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i f-ing thought sooooooooo

what's next?

software update so you can watch all your favorite NBC, CBS, FOX, & ABC shows?

This is just the beginning

The mysterious 12th application?

Just in time, so that the high school students can plan to spend the money they make in their summer jobs on the iPhone. I'll get rich with my AAPL holdings, while these students dull their minds with that dreadful YouTube crap.

Hm. I really don't think it should be an app on the home screen. It's not exactly... useful and it *is* also a website anyway. Everything else is either personal or practical. YouTube is neither.

Can't wait for the reactionary stock bounce from this one...

mystery solved!

*this must be the reason that there's been that extra icon in one of the iphone commercials... for those of you that aren't geeky enough to know

this is huge, doesn't seem like it, but it is....if youtube was dominant before....

Alright, so I've been playing mental games in my spare time about iPhone and predictions. Here are my top ten:

1. Safari for Windows 3.1 will come out on June 29th with the iPhone and will quickly become de rigeur since the 3rd party apps available on iPhone will also be available through Safari on your computer.

2. QuickLook in Leopard lets one view Excel and Word documents from outside of the programs. Using the same software Word and Excel documents will also be viewable on iPhone.

3. In his WWDC keynote Steve showed off the "Back to my Mac" feature of Leopard , which allows a person with a .Mac account to remotely view the contents their other Macs. iPhone will use this feature to allow anyone to scan through their office or home computers while on the road.

4. An iPhone Nano will come out in October with 4GB and 8GB memory as the regular iPhone memory gets kicked up to 32 and 16. The only other difference with the Nano, besides a cheaper pricetag will be a slightly smaller screen and enclosure colors.

5. When Leopard debuts, iPhone software will be updated with iChat. Throught iChat the iPhone will become able to make VOIP calls to landlines. iChat in Leopard will also allow VOIP to landlines. .Mac will be required for this feature.

6. Just before the iPhone launch AT&T;will shock the world by presenting a simple, bargain pricing structure: Unlimited Minutes, Unlimited Data - $34.99 a month.

7. Some kind of docking cradle with a phone jack in the back and wi-fi inside will allow iPhone to function as a standard phone.

8. The Calendar function in the iPhone will be a surprise big hit. It will integrate with .Mac and Leopard to update To-Do lists and Calendar events on all computers instantly through continual internet sync. The unlimited data plan will make this no problem cost-wise.

9. Apple will seed the 3rd party Safari apps with some of their own, which will be downloadable through Apple.com and iTunes. The initial offering will include several flash games, movie previews, a handy front end to wikipedia that is formatted for the 3.5 screen, and a YouTube site also made just for iPhone.

(Incidentally, a whole ecosystem of exclusively "Made for iPhone" websites will crop up extraordinarily fast. (See http://davidcann.com/iphone/ for an example of what these sites will look like... Just imagine the site as presented, but only being the frame shown inside of the iPhone image.) Some features, such as the rolodex scrolling and sideways navigating will also become standard in regular websites (not formatted to be 3rd party iPhone apps) extraordinarily fast, fueling the uptake of Safari for PC.)

10. PhotoBooth will ship on the iPhone and will allow capture of still or motion videos, with effects. All images will automatically download to the computer on sync, not incurring added cost.

One more thing -- Prices won't come down any time soon.

One last thing -- A redesigned iPhone with significant new hardware features will not come for 18 months (not counting memory and screen rez).

Note one of the key points being made here, the one about YouTube -- that's Google -- making all of the content on YouTube available using the H.264 codec. This is a consequence of the alliance between Apple and Google. I expect the same sort of response from Yahoo with any content that they control. This will not only drive iPhone sales with the youth demographic, but is driving the Apple TV architecture towards greater relevance and eventual acceptance. Apple TV has a slow burning fuse, but Apple is using it to shape the competitive battlefield in home entertainment. Apple and its allies are making these venues – home and mobile -- safe for open standards and are preventing Microsoft or anyone else from locking in customers with proprietary codecs.

They're all locking arms against Microsoft. This is fun to watch.

I thought the iPhone had a full fledged Safari browser. The Safari browser can play any YouTube content, so why is this being announced as a special feature? Is it the fact that it will be able to play videos in the new encoding also?

@ LinuxGuy and mac Prodigal Son,

Apple inc. are not in the business of locking people in or out, rather, they are in the business of setting people free through people exercising their right to choose.

If what they provide is what people realise they need and is better than the opposition then that is what you can describe as their killer application, because once you have experienced the taste of ambrosia in its natural organic form, then you will not settle for any artificail crap in what ever label it comes in.

That's all!

@ Macamigo,

It is a special feature in that the current video format is the pits compared to .H264, the special is in the effort, time & money that has been spent converting the video's. Only Mac owners and iphone owners will be able to access the enhanced video's. Pc Safari people will not be able to access the new .H264 codec! weep! wail! and gnash your teeth to the gums!!!

Microsoft already hated google. I can't Imaging steve balmer getting any more pissed off than he is right now.

Cool. I use YouTube to find bootlegs of concert footage of my favorite bands all the time. Now I don't have to rip them to ATV format, plus better quality! This is a huge win for me at least.

Re: Shogun - nice post. All I can say is that I hope you are right. I've gotta believe VOIP is what will bring true relevance back to .Mac.

Shogun

#11) iSight on screen side of camera for WiFi video conferencing.

When are people going to recognize that with AppleTV, Apple can essentially backdoor their way right into the game console market without having to release a game console.

Apple and Google in unison:
"Red rover, red rover, send Redmond right over..."

The pudgy, pasty, and slow Microsoft will not be able to break the link, losing the game.

Would love to see "Joost" on AppleTV

It is still Beta, but we love it

http://www.joost.com/

They opened it up for invites now, anyone want an invite, email me

@Crabapple,

"Only Mac owners and iphone owners will be able to access the enhanced video's. Pc Safari people will not be able to access the new .H264 codec! weep! wail! and gnash your teeth to the gums!!!"

Actually, since quicktime plays in Windows, wouldn't windows users be able to use H264 in Windows quicktime??

And if so, this would be cool. Microsoft has tried to kill Quicktime for some time and now you can get great video on a PC but only by using Apple software. OUCH, look out for flying chairs. -- Theres another one. !!! LOL

en

Update on Apple Tv is taking a L O O O N G time.

People should have bought 6 shares of Apple back when the iPhone was announced in January, (about $80 back then, right?) for around $500 or the price of the 4Gig iPhone. Then, they could take the money earned to lower their final cost of purchase. I mean, that's worth $750 right now, right, right? A gross profit of $250, pretax. Every little bit helps.

I want to see a YouTube 'app' for the desktop Mac OS X. I always find dedicated apps to be far more elegant to use for that type of content.

Think: separate iTunes vs. web-based download services, separate Mail app vs. webmail...

Or, just an added YouTube 'channel' to iTunes.

The iPhone doesn't support Flash, but does support H.264, so that's why YouTube is converting everything over to the (vastly superior) H.264 format. Any Mac or PC with QuickTime 7 installed will be able to access the H.264 videos as well.

They must have a war room at Apple. Does anyone else think they have a war room? A dimly-lit circular room, with men carrying pointer sticks, and a big board, as in Dr. Strangelove. It would be run with military-like efficiency. In this room, brilliant, authorized minds assemble to do nothing but plot strategic moves towards the goal of long-term stability and ultimate dominance, leaving day-to-day technical concerns behind. Gambits, moves and counter-moves are all thought out multiple steps in advance. Current battles are discussed, and future battles are predicted. Threats and weaknesses in enemies are analysed to the finest detail. Experts from around the world are brought in. Everyone is on call, 24/7. For, it is war.

And I'll bet a lot of you people thought they chose those iPod nano colors because they looked good....

There are 9 more days until the iPhone is released and there's room for 4 more icons on the main menu screen. That's a new app every other day until launch!

YouTube has a really funny video on their help page informing users to use mpeg4 format. There is no explicit mention of the H264 version of mpeg4. You'd think youtube would want to save themselves future work by getting users to start uploading videos in h264.

Funny YouTube HelpCenter Video

Also note that the iPhone YouTube app displays JUST the movie info. No ads or the other stuff all over the web page. Just clean content selection. That's a big deal when you consider that YouTube makes it's revenue off the ads it sells. Google has given Apple and iPhone users it's content for free. I wonder how YouTube's advertisers will react to this news.

@Mr. P--

I don't think there's a war room. I think Steve sits on his toilet with a copy of Men's Health and daydreams about what's coming next. The fate of the technology world hangs on last night's burrito.

@ Shogun

So you're on Google Finance, eh? Good post - I especially hope the 40 dollar cell plan will come true.

Youtube on iPhone = cool
Youtube dropping Flash = cool
Youtube's new interface = awful

That's all I got. What was wrong with it before?

Umm... yeah.

Wait a sec... we get a YouTube app but no iChat? what gives Apple?

that youtube video is the opposite of funny.

WOHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Take that Micro$haft!!
sick your new (yet unreleased) zune nano where it smells bad.
Welcome to the Social.....MY A$$. (literally ^_^ )
the iPhone is going to sink most of the other Phones and MP3 Players, and most important, the ones from Micro$haft!

I can't wait to go home, update my AppleTV and watch the dancing monkey boy from the comfort of my couch. Has that Ballmer video been translated yet?

iPhone app rocks. This is what functionality the Zune should have used it's Wi-Fi for. Instead we got free "ads" for the record companies, and FM tuners! Microsoft doesn't get it.

Stop, please just stop! I can't take this any more. I need the iPhone.

ZOMG, ok so the entire section of the iPhone site is new now right? look at the page with the opical quality glass and battery life link!

iPhone will be available in the US on June 29, 2007 in a 4GB model for $499 (US) and an 8GB model for $599 (US), and will work with either a PC or Mac®. iPhone will be sold in the US through Apple’s retail and online stores, and through AT&T;’s select retail stores.

AND ONLINE STORES!!! with NO mention of that 2 year contract...

watching a dog on a skateboard! What a great use of my data plan!!

<h2>BOOM!</h2>

JOOST ON APPLE TV!!!!!

Then I would buy it.

There's a video of a dog riding a skateboard? No way!

WHERE? WHERE? WHERE?

@ macamigo

> I thought the iPhone had a full fledged Safari browser. The Safari browser can play any YouTube content, so why is this being announced as a special feature?

In addition to the improved encoding standard already mentioned, it is a "special feature" because Apple has optimized the user experience for iPhone by creating a specialized iPhone app to view YouTube content. Steve Jobs mentioned in the recent interview (the joint one with Bill Gates) that you can do much more with web-based content if a specialized client app is created. He even mentioned working with Google for the "maps" app. The iTunes Store is also an existing example on the Mac. This YouTube app will no doubt be one of many new ones for the iPhone.

Does anyone know if the Flash Videos will be gone for good once the reencoding of YouTube videos is completed or will YouTube support dual format: FLV for computer users, H.264 for iPhone/[Apple]TV?

Since YouTube is owned by Google, will Google Video gets the same treatment?

I guess this explains the mysterious application which "appeared" on the iPhone's screen during the commercials.

Peace.

I'd like to buy 100,000 Apple shares with the purchase price pegged at the date that I bought my Mac. Please!