On 1/3/06, Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is not about formats or standards. I would definitely like to see > more unity there. That helps everyone. > > But I don't think Apple's closed loop is necessarily healthy for all. > > By your logic, we should all simply be satisfied with Windows, > Internet Explorer, and whatever else is the de-facto. > > I will choose the path that leads to more innovation instead.
That's what I meant when I said it was a shame that mobile phone manufacturers aren't hot on non-streamed video. They (from my uninformed point of view) seem to push the envelope on innovation (in areas that work for them). > > -Josh > > > On 1/3/06, avideye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > Not underwhelmed, just unwilling to concede that Apple is the *only* > > > player out there. > > > > > > There is more than Apple. Much more. I believe that video creators, > > > consumers, and participants should have choices. Let there be more > > > content, more creators, more devices, more software, more > > > marketplaces, more business models, and more ways to experience and > > > interact with media. > > > > > > -Josh > > > > > > > Well, I think there HAVE been choices - Treos, Creative Players, just as > there were choices > > in the MP3 player market. (I remember my first Rio). But giving an > audience choice > > doesn't necessarily lead to more choices, it usually means less in the > end, as the popular > > choice gains primary market share and market consolidates. But what you > lose in > > multiple formats and devices, you gain in critcal audience mass. > > > > It'd be fascinating to hear from videocasters who are currently featured > in the iTMS how > > much their subscriptions increased over the holiday as many people > unwrapped their > > video iPods for the first time and went looking for content. > > > > S > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > ________________________________ > -- ~Devlon Blog: <http://devlond.blogspot.com> Vlog: <http://8bitme.blogspot.com> <http://mefeedia.com> -OR- <http://mefeedia.com/blog> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
