New and Noteworthy: Why Apple Will Enter and Win the Flat Panel TV Market; New iMacs: Is Apple using draft 802.11n wireless tech

Why Apple Will Enter -- And Win -- the Flat Panel TV Market Carl Howe speculates on if and when Apple will enter the flat panel television market. "Apple has design icon Jonathan Ive (among many other great designers), one of the best and most powerful brands in the world, incredible differentiation, and is repeatedly ranked number one for product support. It has a chain of 161 stores that generate 67% of the revenue of Best Buy with 10% of the floor space. And most importantly, Apple sells experiences, not low-priced hardware. They'll offer two or three choices to avoid the tyranny of too much -- and amaze everyone again by making more profits on fewer products." More.

New iMacs: Is Apple using draft 802.11n wireless technology? Mobile Digest reports that when the Late-2006 iMac is booted up into a pre-release version of Vista, the wireless card is reported as being a 'Broadcom 802.11n Network Adapter' "This is possibly the same solution Dell and Acer were reported to be installing on their notebooks back in July." More.

AMD "may align with Apple" An Electronic News article speculates that Advanced Micro Devices Inc. may be working with Apple soon.  "According to a statement from financial firm Lehman Brothers, AMD's CEO Hector Ruiz made comments this week at a dinner in San Francisco indicating that Apple may use AMD processors in its products "at some point in the future." While Ruiz did not suggest that there were any talks currently between the companies, the firm said that he noted Apple would ultimately buy AMD chips. Ruiz also reportedly served up pointed criticism of the business practices of AMD's rival Intel, which AMD believes has stifled the growth of the PC industry." More.

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