Apple VP says no iPods, PDAs, cellphone convergence
updated 05:15 pm EDT, Tue September 27, 2005
Apple says no convergence
Apple senior vice president and executive team member Jon Rubinstein believes the iPod, cell phone and digital camera will all continue to cater to their individual markets for . "Most people still take photographs with their digital camera rather than their cellphone," Rubinstein said. "And there's a simple reason: digital cameras take better pictures." When asked whether Apple has considered a re-entry into the PDA market by evolving the iPod, both Rubinstein and Apple vice president Phil Schiller seemed strongly opposed, according to Apple Insider. Schiller explained that PDA's are a niche market for specialized applications, and that basic functions of PDAs, such as date planners and address books, have been available on most cell phones for a long time. "PDA's would not be good business for Apple," Schiller said.
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"Most people still take photographs with their digital camera rather than their cellphone," Rubinstein said. "And there's a simple reason: digital cameras take better pictures." Rubenstein might be right, but not as far as the money goes. Most kids take lots of pictures with their cameras and make the Cell co.s lots of money sending them to each other. And it has nothing to do with quality. I think he lacks the vision.