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No? Seriously, they own the music market because they have the best product around and still do after giving the competition years to catch up. Apple does not

No? Seriously, they own the music market because they have the best product around and still do after giving the competition years to catch up. Apple does not currently own the video market, and I honestly don't expect them to any time soon. I think that, if anything, it'll encourage innovation because suddenly there's a clear target: "It has to be better than iPod. And not just a little better, way better." Apple's not unbeatable.

unalone 17y ago
Agreed agreed agreed. I'm a huge Apple fan, I root for them loudly and occasionally drunkenly, but they don't rule video. The nano release was a backstep for them in that it doesn't unify their product category. If they'd released a camera with the iPod touch, as I think they will, then suddenly they've got a chance for a powerhouse, but the nano is a music product, not a multimedia product, and this camera is as close to lackluster as Apple gets. It will sell nanos, but this isn't a competitive product like the touch-with-camera would have been.
wvenable 17y ago
Apple going after the flip makes perfect sense; there's not a lot of difference between them hardware-wise except for the camera. It might just take another generation before the nano is superior to the flip (factoring in it's size) -- It's already a pretty good value.
- unalone 17y ago
  The Flip is already in HD. They're much more flexible than Apple because they have only the one product focus. So far Apple doesn't have a camera good enough to detract from the Flip, and the people who get nanos for the camera won't be in the Flip's market.
  - netsp 17y ago
    What Apple can pull on though is the ability to edit. That'd be their strength. They are good at that kind of thing.
- tjogin 17y ago
  It does make a lot of sense. I'm just surprised that they decided to tack a video camera on an mp3-player. When you've decided to get a video camera, you look for video cameras, not mp3-players. I'm surprised they didn't decide to simply make a video camera instead; an even better Flip.

unalone 17y ago

Agreed agreed agreed. I'm a huge Apple fan, I root for them loudly and occasionally drunkenly, but they don't rule video. The nano release was a backstep for them in that it doesn't unify their product category. If they'd released a camera with the iPod touch, as I think they will, then suddenly they've got a chance for a powerhouse, but the nano is a music product, not a multimedia product, and this camera is as close to lackluster as Apple gets. It will sell nanos, but this isn't a competitive product like the touch-with-camera would have been.

wvenable 17y ago

Apple going after the flip makes perfect sense; there's not a lot of difference between them hardware-wise except for the camera. It might just take another generation before the nano is superior to the flip (factoring in it's size) -- It's already a pretty good value.

unalone 17y ago
The Flip is already in HD. They're much more flexible than Apple because they have only the one product focus. So far Apple doesn't have a camera good enough to detract from the Flip, and the people who get nanos for the camera won't be in the Flip's market.
- netsp 17y ago
  What Apple can pull on though is the ability to edit. That'd be their strength. They are good at that kind of thing.
tjogin 17y ago
It does make a lot of sense. I'm just surprised that they decided to tack a video camera on an mp3-player. When you've decided to get a video camera, you look for video cameras, not mp3-players. I'm surprised they didn't decide to simply make a video camera instead; an even better Flip.