It began with the Apple computer, followed with the iMac, the iPod, docking stations for your iPod and coming this summer - the iPhone. And now Apple has something else to offer us all - the Apple TV box. No, it won't be shaped like an Apple (though honestly who knows at this point). It's a device which wirelessly syncs the iTunes' library (music, TV shows, movites, podcasts, etc…) on your computer to your TV. Sounds to me like it's a bigger, less portable version of the iPod. But man, is Apple getting it's money worth out of this entire "i" line. Working wirelessly and said to be able to deliver to a TV screen with the same quailty as a DVD player, at $299 the Apple TV can hold up to 50 hours of video, 9,000 songs or 25,000 photos.(or of course a combination of all three). And it's shipping right now!
Question is - would someone who has an iPod, be apt to purchase something like this? Only time will tell.
But the bigger question is - what is going to come next? Anyone have any thoughts?
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Against a backdrop of mounting product complexity and a need to keep a lid on development costs, companies are recognizing a need to make simulation a more integral part of the design process. In response, vendors in the CAD world are building out CAE functionality as part of their CAD suites while simulation vendors are building tighter integrations to leading CAD tools. Keith Meintjes, Ph.D., Practice Manager, Simulation and Analysis at CIMdata, Inc., joins Design News CAD Editor Beth Stackpole in this radio program to explore the new face of integrated CAD and CAE, how companies are benefitting from this tighter partnership between platforms, and how integrating CAE earlier in the development cycle pays off in optimized product designs.
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