So like the iPhone is out and stuffs. We got video for the iPod. We got wifi now. These products will obviously get iteratively better and more sexy. The iPhone — of which I am a new owner (4 gig for $323 total) — will get gps, faster network, smaller, better screen, bigger hard drives, an iSight (frelling sweet!), etc, etc, and etc. Apple TV may keep going forward (though it’s not like they’re pushing it much). The iTunes Store basically has every kind of content now, and it seems much more like wrangling with the content guys about what goes in it. Leopard will come out and that’ll be sweet, and the iMacs, Macbooks will march forward with bigger hdds, faster cores, better batts, etc, etc.
But what’s the next big thing? It seems like most of their killer cards have been played. When they first announced the iTunes music store, you knew that the next step was video. Same thing with the iPod. Then came the iPhone rumors, an ‘all-in-one’ device. The Apple TV was on the horizon as they created the content store and wanted to get it to the most obvious place, the TV. I can’t see the next awesome thing: they sell great computers, they’ve gone mobile, they distribute great content… and now what? What’s the next thing to droll over?
Here are a few ideas:
-Better Laptops. I’m thinking flash-based, multi-touch, some truly thin (like paper) mobile laptops could shake things up a bit.
-iPhone ** 2. This space is huge. There are so many things to work on. Up it up, Apple.
-Home Media Center-ish thing? The iPod of DVRs or something? Dunno.