Well, it's now time to dream what Steve Jobs shall present next tuesday !
The new iMacs having been introduced earlier this week, and given the announcement, "showtime", there's no doubt it's all about video, and still no doubt it will be both a new iPod and the so much anticipated video rental service.
But 2 questions remain : what kind of iPod and what kind of price they would charge for the movie service ?
Will Apple just upgrade its 5G iPod, with an 80Go harddrive, or will it introduce a brand new one with a larger screen to more comfortably watch videos ? I would be dreaming about a whole new formfactor model, but honestly I can only bet for an upgraded 5G iPod.
As for the price of movies, rumor has it Apple will charge $14,99 for new movies. I think that's too high and will severaly impact the market size. The core market is not at this price, but rather $9.99. It's not an Apple's mistake, it's the studios, with their short term narrow minded view, who are responible for that.
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On peut donc s'attendre à voir un iPod 6G je pense!
Posted by: Jayyy | September 09, 2006 at 01:18 AM
un iPhone, un iPhone !!! Stp, Steve, un iPhone !!!
Posted by: Francis | September 09, 2006 at 08:38 AM
Je me pose toujours la question d'un TiVo like venant intégrer le hub numérique Apple, en plus de l'inévitable Airport Express Vidéo qui se fait cruellement attendre.
Posted by: Louis van Proosdij | September 09, 2006 at 11:10 AM
I strongly believe in an Apple iPhone, but not before next year !
Posted by: Michel de Guilhermier | September 09, 2006 at 01:20 PM
Comme Louis je pense aussi que cela serait le bon moment pour sortir un media center, surtout avec le lancement des films en download.
Une bonne connectivité entre les différents produits iPod, iMac, iMedia, iPhone et cela sera vraiment sympa comme concept !
Etant plus sédentaire que Nomade, et je dois pas être le seul, un iMedia m'intéresserait plus qu'un iPod (ou un autre lecteur media portable d'ailleurs).
Posted by: Michael | September 10, 2006 at 02:22 AM
"It's not an Apple's mistake, it's the studios, with their short term narrow minded view, who are responible for that." - I'm surprised to find such a cliché on your blog Michel, it's very unusual.
Building on your stance, I guess Apple is probably not responsible of having a locked system in the music world (iPod + iTunes + Music Store) either: music majors are obviously 100% guilty.
Posted by: Jeremy Fain | September 10, 2006 at 04:15 PM
Well Jeremy, I'm not so sure it's a cliche as it seems to be what has actually happened between the 2 parties.
Apple has been negociating hard with the studios about the price of movies. They wanted to charge $20/movie, wheareas Jobs wanted to stick to $10. Eventually, they stroke a deal in the middle.
It's more or less the same story than music, for which the Majors have been trying to increase the 99c price tage.
Posted by: Michel de Guilhermier | September 10, 2006 at 09:02 PM
Thank you for your explanation Michel, I didn't know about this.
Posted by: Jeremy Fain | September 10, 2006 at 10:24 PM
You're welcome. I guess there will be some active discussions on online movie prices as from tuesday !
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