Hmm. Perhaps I should go and look in more detail at it before settling on the gimmick judgement then....
brb.... Sent from a device of some kind On 10 Sep 2014, at 20:28, Tony Crooks <[email protected]> wrote: Actually, when the instant pontification subsides I believe many will realise that Apple is getting into exciting new territory once more. The Watch ecosystem is going to become huge, even if the first iteration of wearable devices from Apple do not sell in their trillions. Aren’t we seeing the emergence of something that has been fictionally described for almost 50 years come to pass? If I didn’t already have an iPhone 5S I’d be in a queue for an iPhone 6 Plus. However I think that next year Apple will provide an updated replacement for a 4 inch screen phone and this is what I wait for. it isn’t the size but the capability that matters. iOS 8 didn’t get too much exposure but it is another big step forward for the smartphone/tablet ecosystem. And iPads didn’t get any love at all - yet! Yosemite plus Mac upgrades also missing in action at present. You can infer something from this. To me the big news is that Apple is moving towards becoming a huge services provider - media first, apps second, payments third. Horace Dediu has already opined that Apple scraping a few cents off of every transaction made via Apple Pay will amount to billions of dollars of more or less bottom line profit. Perhaps not one’s 1980’s idea of Apple but certainly one for the 21st Century. I also infer that the ‘i’something naming strategy is on its way out. I think we will see the emergence of a line of devices in screen size terms comprising 5cm, 10cm, 15cm, 20cm, 25cm, 30cm, and 50cm. The smaller will have touch/voice input. The larger with touch/voice/and optionally key/stylus input. All offering a significantly similar core UI with a lot more Apple Cloud services (did you notice that Apple dropped the cloud storage prices yesterday?). Lastly I regarded the U2 appearance and album freebie as a closure with Steve’s past. Old rockers never die, their reverbs fade to nothing! On 10 Sep 2014, at 18:47, Ranulph Glanville <[email protected]> wrote: Aren't we all so excited by Apple's announcements. Whatever happened to the good old days! We used to be riveted to our screens, full of wonder and exclamation! Regards, Tony -- Tony Crooks ---------------------------------- 53 Mendip Avenue • Eastbourne • BN23 8HP Mob: 07428706227 <mailto: [email protected]> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
