Monday, January 15, 2007
Pre-column thoughts
It seemed like with within hours of when I turned my last column, the announcements started coming from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and the Apple show in San Francisco.
Wireless devices and big screen HD TVs dominated the CES displays. Apple stole the show—literally—when Steve Jobs got up on the stage in San Francisco and announced the existence of the iPhone. The phone captured the crowd at both shows with its innovative design.
It is expensive, around $500, and only will be available from one carrier—Cingular. It won’t be available until June but techies are already queuing up for the device. Hopefully in time, the price will come down and the number of carriers will increase. The original iPod was considered to have similar handicaps. Apple refined the device until now it has a number of versions and the lion’s share of the personal music player market.
You can’t see it now. But I’m working with a new version of the stardem Website. We have been listening to your comments. We are trying to incorporate as many of your concerns as possible. I can’t give a launch date yet. Stay tuned to the print paper and my blog for an announcement.
Wireless devices and big screen HD TVs dominated the CES displays. Apple stole the show—literally—when Steve Jobs got up on the stage in San Francisco and announced the existence of the iPhone. The phone captured the crowd at both shows with its innovative design.
It is expensive, around $500, and only will be available from one carrier—Cingular. It won’t be available until June but techies are already queuing up for the device. Hopefully in time, the price will come down and the number of carriers will increase. The original iPod was considered to have similar handicaps. Apple refined the device until now it has a number of versions and the lion’s share of the personal music player market.
You can’t see it now. But I’m working with a new version of the stardem Website. We have been listening to your comments. We are trying to incorporate as many of your concerns as possible. I can’t give a launch date yet. Stay tuned to the print paper and my blog for an announcement.
# posted by Richard Polk @ 9:47 AM 
