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...
certainly growth interest lots market music people seems share space video wring
Video was certainly the buzzword. There seems to be more and more interest in the video space in 2006 as well as more and more growth in the music space, with lots of people conspiring on how they can wring market share from Apple.
couple giving hear maybe people road sold videos
It will be interesting to see a couple of years down the road if we'll hear people grumbling that maybe all videos should be sold the same, maybe we're giving it too cheap.
build create existing handle home network people problems quite solutions standard trying video waiting
This is significant because people have been waiting for 802.11n for quite some time. There are limitations in the existing standard that create problems for vendors who are trying to build network solutions in the home to handle things like video or music.
brand none talking
We're talking about Apple, so it could be all of those things, none of those things, or something brand new.
expect few means next
Expect that we'll have a lot to say about what it all means as well as the implications over the next few weeks.
clear consumers decide situation until wait
When consumers look at this whole situation and the way things are fragmented, they may very well decide they are going to wait until the there is more of a shakeout or a clear standard.
browser build effort expense experience feature great modern reinvent secondary solutions spend time using wants
Browsing is a secondary feature that is very important on today's modern devices, but no one wants to spend the time and effort to reinvent the browsing experience when there are already great solutions on the market, ... Nokia is using a best-of-breed browser without the expense of having to build it all themselves.
delay door executives fix latest microsoft problems process products record reins senior shipping steven track upset whatever
No doubt, I'm sure, the senior executives at Microsoft were pretty upset (with the latest Vista delay). Steven has a track record of shipping products (and he can) potentially take the reins and get the thing out the door and fix whatever process problems there are.
line pro reasons saw targeted
One of the reasons we saw the iMac targeted first is because it is the line that is going to be least impacted by the pro apps.
consumers department fairly house seems stuff
More importantly, they've done it in a way that seems to be fairly understandable by consumers so you don't have to have a whole IT department in your house to make this stuff work.
good looks name solid
Looks like a good solid name for Nintendo.
ask model money people pricing seems somewhat spend
The pricing model seems to be somewhat questionable here. People will ask why they need to spend that much money for a box.
price reasonable resonate sounds
The price sounds reasonable and should resonate with consumers,
awareness continue forward growing notion seen
We've seen growing awareness of this notion of connectivity. And we'll continue to see this going forward in 2006.