Jul 21, 2010

El futuro de Apple:

History honors the winners, so it is easy to forget that Apple neither invented the MP3 player, the smartphone, or the tablet computer. What the company did do was to brilliantly improve on those technologies, add its massive army of dedicated customers willing to buy any new offering from the company, and turn a new niche market into a cultural phenomenon and a new mass market.

The question now is: What is still out there awaiting the Apple treatment? Internet radio? Television? Personal biometrics? The answer isn’t clear. That, in fact, is the main reason my friend raised his doubts about the continuation of Apple’s Golden Age. Indeed, when you think about it, the iPhone 4G is essentially just an upgrade from the original model. And the iPad is mainly a great, big iPod Touch — and have you noticed how quickly the buzz faded on it?

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