Stella said:
I don't mind subscription for movies - if its good I'll buy the DVD. However, movies are different from music - i want to own my music. Apple have it absolutely correct, the rest, IMO, are waaaay off.
Any music announcement will unfortunately be redundant for the majority of this planet, because I suspect apple will be once again focusing on the u.s. Its about time apple announce whether or not they will be rolling out video content for the rest of the world. Therefore, any video ipod won't be that attractive - what's the point of owning one if there is no video content.
Look for Apple its now all about education, as it was in the past, by using iTMS and podcasting to make Universities educations a one stop shop, they revolutionize higher education in every way that University mamagement desires.
This will use a LOT of band width and this is probably why Apple is expanding thier work force so greately right now.
What I am talking about is not really plane to see iTMS yet but if click the Stanford icon you will see the beginnings.
Now as the university is revolutionized by podcasting there will be an HUGE opportunity to change it much further by using 3D software that has verticle components to hook up contracters so they bid on jobs, jobs that have been brocken up into such small peices that anyone will be able to participate, and designers will be running the show -- but Apple is so conservative I doubt that they will take it this far.
Although eBay could easily take it this far, think of the eBay of job markets !!!
For high tech workers the university would become a gathering place, were they would get together with the best proffessor to design and build the most cutting edge stuff, and they would stay at the university their entire working lives as the university would provide support to protect their intellectual property and give them clout.
But it is not clear that they would have to live near the university, probably for the top level people, but maybe not.
The best proffessors lectures will be greatly leveraged so the total number of professors will be greately reduced over time, BUT if universities do not start paying ALL of their students to attand they will be missing a huge opportunity.
Univerisities thrive on competition, the best universities would become much better by paying all of their students to attend and then charging them for use of the facilities and podcasting and getting a cut buy helping then to design and sell products.
Blogs are part of this, if Apple does not soon start selling a movie making WiFi phone to instantly create the better blog they have LOST IT, some smaller company will take over !!!
