| Just imagine...if the iPhone turns out to be as cool, | | | | Very shortly, we'll all be able to. |
| as user-friendly, as reliable, and down-right | | | | Here's the low-down on what will likely be the |
| revolutionary as the iPod...then my 60GB video | | | | product that coasts Apple into the next decade: |
| iPod will one day soon be as relevant to my life | | | | * 4-8GB storage makes it a solid little mp3 and |
| as the hundreds of CDs that I've digitized to get | | | | video player; |
| rid of them. | | | | * 2.0 megapixel camera -- I'm no Amsel Adams, |
| A little convoluted, perhaps, but my point is simple: | | | | but I'm guessing you can take a great pic of your |
| Before the iPod, it was CDs, and CD players (I | | | | best friend snarfing nachos on game day with this |
| had a friend with something like a 12-disc changer | | | | thing; |
| and he was like a god to us audiophiles), and | | | | * As a cell phone it will have all the standard bells |
| making sure your car had a CD player, and | | | | and whistles: calling (duh), voice mail, SMS, which |
| portable CD players. | | | | allows you to text, email, and surf the Web; |
| Then came the iPod, and it was like, "Hold on, | | | | * Bluetooth, for you wireless freaks out there |
| now! I can store all those CDs I've been so | | | | * And best of all, in my opinion, it's going to work |
| careful not to scratch (and remember how awful | | | | on the Apple OS X platform. What this means for |
| it was when you were dumb enough to let | | | | the uninitiated, for those of you who are still using |
| someone borrow one of your CDs and it was | | | | PCs (I have one myself, so I get it), is that for |
| returned blemished??) on this little thing?" As soon | | | | *free* you'll get the coolest, more seamless, |
| as I was able to listen to it without the pesky | | | | full-of-fun operating system on the planet. |
| earbuds, man, it was heaven. Still is. | | | | On that note, my guess is this: If Apple can sell |
| Every day as I get ready for work, there are 3 | | | | an iPhone to half of the iPod users on the planet, |
| things I don't leave home without: my coffee | | | | and they get used to Apple OS X, it will create a |
| mug, my Palm Treo, and my 60GB video iPod. I'm | | | | sea change in the computer market. Apple will sell |
| like a modern-day cowboy walking into the office | | | | more computers, regardless of price, because |
| with both of my six-shooters on my sides (one in | | | | people who've never handled a Mac -- and aren't |
| each pocket making my pants sag a bit). | | | | brave enough to enter the totally remarkable, |
| Steve Jobs and the wizards as Apple must've | | | | awe-inspiring, yet daunting Apple retail stores -- |
| been reading my mind: Can't it be simpler? Why | | | | will finally get to see what the other 13% know: |
| can't I talk into my iPod? | | | | that Apple is the future. |