[torifile]

I was thinking about this a couple of weeks ago and I half joked that we would have another kid when Apple released a new product line. My son was born in 2007, my daughter in 2010 and it got me thinking about the seeming every 3 years cycle Apple is on. So I looked back at product launches and, sure enough, every 3 years, Apple releases something, ummm, revolutionary.

1998 - iMac
2001 - iPod
2004 - iPod mini
2007 - iPhone
2010 - iPad
2013 - ??? Apple TV?

It's really pretty incredible to think that Apple has been able to consistently release amazing products with such regularity. I think that many sort of stop their thinking at the iPhone but the string of coolness goes back even further than that.

Anyway, thoughts?

[Mugge]

iPhone Nano

Would cause all sorts of fragmentation problems, but if they could make it work on an iPod Nano sized screen or maybe even in a wrist watch form factor, it could be pretty damn cool. Though, maybe we would need to begin thinking about other interfaces than just conventional visual and audio. Ok, maybe that's a bit too radical. Let's save that one for 2017.

So that leaves us with the Apple TV or the iPad Mini.

[torifile]

Originally Posted by Mugge iPhone Nano Would cause all sorts of fragmentation problems, but if they could make it work on an iPod Nano sized screen or maybe even in a wrist watch form factor, it could be pretty damn cool. Though, maybe we would need to begin thinking about other interfaces than just conventional visual and audio. Ok, maybe that's a bit too radical. Let's save that one for 2017. So that leaves us with the Apple TV or the iPad Mini.

2016, you mean.

I think that the iPad mini/air will be out this year so that leaves the Apple TV next year.

[Mugge]

Shit! That was my second daft post today. No more posting today.

[Eugene]

Originally Posted by torifile Anyway, thoughts?

Does the iPod mini really count any more than the MacBook Air or iBook (first Mac with 802.11b?) Apple releases. 3 years accounts for two turns of Moore's Law, it's not really surprising that we get something big that frequently.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Mugge Shit! That was my second daft post today. No more posting today.

What? You're not going to go for the trifecta?

[torifile]

Originally Posted by Eugene Does the iPod mini really count any more than the MacBook Air or iBook (first Mac with 802.11b?) Apple releases. 3 years accounts for two turns of Moore's Law, it's not really surprising that we get something big that frequently.

I think so because it felt pivotal in the iPod's adoption. I always felt like it did something special to that lineup and the fact that it spawned the nano was key. Some may quibble but that's the point of the thread.