Michael Gartenberg
Michael Gartenberg
Michael Gartenberg is a technology journalist, analyst and blogger. He is an Apple Inc. employee, and was previously a Research Director at Gartner, focussed on the world of the interconnected consumer...
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More importantly, they've done it in a way that seems to be fairly understandable by consumers so you don't have to have a whole IT department in your house to make this stuff work.
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This blitz is a reminder of the fact that while enterprises are extremely important to the company, HP has not lost the focus on things that it excels at. The consumer market can be very lucrative as consumers move beyond using their PCs just for e-mail and word processing.
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Microsoft has taken a lot of effort developing the phone first.
supposed
It does what it's supposed to do, and it does it well.
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The mere notion that a Palm device could be built around anything but the Palm OS means that the market is shifting and that anything is possible.
seen
A lot of what we've seen in Vista has similarities with Tiger.
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One of the reasons we saw the iMac targeted first is because it is the line that is going to be least impacted by the pro apps.
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This is significant because people have been waiting for 802.11n for quite some time. There are limitations in the existing standard that create problems for vendors who are trying to build network solutions in the home to handle things like video or music.
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I don't think Microsoft plans on ceding this market to Apple or anyone else at this point in time. What that means in terms of tactical solutions, it's too early to tell. They're probably considering any number of different options.
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We're talking about Apple, so it could be all of those things, none of those things, or something brand new.
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When it comes to consumer electronics, the longer you wait, it's always going to be smaller, faster, cheaper.
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When consumers look at this whole situation and the way things are fragmented, they may very well decide they are going to wait until the there is more of a shakeout or a clear standard.
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Video was certainly the buzzword. There seems to be more and more interest in the video space in 2006 as well as more and more growth in the music space, with lots of people conspiring on how they can wring market share from Apple.
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The price sounds reasonable and should resonate with consumers,