Comments on: The next big thing from Apple https://documentary.net/magazine/the-next-big-thing-from-apple/ Explore the world beyond headlines with amazing videos. Fri, 19 Jun 2015 14:58:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.5 https://documentary.net/wp-content/themes/documentary/img/documentary-logo.png Documentary Network - Watch free documentaries and films https://documentary.net/magazine/the-next-big-thing-from-apple/ 337 17 Explore the world beyond headlines with amazing videos. By: binarypower https://documentary.net/magazine/the-next-big-thing-from-apple/#comment-647 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:40:00 +0000 http://documentary.net/?p=8782#comment-647 Apple may be about to release something, but I doubt if it would sell well. The point and shoot market is well established with big names like Canon, Nikon and Sony. Nikon and Samsung are about to release Android based Point and shoots. This is huge, because Android is open source and add that to the already existing patents are between existing manufacturers (and hatred of Apple by a lot of the other big tech companies) it would be hard for Apple to compete. It will boil down to choice, interoperability, standards and an open walled ecosystem.

I can only imagine an Apple based point and shoot: No SD card (or even MicroSD), proprietary plugs, non standard camera mount, no removable battery, many revisions behind hardware (older bluetooth, no 802.11AC wifi), poor compatibility with Windows (or, hell, a requirement for iTunes to sync images…. scary) and the price……….

]]> By: binarypower https://documentary.net/magazine/the-next-big-thing-from-apple/#comment-648 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:40:00 +0000 http://documentary.net/?p=8782#comment-648 Apple may be about to release something, but I doubt if it would sell well. The point and shoot market is well established with big names like Canon, Nikon and Sony. Nikon and Samsung are about to release Android based Point and shoots. This is huge, because Android is open source and add that to the already existing patents are between existing manufacturers (and hatred of Apple by a lot of the other big tech companies) it would be hard for Apple to compete. It will boil down to choice, interoperability, standards and an open walled ecosystem.

I can only imagine an Apple based point and shoot: No SD card (or even MicroSD), proprietary plugs, non standard camera mount, no removable battery, many revisions behind hardware (older bluetooth, no 802.11AC wifi), poor compatibility with Windows (or, hell, a requirement for iTunes to sync images…. scary) and the price……….

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