You said "Why should it be teathered to one desktop computer with a sync cable."
That one's easy - it's so Apple can sell TWO things... :-) David On 1/9/07, Mike Meiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ha, I'm here. > > I just have so much to say I don't even know where to begin. > > Mostly I'm excited because this is a HUGE leap forward for not just > the mobile web... the extension of network neutrality principles to > the mobile web. > > But also because it illustrates apple REALLY, REALLY get's mobile > computing. > > Specifically mobile computing is ALL about communications. > > This device is heavily hevily focused on personal / inter-personal > communications. > > voice, IM, SMS, picture sharing and so much more > > it also supports audio and video podcasting but apple hasn't yet cut > the sync cable. > > This is to say... it makes no sense... that you should be walking > around or sitting at your desk at work with this marelous piece of > tech with wifi and GSM in your pocket or sitting on your desktop with > the same old podcasts and videos from when you left home in the > morning. Why should it be teathered to one desktop computer with a > sync cable. > > Why should such a marvelous piece of tech NOT aggregate your latest > audio or video podcasts directly from the web so that anytime you pick > it up it has "new stuff". > > And for that matter why when you buy anything from the itunes store > why should it not be automatically delivered to the device. > > Why should you have to carry it home each night to sync it? And what > if you go out of town for a few days... why should you not have access > to your latest podcasts, videos and media wherever you are? > > These are the same questions people have asked of email and I expect > they will come to the same conclusions... building both webservices > for audio and video podcast management... and building support onto > hardware devices much like the blackberry. > > In fact, I dare say, that much like mobile email. Mobile podcast > aggregation will one day be a killer app on the mobile computing > platform. > > At this point... do to the questions the new iPhone asks... though the > answers have not yet been given.... this vision that media should flow > directly from the web to your device is pretty much inevitable. It is > inevitable because it is where the questions lead, and have been > leading since Microsoft put wifi in the Zune, though they did nothing > with it. Indeed, the editors of the Chicago suntimes, the Wall Street > Journal, and the NYTimes even asked such questions. Why should I have > to sync the such a device when it has wifi built in? The answer is > you shouldn't. The answer is... there's no reason why you such a > device should ever be teathered to a single desktop computer again. > > That said, direct to device aggregation of podcasts and purchases > probably wasn't an extremely high priority with apple given the > tremendous amount of features in this new iPhone device... but I > suspect that one way or another aggregation will be coming to this > device soon. Especially since it appears to be running some basic > version of Mac OSX. I would hope in fact that Fireant or Democracy > will be ported to it soon. I think i'll be a SUPERB platform for > Democracy in particular. The Democracy interface was made to run on > the iPhone over wifi. > > One last thing... people keep bitching about cellular data and > aggregation. They keep saying... cellular networks aren't fast > enough... even if they were they'd never allow it... Well screw the > cellular networks... if they're not fast enough or too closed who > cares. Podcasting and videoblogging does NOT require always on > connectivity... all it requires is that when you go to pick up your > iphone there's something new. > > One final thing. One reason I'm so obsessed with bringing audio and > video podcasting to the mobile web is because moving them beyond the > desktop will not only enhance the power and ubiquity of open access > media... think digital divide... think one laptop per child.... think > limited portable computing droping in price and becoming ubiquitous > all aroudn the world... but also they will enhance video > podcasting, video sharing, and audio podcasting's value as means of > inter-personal communications in much the same way the blackberry and > so called "mobile email" enhances the communications value of email. > > Ubiquity, ease of use, and in the future a constant drop in the price > of hardware and connectivity are the key. > > Oh, and speaking of connectivity, apple talked about a new focus on > wimax with some partnership. If wimax ever pans out we'll be talking > about a ubiquitous broadband network that's easier and cheaper to > install and maintain than todays cellular networks... which is pretty > interestng because cellular networks have already penetrated some of > the farthest corners of the planet. > > It all ads up to a completely new and very distruptive communications > paradigm. > > Peace, > > -Mike > mmeiser.com/blog > mefeedia.com > intermediated.com > evilvlog.com > > On 1/9/07, Nathan Freitas <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <nathan%40cruxy.com>> wrote: > > > > sull wrote: > > > > > > do you think osx is open to users or confined to approved > applications? > > > > > I feel like they will push widgets as the primary application model for > > developers. Just my guy instinct based on issues around deployment, > > updating, and a networked application model. > > > > +n > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > -- David King davidleeking.com - blog http://davidleeking.com/etc - videoblog [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
