Ok, I know, I know, the iPhone was cool. Of course, unless they actually make the SDK for it available, it’s basically a non-starter. I don’t care how amazing they are, if you can’t get eReader for it, it’s useless to me.
The thing is though, I guess in the rush to make the “vision clear” for the iPhone (complete with company name change!), they steamrollered a bunch of things that I do care about. What happened to the disclosure of the rest of the new features in Leopard? What about the ’07 versions of iLife and iWork? the 8-core Mac Pro? the commitment to gaming? [ok, I didn’t really expect that one]
Honestly, I’m pretty disillusioned with Apple Inc. right now. Just as they actually started to look like they might be truly back in the personal computer game, they decide to make it perfectly clear how little they care about the Mac.
And you know what? It’s not going to be clear sailing for them in the other markets they’ve decided to play in. Microsoft’s mediacenter story is nasty, but at least it actually plays TV. It’s also improving at a ferocious rate; the whole SideShow thing looks very cool.
And for that matter everything plays MP3s now. There are already devices out there that are nicer than the current generation of iPods. I’ve gone on record as stating that iTunes is not going to rule that world for much longer, and I still believe that. The industry (and even consumers) are not going to stand for that kind of monopoly long term.
So where does that leave us hardcore Mac fans? Your guess is as good as mine. Hopefully, they won’t forget about us completely. 🙁