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Buzz Out Loud Lounge: 2008 predictions
I agree...
by whizkid454 - 1/2/08 8:31 PM In reply to: iPod sales decline by thriftyTiPod was just a fad and nothing more. That fad is wearing off of people who actually will spend their money more wisely. Perhaps something with more features? (Ahem, Zune, Cowon, or Archos..)
iPod was the cool factor, but that has since come and gone. Same design for all the 6 years save for the new Touch to keep the line alive. Too bad some people are already locked into the iPod trap.
Stuffed bellies
by luc-mobile - 1/2/08 9:08 PM In reply to: I agree... by whizkid454commorancy makes a very valid and interesting point, but that's now, when everyone is still rebounding from Xmas and holidays, the feasts and the psychological effect of one full year coming to an end. We feel "quenched". But that feeling will wear off eventually, the marketing teams will assault us with their products and their schemes and soon people will be suckers for the new season's gadgets all over again.
Predictions of an Apple Fanboy
by Bechhofer - 12/26/07 3:46 PM In reply to: 2008 predictions by thriftyTApple will release 20 cm Macbook Mini(not tablet, without optical drive, will use flash in place of hard drive and RAM), decrease size of Macbook, and make a 1 size only Macbook Pro.
iTunes will be #1 music retailer.
Apple will pass Dell, 10% market share, and computers can run Windows and Linux apps in a bubble for free.
Flash memory will become far cheaper and better. ROM sticks will replace CD's for delivering programs.
FiOs will become huge and introduce cheap 100mbps.
There will be RIAA for EMI etc. for DRM free music.(ORA?)
Safari 3 and Firefox 3 will merge.
Three companies (Google, Microsoft, Unknown will buy Yahoo) will be constantly competing for startups.
One blogger with some software knowledge will reign.(ONE BLOGGER TO RULE THEM ALL!)
Add On
by Bechhofer - 12/31/07 3:23 PM In reply to: Predictions of an Apple Fanboy by Bechhoferiphone can dual boot into android
2008
by cporpheus - 12/26/07 4:04 PM In reply to: 2008 predictions by thriftyTApple SDK for Iphone/Itouch will start out restricted (apps only available on itunes or apple website), gaining more openness as time goes on. Unlocking will be more stringent (and ineffective) on the Iphone.
Verizon will invest in GSM technologies for future data/voice plans.
Vista will gain only slightly more popularity in consumer markets, but even lower in business markets.
Tivo will be ubiquitous among DVRs provided by cable providers
Mac predictions / facebook / Google / record lables / tv
by latesound - 12/26/07 6:35 PM In reply to: 2008 predictions by thriftyTI have very little to loose by being wrong... so here's some wild and crazy predicitons.
1. Apple will announce an upcoming OS X version for PC's. They will support limited hardware configurations but they will let users install the operating system on the hardware of their choice. (they've really got nothing to loose by doing this).
2. Facebook will fall from grace. People will realize that a bunch of stupid 3rd party apps make it just as bad as Myspace was.
3. All the major networks will re-sign with itunes after they find out their pet projects were failures. By dropping itunes, they found that they caused piracy to increase because of a greater inconvenience to consumers.
4. Apple will become a LABEL. (they will start promoting their own musicians on itunes).
5. Microsoft will buy CREATIVE in yet another attempt to fix the ZUNE (this is so far out... I know).
I better stop before I get any more laughs.
Great year buz cru!
1 and 3 for me...
by joefromwestside - 12/27/07 5:40 AM In reply to: Mac predictions / facebook / Google / record lables / tv by latesoundI agree with 1 and 3. 3 REALLY pisses me off because NBC also owns Sci-Fi. That was a real shocker for me when I went to Itunes to BUY some of their shows! NBC Wake up!!!!! ARRRRRRUGGGHHHH!!!!
I'm not laughing number 1 is very good.
by Dango517 - 1/2/08 9:47 PM In reply to: Mac predictions / facebook / Google / record lables / tv by latesoundhummmmm.
#1 is off base
by john3347 - 1/2/08 9:48 PM In reply to: Mac predictions / facebook / Google / record lables / tv by latesoundIf Apple were willing to allow their OS to be installed on non-Apple computers even for a price, Microsoft would just be another software company. Apple's un-willingness to sell rights to their OS is what has put Microsoft where they are today.
Uh...somewhat.
by shoelace_510 - 1/3/08 4:52 PM In reply to: #1 is off base by john3347It is also the fact that Apple and Microsoft have completely opposite viewpoints in marketing and salepoints. Meaning that the reason Microsoft is where they are is that they let other people design software (applications) whereas Apple doesn't and as a result of their crappy software team (or is it what can be programmed in Unix...hm?) that has put them where they are today. Behind in applications like no other OS out there. Pick any Linux OS or other OS and they have more apps then Apple.
Yeah. Right.
by His SHadow - 1/6/08 11:00 AM In reply to: Uh...somewhat. by shoelace_510Apple doesn't let anybody design apps for it's OS, eh? Are you new to this whole computer industry stuff?
Really, people, some of the crap you Apple bashers spew is really pathetic.
Further more...
by Nicholas Buenk - 1/10/08 5:38 PM In reply to: Yeah. Right. by His SHadowOS X is a unix OS. Certified unix, and posix compliant.
It'll actually run linux software. I got KDE working on leopard. 
2008 Predictions
by commorancy - 12/27/07 6:06 AM In reply to: 2008 predictions by thriftyT1. The music industry will still suffer bad revenues due to the bad housing market, skittish consumers and over produced under-talented 'artists' even amid DRM free tracks.
2. Google will fall on its face with Android.
3. PS3 will continue to fail even with the new pricing due primarily to its lack of backwards compatibility. Developers will continue to ignore the PS3 due to its complicated programming and low audience numbers.
4. Xbox 360 will continue to outperform the PS3 due to HD game content, but the Wii will end up selling more units overall due to price. The Wii will still continue to be hard to obtain through most of 2008.
5. Microsoft will release an Xbox 360 with an HD-DVD drive internal.
6. The HD-DVD vs Blue Ray war will not be resolved and consumers will still be just as confused about them.
7. (A Long Shot) An unknown band from a small independant label will 'make it' and sell a large number of copies of their CD without the help of any of the Big 5 labels sealing indie labels as a source of music.
8. The kindle will continue to be a flop.
9. (Another long shot) A non-Apple cell phone manufacturer will introduce a phone that outsells the iPhone.
10. A new music format will be introduced by the record labels in another attempt to 'get more sales' but will flop.
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Brian W.
Tim's predictions
by TimTheRocketScientist - 12/27/07 3:11 PM In reply to: 2008 predictions by thriftyTWeb apps will become more common place, and the line will blur between online/offline apps (thanks to things like Google Gears). Older people won't know when they are working online or offline and it won't matter.
Cross-platform computing will make huge gains. It won't matter so much anymore which operating system you use when many common applications will be able to natively or emulated run in most any OS.
The quad core and highly-power-demanding computer sales will slow down while more power efficient computers will proliferate thanks to web apps and begin the era of the Thin Client.
The Wii will continue to sell out all until until at least the summer and lead all other game systems, but people who buy it will get bored of it after a month or two.
Apple will continue to have significant growth in desktop/laptop sales and will increase their market share by 50%.
Google will offer a way to install Android on phones that didn't come with it.
Dell's Linux distros will have small growth, then stall out at a very small market share.
CD players will not be standard feature in luxury cars anymore, and will instead come with some sort of hard drive/wireless streaming/or mp3 player support.
A small batch of BOL shirts will come out and be quickly sold out, and people will complain like crazy.
Audio DRM will slowly fade away, and more companies will offer both DRM and DRM-free versions of songs. However, the digital video market will ***** and say they are different and insist on DRM still.
Digg will merge, or get bought up.
BOL shirt
by mementh - 12/27/07 4:17 PM In reply to: Tim's predictions by TimTheRocketScientistcan we get a BOL shirt thats safe to wear at work (polo or such)
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