On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Sisk, Kris <[email protected]> wrote: > There's no arguing that cool factor is good for the company, but is it > good for the consumers or the market? I'm guessing (and yes it's a > guess) no. At least not in an area where the 'cool' product has the kind > of market share iPods do.
I personally think that the mobile war going on between Google and Apple is fantastic for consumers. We are seeing more and more features coming out from both sides. Dedicated MP3 players are really a declining product IMHO - so are simple/small point and click cameras. All that stuff is getting wrapped up in mobile phones. So far my phone has replaced my MP3 player, my watch, and my low end camera. More and more I expect it to replace my laptop for simple email, webcams for video chat, not to mention markets that have no "old school" analog like location based social media. I wouldn't expect alot more features or competition over dedicated MP3 players. I really think they are easily going to go the way of the walk-man within 5 years. -Cameron ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:322135 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
