The question that we, as macrumors followers often find ourselves asking is what next? What is apple's next major strategic move. Well I have a suggestion that I kind of borrowed from Gene Munster (who i generally consider to be a hack as an apple analyst considering his major investments in apple stock).
But what I'm getting at is that Apple should move to take over the living room.
I think they should do so by releasing a TV that obviously incorporates Apple TV. But I don't think Apple is going to enter such a competitive market place without providing a significant upgrade over the products that are currently on the market. So here is what I propose, Apple should buy Bose, which is still a privately owned company and which Apple could almost definitely afford. Then apple should provide a nearly complete wireless media environment in which the blu ray player, the apple tv and the surround sound systems are all incorporated into the device. The speakers are wireless and run on bluetooth and can be run throughout your house. You can get all of your content off your PC wirelessly and possibly you could access the internet from the tv. You wouldn't even really need a home theater setup you would just need the tv and the speakers hanging around the room.
The next move would be to potentially make this a touch screen device, but obviously that would be ridiculously expensive. I think this makes a lot of sense for apple, but of course it isn't likely and of course this thing would cost about 500 more than any other tv out there and only sell to those that realize that they are buying a truly convergent device.
Just my thoughts,
Sound off please.
But what I'm getting at is that Apple should move to take over the living room.
I think they should do so by releasing a TV that obviously incorporates Apple TV. But I don't think Apple is going to enter such a competitive market place without providing a significant upgrade over the products that are currently on the market. So here is what I propose, Apple should buy Bose, which is still a privately owned company and which Apple could almost definitely afford. Then apple should provide a nearly complete wireless media environment in which the blu ray player, the apple tv and the surround sound systems are all incorporated into the device. The speakers are wireless and run on bluetooth and can be run throughout your house. You can get all of your content off your PC wirelessly and possibly you could access the internet from the tv. You wouldn't even really need a home theater setup you would just need the tv and the speakers hanging around the room.
The next move would be to potentially make this a touch screen device, but obviously that would be ridiculously expensive. I think this makes a lot of sense for apple, but of course it isn't likely and of course this thing would cost about 500 more than any other tv out there and only sell to those that realize that they are buying a truly convergent device.
Just my thoughts,
Sound off please.
