Predicting The Future (continued)

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Predicting The Future (continued)

This is the third post in a series I am doing called Predicting The Future.

Dave Winer has a bunch of predictions up on his WordPress blog. I suspect they are all tongue in cheek but I can't be sure. The first one got my attention:

1. Apple will ship two generations of iPods. The first new generation, released in April, will have a satellite receiver built-in. The second will have a low-power FM transmitter built-in.

It's a certainty, not a prediction, that Apple will ship new iPods next year that obsolete the ones we all bought this year that made obsolete the ones we bought the year before. SNL did the definitive piece on Apple's obsession with planned obsolesence. I still can't stop lauging when I see that skit.

Since we all know that Apple will not open up the iPod without a sea change in their market position, I am interested in doing something in 2006 that will allow me and everyone else to own digital music player that we can plug a FM module, a Sirius module, an XM module, or an HD module into, and get "tivo like" store and replay functionality as well.

That's a killer mobile audio device.

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Posted December 25, 2005 in Venture Capital and Technology

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I cant keep quite when you talk about music.
Are you interested in an interface miniature version of these that plays music and does much more?
http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/mirror-tv-006438.php
http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/lcd-table-mirror-018950.php

let me know.

Posted by: archie | Dec 26, 2005 1:13:51 AM

What a killer mobile audio device now? Use your Treo 650 (or one of another 100+ cell phones) to control your Mac and play music via itunes.

I have been using Sailing Clicker to play music from my PC. It's a bluetooth remote control that works great for PC's and even better for Macs.

You can control many computer feature but for itunes you can select volume, playlists, shuffle, repeat, rate music, etc.. and it shows all important info on the Treo like song, title, vol, album art, etc..

Not quite what you had in mind I am sure, but it is still a killer mobile audio device for the home or office. Add some wireless headphones for privacy if needed.

more info at www.salling.com

Posted by: Nono | Dec 26, 2005 5:24:54 PM

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