Blackberry = 8 Track Tape

Ok, it's official. The future is finally here.

Wow. I'm touched. Just 32 weeks old, and the iPhone is already smarter than Yoda. By this time next year, if not sooner, your Brickberry, Windows Mobile, Symbian or Palm is going to appear as archaic as a Walkman.

According to the New York Times, the iPhone's already the second most popular smartphone after the BlackBerry, with a 28 percent share of the market, but its inability to communicate with corporate computer systems running Microsoft Exchange has hindered its growth in that market.

That all changed yesterday afternoon at Town Hall in Appleland when Steve Jobs and team quietly, sans fanfare and without much hype at all, truly did it again and seriously changed everything! Forget what you know about the business and consumer markets in regard to all things mobile and beyond - go witness the next and probably the most important step in Apple's mobile domination. Apple March 6th Event.

Sure, it's over an hour long, kinda geeky and boring, but in a good way and man, it is soooo worth it!

Watch it, wonder and ponder. Then start thinking about making your own apps! Simply amazing.

That's Right,

HMK

Happy Birthday iPod!

Six years ago today, on October 23, 2001, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the iPod, a $399 hard drive-based MP3 player with a unique Scroll Wheel and bright white LCD interface, an amazingly pocketable size, and high-speed FireWire for synchronization and charging. The first-generation iPod actually shipped in mid-November, eventually selling 125,000 units by the end of 2001.

One hundred and twenty million units later, that iPod has evolved into the sixth iteration, the iPod classic, spawned other iPod models such as the mini, shuffle, nano, and touch, and seen its capacity increase 32 times, even while falling in price. It has also played a major part in Apple’s remarkable growth from a struggling computer company to a major consumer electronics manufacturer, inspiring the iPhone and helping boost sales of iMac and MacBook computers.

Check out this Steve Jobs Keynote introducing the first iPod.

That's Right,

HMK