Readying Gateway’s post-PC future: Man, I gotta buy some Gateway stock:
“Eighteen years after co-founding what would become of one most recognized PC companies in the history of the computer industry, Waitt is working as quickly as he can to shed Gateway’s image as a PC builder. …‘We’re taking PCs from the bulk of the (sales floor) space down to about 15 percent of that space because, frankly, there’s not a lot of money in PCs.’”
Gateway Shifts Back to Personal Computers: Gateway's big consumer electronics strategy that we discussed here, here, and here is over. Gateway Inc. on Monday said it would return to its roots as a personal computer company, backing off on an aggressive strategy of expanding into TVs, digital cameras and other gadgets…
Plasma TVs ease Gateway loss: I don't mean to keep harping on about the good things Gateway is doing, but.... "Gateway reported a smaller-than-expected loss in the second quarter, thanks to plasma television sales and cost cuts." If plasma televisions alone can have a positive effect like that, then wait until the…
and more evidence of the Apple Echo Syndrome. Apple has been trying for years, and with a bit more success recently, to tie multiple systems together. The Digital Hub paradigm. Steve Jobs realized a long time ago that the computer and its software isn't an end in itself, but should be a tool that makes life easier by tying various gadgets together and making them work better. Look at iLife, iChat, iSight, iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie (i already am disliking the i thing!) and how they all work together, and how well they do what they do. Maybe Ted's caught the vision, but from what I've seen he's still going to concentrate on hardware.
