tvpredictions.com - 12/31/2008
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Phillip “The Swanni” Swann, in his predictions for 2009:
In 2009, dismal sales of Net TV set-tops will turn into non-existent sales, no matter how many different ways the products are promoted. So, I predict that Vudu will close its doors in 2009 and Apple’s Steve Jobs ...
daringfireball.net - 1/6/2009
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daringfireball.net —
As required by the FCC, all Mac-related web
sites must publish pre-Macworld Expo predictions regarding what Apple...
may announce at the show. Remember: these are predictions based on little more than my own speculation and tea-leaf reading, so hold ...
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An Apple Wish List for 2009
The Mac Observer —
... the capabilities of PathFinder combined with the best thinking at Apple. 2. An end to broken enterprise tools. Once Apple implements an enterprise feature in Mac OS X, future versions shouldn't break it and leave it broken for months and months. A good example is the Basic Security Module (BSM). There are other examples. This has been going on for years, and enterprise users are just sick and tired of this. 3. New life for the Apple TV. Recently, TVPredictions.com predicted that Apple TV would die in 2009. Instead, it should be a product we'd all die for. 4. Mac OS X ...
Macworld - last rumour call
MacBytes.com —
... , thanks to the iPhone 3G and record Mac sales leading to strong financial results. But 2009 should be a very different market. TV Predictions.com reckons Internet TV - with ramifications for the Apple TV - will die in 2009, as internet-based program delivery takes a hit from the recession. I'm not convinced - I think if the price point is good, so will the uptake be - people will be going out less, after all. So what will 2009 deliver, and more to the point, what will the Macworld conference deliver? It's the last Macworld show Apple intends to attend, so what will happen ...
Macworld - last rumour call
MacBytes.com —
... , thanks to the iPhone 3G and record Mac sales leading to strong financial results. But 2009 should be a very different market. TV Predictions.com reckons Internet TV - with ramifications for the Apple TV - will die in 2009, as internet-based program delivery takes a hit from the recession. I'm not convinced - I think if the price point is good, so will the uptake be - people will be going out less, after all. So what will 2009 deliver, and more to the point, what will the Macworld conference deliver? It's the last Macworld show Apple intends to attend, so what will happen ...
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