what is already known about existing products and logically added technology that fits.
Near the launch date of new products it is common for supplies to run tight or be out of stock entirely just days before a major announcement. Apple Stores and catalogue Apple merchants commonly run out of things that are about to be replaced by the next version.
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