All they have to do is make the unit 16x9 and incorporate
a Blu-ray player. A combo tablet and Blu-ray video
portable player would not only kill the iPad, it would
eventually kill Apple.
Because Jobs would die rather than incorporate Blu-ray
after such a move, and he would be taking Apple with him.
Apple computers without Blu-ray support are not only
obsolescent 2005 technology, they will soon be utterly
worthless.
And Jobs has the gall to take on Adobe and flash at the
same time. Like Hitler in his bunker.
The world is at least a decade away from the time when
everyone will have enough bandwith to quickly steal Blu-
ray quality major movies. And while mp3 might have
sufficed for audio which few people have ears for, ANYONE
who's compared Blu-ray with DVD on a 65" plasma can see
and appreciate the night and day difference. And with
prices coming down, even the naysayers will eventually
want Blu-ray quality for video.
I'm not a gamer so I don't have any of the gamer's
irrational hatred for Sony. Sony is going to win this one,
and they deserve to, as they are the ones innovating while
Jobs is raving that the world isn't his personal playtoy.
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