[Rant] ...another interesting article | ANN.lu |
Posted on 30-Nov-2003 18:32 GMT by bbrv | 56 comments View flat View list |
Here is a New York Times Magazine article about Apple, the iPod, marketing, product development and management.
We contend that this Community can produce a Super TiVo-like device that integrates the network into the use of the content itself. The Pegasos is building block #1 to any competent computing environment and the necessary tool required by the developer support enlisted to customize the platform for consumer use. A Pegasos computer is a desktop machine. A Pegasos computer enclosed in a fan-less VCR-like size case becomes a consumer product: a black box. The Pegasos black box operates equally well with a television screen or a computer monitor. The Pegasos black box could come with its own file sharing and downloading programs -- music, movies, video games – a preference is selected, a source found, the entertainment begins. The technology would be invisible to the entertainment experience. The consumer manages the experience through an easily understood user interface with a remote control or through a web browser and a keyboard for more sophisticated users. As the hub of the Home Entertainment Center high fidelity sound/audio can now be introduced through the 24/7 broadband Internet connection to bring existing home stereo equipment back into use. Here the Pegasos black box can be positioned to be a consumer product that would do to a TV set what MP3 did to music – any show any time.
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Comment 1 | David S Lund | | 30-Nov-2003 17:42 GMT |
Comment 2 | Christian Kemp | Registered user | 30-Nov-2003 17:53 GMT |
Comment 3 | shut the f&^%& up | | 30-Nov-2003 18:08 GMT |
Comment 4 | Martin Blom | | 30-Nov-2003 18:08 GMT |
Comment 5 | Kermit Woodall | | 30-Nov-2003 18:11 GMT |
Comment 6 | Johan Rönnblom | | 30-Nov-2003 18:22 GMT |
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...another interesting article : Comment 7 of 56 | ANN.lu |
Posted by bbrv on 30-Nov-2003 18:29 GMT | Actually, we are happy to answer you very (un)silent voice of the masses...
The idea is collaborate on opinions. That is one of the reasons for having these Forums and discussions like this online. The goal is to bring out not only the ideas, but specifics. It is an international brainstorming session that if done successfully can yield enough information to create a Marketing Requirements Document that in turn can be sourced to a technology team and a level of risk vs. reward can be assessed. Will it make business sense? Let the rest of us figure it out right here, right now. You do not have to be involved and you do not have to read the thread.
Martin, the initial concept is to view files online, not actual broadcasts. Naturally, the future of television indicates that digital terrestrial or satellite television signals can and will be carriers for data. Have a look at this website http://www.moviebeam.com We are very interested in your explorations in this area.
Thanks for your comments Christian, David, Johan and Kermit.
We are thinking that the foundation of the next generation of digital distribution will be the Internet (with data layers added through other sources). Maybe a better way to think about the concept is an iPod for video and video games.
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