Scott,
This is an interesting read, especially the bits on TV shows. I was reading something on Sunday where a Microsoft Executive was warning the television industry that Apple could do to it what it's done to music. Apparently the fact that they made it easy for consumers to purchase what they wanted, albums or song by song and in an extremely easy way has been a problem for the record companies. And that we don't go down to the record store and purchase albums. You can bet the cable companies are going to line up and fight this. I think this will be different than how music went because, while you had a few big chains of record stores that lost out because we don't purchase CDs along with a lot of mom and pop shops, with TV shows you've got billion dollar corporations that stand in the way as distributors. You can bet that these guys (Comcast, Cox, Time Warner) and others aren't going to just let this happen. Could be entertaining to watch how new technology and product distribution methods battle with dinosaur cable and satellite companies. _____ From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 1:01 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Fwd: Apple expected to offer iPhone on new U.S. carriers within a year Folks, I know there has been a lot of excitement about SL, but I wanted to share this article, which updates some other areas Apple is working on. One of these is about the iPhone and even the future of the Apple TV perhaps. Check it out, there are some interesting bits in here.Begin forwarded message: Date: August 31, 2009 9:00:00 AM EDT Subject: Apple expected to offer iPhone on new U.S. carriers within a year Source: AppleInsider Apple's worldwide single-carrier exclusivity model for each nation is seen as fleeting, as a new report suggests the iPhone could be available for carriers other than AT&T in the U.S. within a year. <http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?feedUrl=http%3A//www.appleinsider.com/appl einsider.rss&itemLink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.appleinsider.com%2Farticles%2F09%2F08 %2F31%2Fapple_expected_to_offer_iphone_on_new_u_s_carriers_within_a_year.htm l&itemDate=2009-08-31%2009%3A00%3A00&itemTitle=Apple%20expected%20to%20offer %20iPhone%20on%20new%20U.S.%20carriers%20within%20a%20year> Read more <http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/31/apple_expected_to_offer_iphon e_on_new_u_s_carriers_within_a_year.html> . --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
