Governor's Instablog Lives in Hermosa Beach, CA and has been consulting with over 500 companies in CRM technology for the last 14 years. He takes an active interest in following technologies which improve efficiency and effectiveness in the workplace. Graduated from Boulder in 1993, he owns several patents and is looking to start his next venture. Governor http://seekingalpha.com Finally did the iPhone and here's the verdict http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/129905-governor/38108-finally-did-the-iphone-and-here-s-the-verdict?source=feed 38108
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Disclosure: LONG AAPL]]> AppleTV and the mess in the Living Room http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/129905-governor/2319-appletv-and-the-mess-in-the-living-room?source=feed 2319 One thing I've wondered about is what is up with the Apple TV?  Is it really an experiment?....Hardly.... those iPhone/iPod Touch owners out there, I hope you've downloaded Apple's Remote Control program and have learned you can control your AppleTV or iTunes library with the simplest solution in your hand.  The Remote Control application which is free is a complete breakthrough and a sleeping giant.

 

There are plenty of experiments going on at Apple, but Apple doesn't release fungus into the public.  Take a look at your living room.  Take a look at it again and tell me how the plethora of remote controls for your DVD player, Direct TV/Dish whatever, Tivo, stereo and TV fit together....can you figure this out?  The remote control thing is a mess, and even the amount of buttons on one remote are enough to make you choke.  Wasn't technology supposed to make things better?  You tell me how that sounds better.  One of Steve's next projects is cleaning up this mess, and it is an absolute mess; because nobody can figure out how to turn on the frickin' TV and just watch a movie and listen to it through the stereo!  OK, maybe you can because you've programmed it all and use it daily.  I was visiting a friend in Denver and had the evening to myself at their house and decided to turn on the TV and watch a movie.  After fussing with the 3 remote controls I still couldn't get it to work, and I'm a technology consultant, so good luck to the general public and your in-laws.  What a shame the electronics manufacturers haven't been able to make things simple.  Why aren't they all integrated into one device?  OK, so you bought a universal remote to make it all work, but you plunked down over $2500 and still have to buy another remote and then waste your time programming the tool which has more buttons than your keyboard?  This is a laughingstock and if you think about it the more you'll keep laughing!  Come on, consumers are sick of this and desperate for change.  It started with music in your palm and will end up with you being able to control your entire house through your iPhone or iPod.  Don't believe Apple's PR comment about the Apple TV and how it is a hobby.  Their labs are on the cutting edge of bringing all this technology together, it takes time and development, and the market isn't completely ready for it yet and neither is the technology.  Take a look at the Apple Remote, it has five options on the remote and can fit in your pocket.  After all, who needs the 50+ buttons that come on your remote control that comes with your TV but doesn't control or work with your Tivo or DVD or Stereo or Cable Box?  Frustrated yet?, you bet, and don't tell me you've never thought of all this before because we all have.  Its just that Steve Jobs has decided to do something about it.  As he is recuperating at home, he is also testing and playing with the next generation of technology. 

]]> Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:28:56 -0400 One thing I've wondered about is what is up with the Apple TV?  Is it really an experiment?....Hardly.... those iPhone/iPod Touch owners out there, I hope you've downloaded Apple's Remote Control program and have learned you can control your AppleTV or iTunes library with the simplest solution in your hand.  The Remote Control application which is free is a complete breakthrough and a sleeping giant.

 

There are plenty of experiments going on at Apple, but Apple doesn't release fungus into the public.  Take a look at your living room.  Take a look at it again and tell me how the plethora of remote controls for your DVD player, Direct TV/Dish whatever, Tivo, stereo and TV fit together....can you figure this out?  The remote control thing is a mess, and even the amount of buttons on one remote are enough to make you choke.  Wasn't technology supposed to make things better?  You tell me how that sounds better.  One of Steve's next projects is cleaning up this mess, and it is an absolute mess; because nobody can figure out how to turn on the frickin' TV and just watch a movie and listen to it through the stereo!  OK, maybe you can because you've programmed it all and use it daily.  I was visiting a friend in Denver and had the evening to myself at their house and decided to turn on the TV and watch a movie.  After fussing with the 3 remote controls I still couldn't get it to work, and I'm a technology consultant, so good luck to the general public and your in-laws.  What a shame the electronics manufacturers haven't been able to make things simple.  Why aren't they all integrated into one device?  OK, so you bought a universal remote to make it all work, but you plunked down over $2500 and still have to buy another remote and then waste your time programming the tool which has more buttons than your keyboard?  This is a laughingstock and if you think about it the more you'll keep laughing!  Come on, consumers are sick of this and desperate for change.  It started with music in your palm and will end up with you being able to control your entire house through your iPhone or iPod.  Don't believe Apple's PR comment about the Apple TV and how it is a hobby.  Their labs are on the cutting edge of bringing all this technology together, it takes time and development, and the market isn't completely ready for it yet and neither is the technology.  Take a look at the Apple Remote, it has five options on the remote and can fit in your pocket.  After all, who needs the 50+ buttons that come on your remote control that comes with your TV but doesn't control or work with your Tivo or DVD or Stereo or Cable Box?  Frustrated yet?, you bet, and don't tell me you've never thought of all this before because we all have.  Its just that Steve Jobs has decided to do something about it.  As he is recuperating at home, he is also testing and playing with the next generation of technology. 

]]> aapl Apple's Netbook? http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/129905-governor/2315-apple-s-netbook?source=feed 2315 Here's the truth: Jobs and Co. don't want a netbook and everybody speculating that the 10" screens are for a netbook are dead wrong.  Let's define what a netbook is:  basically it is under $500 and less than 10" in diagonal screen dimensions.  Well, anything under $500 is going to be a piece of junk more or less in the eyes of Job and Co.  However, the netbook is is not typically a product that is targeted for big-handed North Americans, it is for the smaller-handed people that don't need a normal keyboard and live an on-the-go lifestyle, and there IS a market for this product (mainly small-handed people).  Let's face it, if you have to use a laptop on a daily basis and have large hands, the netbook is a pain and won't last long, you'll be upgrading in a month.  However, a mini-keyboard is fine for sailors who check into port once in a while, the constant traveler, and others who have small hands and don't want to carry a monster (for this subject, we might have to redefine what a notebook/laptop is!)  Apple has yet to enter this market and probably never will; however, if you hang around enough internet cafes you will notice how the Apple faithful who bought the 12" PowerBook won't let go of these 5 year old machines.  They are like museum pieces and the owners religiously hang onto them, because they work well and can't be replaced at this moment by anything that Apple produces.  At this point, the only options given to consumers are the 13" MacBooks, priced at $999 for the white plastic model and $1299 for the aluminum unibody.  So the gaping hole here is that there should be a 10" aluminum unibody MacBook.  The next MacBook (MacBook mini or MacBook 10"?) to arrive will be a 10" MacBook or MacBook Touch for either an $799 to $899 range entry point; the goal for this product will be to compete with an "out the door" price of less than $1000 which would appeal to many and ensure the quality of the product isn't compromised in any way.

 

I am typing this article on a Lenovo x200, a beautiful piece of machinery but for my basketball-gripping hands it is the smallest I will go and smallest I can go.  This is a 12" diagonal screen and works great for my highly mobile lifestyle, but I do a lot of typing and anything less would be a serious compromise.  So there is a smaller MacBook coming for the small-handed and the on-the-go traveler, it will be great and useful for many, but don't expect a sub-$500 price because Apple makes Apples not Applesauce. 

]]> Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:22:22 -0400 Here's the truth: Jobs and Co. don't want a netbook and everybody speculating that the 10" screens are for a netbook are dead wrong.  Let's define what a netbook is:  basically it is under $500 and less than 10" in diagonal screen dimensions.  Well, anything under $500 is going to be a piece of junk more or less in the eyes of Job and Co.  However, the netbook is is not typically a product that is targeted for big-handed North Americans, it is for the smaller-handed people that don't need a normal keyboard and live an on-the-go lifestyle, and there IS a market for this product (mainly small-handed people).  Let's face it, if you have to use a laptop on a daily basis and have large hands, the netbook is a pain and won't last long, you'll be upgrading in a month.  However, a mini-keyboard is fine for sailors who check into port once in a while, the constant traveler, and others who have small hands and don't want to carry a monster (for this subject, we might have to redefine what a notebook/laptop is!)  Apple has yet to enter this market and probably never will; however, if you hang around enough internet cafes you will notice how the Apple faithful who bought the 12" PowerBook won't let go of these 5 year old machines.  They are like museum pieces and the owners religiously hang onto them, because they work well and can't be replaced at this moment by anything that Apple produces.  At this point, the only options given to consumers are the 13" MacBooks, priced at $999 for the white plastic model and $1299 for the aluminum unibody.  So the gaping hole here is that there should be a 10" aluminum unibody MacBook.  The next MacBook (MacBook mini or MacBook 10"?) to arrive will be a 10" MacBook or MacBook Touch for either an $799 to $899 range entry point; the goal for this product will be to compete with an "out the door" price of less than $1000 which would appeal to many and ensure the quality of the product isn't compromised in any way.

 

I am typing this article on a Lenovo x200, a beautiful piece of machinery but for my basketball-gripping hands it is the smallest I will go and smallest I can go.  This is a 12" diagonal screen and works great for my highly mobile lifestyle, but I do a lot of typing and anything less would be a serious compromise.  So there is a smaller MacBook coming for the small-handed and the on-the-go traveler, it will be great and useful for many, but don't expect a sub-$500 price because Apple makes Apples not Applesauce. 

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