{"id":154,"date":"2006-01-12T20:56:59","date_gmt":"2006-01-13T01:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/index.php\/2006\/01\/12\/is-mcnealy-right-about-the-ipod-maybe\/"},"modified":"2006-01-12T20:56:59","modified_gmt":"2006-01-13T01:56:59","slug":"is-mcnealy-right-about-the-ipod-maybe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2006\/01\/12\/is-mcnealy-right-about-the-ipod-maybe\/","title":{"rendered":"Is McNealy right about the iPod? Maybe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Obviously, anyone with an eye for history has to take Scott McNealy’s comments about the future of the iPod<\/a> (i.e., there isn’t one) with a large grain of salt. After all, Scott has been pushing the whole “network is the computer” vision since I was in junior high — or maybe it just feels that way — and we all still use desktop PCs rather than the “thin client” computers that Sun would like us to use<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a sense, Scott’s requiem for the iPod is just another cog in that particular wheel. The iPod will die, he says, because we will all have devices — phones, PDAs or whatever — that stream the music we want from a server somewhere. Is Scott just jealous of the success being enjoyed by Apple, the company Sun almost merged with<\/a> three times (according to co-founder Bill Joy), while Sun’s stock continues to bump along<\/a> the river bottom? <\/p>\n

Perhaps. But could he be right? It’s possible. When Sun was pushing its initial vision, broadband speeds weren’t anywhere near as advanced as they are now — and EV-DO<\/a> and other wireless advancements are starting to bring that to cellphones and PDAs. I’ve streamed my own Mp3 files to a cellphone, an iPaq and a desktop using Orb<\/a> as well as other services such as Streampad<\/a>, and you know what? It worked pretty well, all things considered.<\/p>\n

Maybe the iPod will turn out to be like the answering machine after all — or maybe it will sprout a microphone and a stylus and become a cellphone\/PDA. After all, Apple has apparently filed for trademarks<\/a> on the phrase “Mobile Me.” <\/p>\n

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Obviously, anyone with an eye for history has to take Scott McNealy’s comments about the future of the iPod (i.e., there isn’t one) with a large grain of salt. After all, Scott has been pushing the whole “network is the computer” vision since I was in junior high — or maybe it just feels that … <\/p>\n

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