04-14-2014, 10:21 AM
I also think that MP3 players and smartphones were new (emerging) markets. Apple took a good idea that wasn't getting a lot of good marketing or good design and they launched it into the stratosphere.
I don't think they can do that with TV or set-top boxes. I see "television" related tech as an area that's already saturated and no company is going to drive massive new sales in those fields. I also think that Apple's proprietary bullshit and horrible iTunes experience is going to keep undermining the ability to be the top dog in content providing, which is going to hurt anything they try to do in the field of television. Apple getting into bed with DRM demands has also hurt their long term image and ability to deliver a good product. They should have fought the manufacturers and publishers, like Amazon did, rather than side with them against consumers.
"Smart watches", at least, have SOME potential. Like MP3 players, it's a big enough new spin on old technology that maybe there's room for good marketing and good design to cause a new explosion of consumerism but I have my doubts since ultimately a smartwatch is just a smartphone with a tiny screen and less functionality.
I'd be more excited if Apple was trying to do an "iEye" or some competition for Google Glass. That's at least a totally new technology that could flop or go huge in the foreseeable future. The fully integrated plug-in home might be another good emerging field for Apple to get into though frankly with their proprietary bullshit I would never buy their line of goods -- I'd wait for Belkin or Google or someone else.
I don't think they can do that with TV or set-top boxes. I see "television" related tech as an area that's already saturated and no company is going to drive massive new sales in those fields. I also think that Apple's proprietary bullshit and horrible iTunes experience is going to keep undermining the ability to be the top dog in content providing, which is going to hurt anything they try to do in the field of television. Apple getting into bed with DRM demands has also hurt their long term image and ability to deliver a good product. They should have fought the manufacturers and publishers, like Amazon did, rather than side with them against consumers.
"Smart watches", at least, have SOME potential. Like MP3 players, it's a big enough new spin on old technology that maybe there's room for good marketing and good design to cause a new explosion of consumerism but I have my doubts since ultimately a smartwatch is just a smartphone with a tiny screen and less functionality.
I'd be more excited if Apple was trying to do an "iEye" or some competition for Google Glass. That's at least a totally new technology that could flop or go huge in the foreseeable future. The fully integrated plug-in home might be another good emerging field for Apple to get into though frankly with their proprietary bullshit I would never buy their line of goods -- I'd wait for Belkin or Google or someone else.