1GB nano?; Better times for Apple; Jobs in Time; the commuting Carr; the better Mac

On my post #291, I foresaw a 1GB iPod nano. Guess what? Apple Insider carried a story that said some people in Apple are actually mulling over a 1GB version of the nano and that it will be priced aggresively at $149. I was too hopeful for a $99 1GB nano. Heh. Also included in the article, Apple is building and shipping 100,000 of the nano each day.

Taipei Times says that Apple will perform significantly on 2006, beating companies like Dell, Acer, HP, and Toshiba.

A New York Times columnist says that the 5G iPod gives him the 'me' time during his commute. TV shows from iTMS like 'Lost' gives David Carr a "new kind of private, restorative time, a virtual third place between a frantic workplace and a home brimming with activity." And with 3 million shows downloaded so far, Carr is not alone.

Time names Steve Jobs as one of the People Who Mattered in 2005. "Jobs' thoughts tend to become our reality. What will he think of next?" This is after BusinessWeek Online names him as one of the Best Leaders: Exec and the nano one of their "Best Products."
Adam Curry is also named as one of the Best Leaders: Entepreneur. "In just 18 months, Adam Curry has sparked a creative revolution online." A survey also lists Jobs as the second most admired CEO, but MacWorld points out that this survey has too many inconsistencies to be considered as reliable.

Apple does the right thing, not the cheap thing.

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