Jobs keynote, major announcements at Apple Expo?
updated 03:25 pm EDT, Tue August 9, 2005
Apple Expo Paris
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is scheduled to present the by TMO, American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu expects Jobs will use the Paris expo to make significant announcements "beyond just new iPods." Wu said these could include music subscriptions, video and the iTunes mobile phone. In a research note released to clients this week, PiperJaffray said the Paris show would likely deliver an iPod mini with color screen or larger capacity iPod shuffle music player.
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this may be one of the most important keynotes in a long time. This is the first time since the Mactel announcement for Apple to show a roadmap. I would like to see strategic plans the same way Jobs demonstrated when he first took over and had hsi simplified product grids. Remember those?
I hope Wu is correct in some of his predictions. I think there is room for a better subscription model out there that could undercut the wma favoritism shown by the record industry, but I also think it is time for Apple with its dominant position to find partners in opening a few things up. This pissing war with Sony has to end. I would like to see Sony as an ally against MS. Sony doesn't want a windows-controled environment anymore than Apple.
Could Apple live with an iTunes enabled Walkman in exchange for access to protected CD's? This is a lot more important than a 2 gig Shuffle announcement.
The show is too late for a back to school announcement, but just about right for holiday announcements and Apple needs to also give creatives a reason to upgrade their dual G5's one last time.