MEDIA CENTER PC NEWS
February 26th 2005 Apple: Portable Video Players Have "Failed in the Marketplace"
No sooner had we written a piece asking if a video iPod would ever arrive than Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer has given a clear indication that we shouldn't expect one any time soon. In an interview with MacWorld Oppenheimer said that he thought that the current crop of video players were too bulky and heavy, yet still didn't have a screen large enough to enjoy a movie. With Apple currently making their entire product line smaller (iPod Shuffle and Mac Mini) this sounds to us like they don't want to dirty themselves in a market where miniturization isn't always possible. The interview also showed Apple's surprise that many people were treating the Mac Mini like a component in a home theater setup. Oppenheimer thought that most users would "prefer to have a more powerful computer in their office or den and leverage wireless networking to stream content to their home entertainment system".
|
