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November 12, 2011 07:49 pm EDT
The internet was ablaze upon the release of the Steve Job's biography about a particularly interesting quote that seemed to reveal that Apple would release a TV. This is just as exciting a proposition as it was four years ago to smartphone users who dreamed that Apple would fix the mobile phone. But the fact is that Apple, and many others, have been trying to "fix" TV for years, and to date we are still stuck with hundreds of channels that have nothing on, a dozen remotes and a textbook example of how not to make a user interface. It seems, though, that people are ignoring another Jobs quote, from just over a year ago at All Things D, that seems to explain very plainly why Apple has yet to release anything more than a hobby. When asked about Apple and the TV market, Jobs' reply showed how well-versed he was in the TV industry, but the choice quote was "it's not a problem with technology, it's not a problem with vision, it's a fundamental go-to-market problem." Jobs also explains that Apple made an iPhone and the iPad instead of a TV because there wasn't a choice, "there was no way to get it to market." So as much as we'd like to shed the chains that are channels and grid guides, as long as the monopolies that own the wires that run into our homes control the bits that travel over them, there just isn't a way to change TV.
Original Link: http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/12/why-apple-isnt-releasing-a-tv/
Why Apple isn't releasing a TV
The internet was ablaze upon the release of the Steve Job's biography about a particularly interesting quote that seemed to reveal that Apple would release a TV. This is just as exciting a proposition as it was four years ago to smartphone users who dreamed that Apple would fix the mobile phone. But the fact is that Apple, and many others, have been trying to "fix" TV for years, and to date we are still stuck with hundreds of channels that have nothing on, a dozen remotes and a textbook example of how not to make a user interface. It seems, though, that people are ignoring another Jobs quote, from just over a year ago at All Things D, that seems to explain very plainly why Apple has yet to release anything more than a hobby. When asked about Apple and the TV market, Jobs' reply showed how well-versed he was in the TV industry, but the choice quote was "it's not a problem with technology, it's not a problem with vision, it's a fundamental go-to-market problem." Jobs also explains that Apple made an iPhone and the iPad instead of a TV because there wasn't a choice, "there was no way to get it to market." So as much as we'd like to shed the chains that are channels and grid guides, as long as the monopolies that own the wires that run into our homes control the bits that travel over them, there just isn't a way to change TV.
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