Michael Gartenberg
Michael Gartenberg
Michael Gartenberg is a technology journalist, analyst and blogger. He is an Apple Inc. employee, and was previously a Research Director at Gartner, focussed on the world of the interconnected consumer...
available information keeping position processing word
Keeping it persistently available is a pretty big deal. I can position things so I can be working on my e-mail or word processing and still have the information available.
good short target term
For the short term they're already on target with a good relationship. Apple's already reaped a lot of benefits.
built device market means mere notion palm shifting
The mere notion that a Palm device could be built around anything but the Palm OS means that the market is shifting and that anything is possible.
deal good
This is a very good deal for the two companies.
connected far until
Not until TVs become far more connected than they are now will this become big. It's right now still going to be far more for the enthusiast,
anyone apple early market means microsoft number plans point terms
I don't think Microsoft plans on ceding this market to Apple or anyone else at this point in time. What that means in terms of tactical solutions, it's too early to tell. They're probably considering any number of different options.
apple compliance devil locked mechanism music possible quite says seamless
How seamless does that mechanism need to be under this law? The devil here is in the detail. It's quite possible that Apple says they're in compliance with this law. No one is locked into Apple's music format.
access core devices directly integrated rather requiring seeing trend wireless
The core trend is we're seeing high-speed wireless access integrated directly into the devices rather than requiring an add-on card.
head product second steps terms
The first steps will be to reorganize what they need in terms of head count, and the second is to reinvigorate and revitalize the product lines.
desktop issue kinds linux
The issue with Linux has always been the desktop, ... a non-starter on the desktop for all kinds of reasons.
likely might older
In general, the older your hardware, the more likely there are going to be no drivers, and there might be BIOS problems,
department fairly home seems stuff
Importantly, they've done it in a way that seems to be fairly understandable to consumers, who don't need an IT department at home to make this stuff work.
seen
A lot of what we've seen in Vista has similarities with Tiger.