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2008 predictions
by thriftyT - 11/15/07 6:59 PMMy humble projections for 2008:
<b>People are coming to the realization that CD/DVD drives are fairly useless.</b>
-> Dell, HP, and Apple will all release notebook / subnotebook computers sans optical drives.
<b>2008 will be the year of the smartphone</b>
-> Some Androids, Blackberries, Windows Mobiles, Treos et al. will be available for $49 (with 2 yr. contract, of course)
-> iPhones will undergo another $200 price drop (DON'T SAY I DIDN'T WARN YOU) and be available for $199
-> Palm will fold or be purchased by someone. (Samsung, Sony, Dell, Google or someone)
<b>No widespread WiMax...yet. (Sorry Tom)</b>
<b>Jason's mug will be posted on the BOL page</b>
2008 will be the year of the cheap ultra portable laptop.
by deanlowe - 11/17/07 3:24 AM In reply to: 2008 predictions by thriftyTGoogle will buy or merge with Sprint if they win the 700MHz auction.
Digg will be sold and possibly ending of DiggNation.
Microsoft will buy Palm and make the Zune phone.
and one more thing...
Mac tablet at MacWorld.
2008 will be the year Microsoft admits Windows Vista was bad
by iainkayphd - 1/5/08 3:32 PM In reply to: 2008 will be the year of the cheap ultra portable laptop. by deanloweThey will begin recalling it right after they release SP 3 for Windows XP which is by far the better operating system.
Leslie Iain Kay
iainkayphd@bellsouth.net
with a price drop.
by mementh - 3/2/08 4:19 PM In reply to: 2008 will be the year Microsoft admits Windows Vista was bad by iainkayphdwith a price drop they kinda have admitted its bad 
Mine
by Nicholas Buenk - 11/17/07 8:58 AM In reply to: 2008 predictions by thriftyTiPhone 3G and a iPhone Nano
Someone will start distributing advertisement supported TV shows on a p2p like protocol to save bandwidth costs. (I hope) You know, actually make money off the same successful distribution method and model pirates use.
720p on iTunes, and other online HD offerings will come around. And have a shot at displacing both blu ray and hd-dvd. This is another area where the content industry is falling behind the pirates in innovation and risk losing their market to them. Note 1080p movies are already on the pirate bay. 
iTunes sort of HAS to do 720p rentals to survive
by minimalist - 12/31/07 3:59 PM In reply to: Mine by Nicholas BuenkIts like they have no choice.
Because the stuff they are selling now looks OK on a laptop or iPhone but not so hot on a 40 plus inch HDTV. I was shocked at how bad the two TV shows and one movie I had purchased looked when my friend hooked his Apple TV up to my new 46" flatscreen. The "near DVD quality" Steve promised may be believable on a standard-def CRT but its not very believable on anything larger with higher definition.
If they don't get better quality rentals (and more studios on board) the Apple TV will continue to flounder.
High tech
by clarity55 - 1/2/08 11:14 PM In reply to: Mine by Nicholas BuenkThe cell phone providers will accept that they have colluded with each other to sell services that that the average Joe does not want. In particular free phones are a scam. There is no free lunch - there never was. The technology (satellites, relay stations etc are nearly fully paid for) and is now in place so that the providers can actually reduce their prices and stop taking an ever larger proportion of the American hard workers pay check.
Those are big estimates
by Alegoo92 - 11/17/07 6:57 PM In reply to: 2008 predictions by thriftyTthat make perfect sense. Interesting..
Alex
My predictions
by mementh - 11/17/07 8:12 PM In reply to: 2008 predictions by thriftyTJason will get his face in the BOL pic
apple will let the mac os run unsupported on pc's (hackitoshes)
google will purchase the 700 mhzs spectum and will start to destroy the cell carriers that don't join in with them
Kindle price, sales will dwindle
by thriftyT - 11/20/07 4:21 AM In reply to: 2008 predictions by thriftyT<B>Kindle will undergo $100 price drop by February/March 2008</B>
Amazon will sell less than 500,000 Kindles in the U.S. despite the price drop.
(NT) Microsoft will release a mobile game system
by ibcrandy - 11/20/07 5:11 PM In reply to: 2008 predictions by thriftyTWXP SP3
by Owyn - 11/28/07 4:20 PM In reply to: 2008 predictions by thriftyTwill be the most downloaded software update of the year.
WXP SP3 roll up CD ISO will be the most popular P2P distro. Most downloaders will be legal users of WXP who just want an easy way to do there regular WXP re-installs.
Good one
by stevent1992 - 11/29/07 4:14 AM In reply to: Windows Vista sp1 by mementhVista SP1 might be a flop ROFL.
Just to throw around another "prediction" I expect that maybe Microsoft will release the Zune 3 and that we might hear more about the Google phone play in direct competition with both the Iphone and the Zune (sound pretty absurd doesn't it?!?!), but I pretty much suck at these anyway.
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