Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

Wild guesses:

* Bigger-but-still-pretty-cheap iPod Touch -- falling somewhere between today's 'TechCrunch Tablet' and the foldable OLPC dual screen [1]. Perhaps cheap because of some sort of non-AT&T carrier subsidy (Sprint/Verizon?) or built-in adware (Google).

* A true Apple TV -- big screen flat TVs with Mac innards. (I thought this was due earlier this year. [2])

* Some massive Mac/iPod/iPhone 'switcher' cross-promotion -- like rebates or bounties on your old Windows/PC units when you go fully Apple.

* Something which brings MacOS to the legacy PC world -- not quite licensed clones like the 90s Power Computing experiment, but maybe a VMWare MacOS appliance that runs on PCs, or a MacOS lite, providing a way to siphon off even more of the business and low-end markets.

* The iSteve, a digital upload of Steve Jobs onto a custom "Go Chip" created by Apple's new PA Semi subsidiary, giving Apple an immortal CEO and an early lead in the posthuman platform race.

[1] http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/05/20/new-olpc-revealed-olpc-...

[2] http://gojomo.blogspot.com/2008/01/appletv-thats-really-tv-a...




If they mass produce Steve Jobs clones, i will buy one, or two. Just think of the uses. Cheap business consulting from an immortal entity in a microchip, thats a killer app for the CEO market :D


I bet Apple would also make quite a bit of cash from support. The Genius Bar would probably have to be renamed though....




Consider applying for YC's W25 batch! Applications are open till Nov 12.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: