Walt Mossberg speaks up about Internet TV...
But who's listening?
Worth the 7mins.
As a person who has not owned a TV in over 5 years, partly cause I have an unusually negative physical reaction to both advertising and the 5 o'clock NEWS, but strangely, I enjoy NPR, HBO and PBS, go figure. Mossberg's comments on the idiocy of forcing users to watch irrelevant TV ads for product they will never purchase resonated deeply with me.
But who's listening?
Worth the 7mins.
As a person who has not owned a TV in over 5 years, partly cause I have an unusually negative physical reaction to both advertising and the 5 o'clock NEWS, but strangely, I enjoy NPR, HBO and PBS, go figure. Mossberg's comments on the idiocy of forcing users to watch irrelevant TV ads for product they will never purchase resonated deeply with me.
Over the last year I have been experimenting with Netflix's "Watch Now"
streaming service and renting movies via iTunes, both of these services
allow me to forgo advertising all together and I am actually enjoying
TV again, albeit over the Internet and completely on my terms. Does
that still count as TV?
Mossberg goes on to slam DSL and Cable providers for over promising,
under delivering and over charging for Internet services that they sell
as "High Speed", but can't handle the demand of streaming HD video.
In a throw away comment, he also says a 3G iPhone will hit the streets within 60 days. As an influential writer on technology for WSJ he might know something we don't. A 3G iPhone seems imminent, what with rumors of new 3G chip orders and dwindling stocks for the current model.
Above: The new 3G iPhone?
Relevant links:
Mossberg's WSJ site
3G chip deal for Apple rumors
iPhone supply shortage
Mossberg goes on to slam DSL and Cable providers for over promising,
under delivering and over charging for Internet services that they sell
as "High Speed", but can't handle the demand of streaming HD video.In a throw away comment, he also says a 3G iPhone will hit the streets within 60 days. As an influential writer on technology for WSJ he might know something we don't. A 3G iPhone seems imminent, what with rumors of new 3G chip orders and dwindling stocks for the current model.
Above: The new 3G iPhone?
Relevant links:
Mossberg's WSJ site
3G chip deal for Apple rumors
iPhone supply shortage
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