Apple Sets Pace in Consumer Electronics

Associated Press

Apple Sets Pace in Consumer Electronics
12.15.2005, 06:00 PM


Five years ago, Apple Computer Inc. was barely an afterthought in the halls of electronics companies. Not anymore.

With its best-selling iPods and landmark licensing deals with music and television moguls propelling new ways of consuming digital media, Apple now is the pacesetter.

"In the consumer electronics world, there's always talk now about Apple, the way people used to talk about Sony," said analyst Richard Doherty of The Envisioneering Group. "At the water cooler or in boardrooms, they're asking, 'What is Apple doing next?' or 'How do we stay out of their way?'"
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For 20 years, Wall street types said Apple was going out of business. You know these pundits, the ones that said Google was way overpriced at $125. I predict, Apple's going to bring to the personal computer wars, the iPod strategy of keeping the hardware and software products side by side with the latest advancements in chips combined with the biggest pre-orders. That's what the Intel inside deal is all about.

...my son came arrived today. I had to peek. Amazing quality.




Tikki

... and download some TV shows. You have a hand held video player you can plug into your TV set. Not quite as good a quality as DVD, but still great. I have downloaded LOST, Battlestar Galactica, and ripped a couple of my favorite DVD's. Great on an airplane trip!