How Apple’s New Nano Makes Pocket Video Mass Market

Michael Wolf
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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Apple's new video Nano could make pocket video mass market.

When I walked into the local Apple store on Saturday night, I could see business was brisk. Buyers young and old were in line to purchase the new video-enabled Nano, and when I asked the guy manning the register how things were going, he said they were having trouble keeping them on store shelves. I realized then we’d entered a new phase in the adoption cycle of pocket video. Call it a tipping point, crossing the chasm, or whatever your latest “it just got huge” term du jour is, but the new video Nano will make pocket video mass market unlike any device before it. […]

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Do you think the new Nano is the beginning of mass-market adoption of consumer video cameras?

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askeyfam

2009/09/15 at 09:21

I have a digital camera that shoots video, but i can see the convenience factor of the Nano. If I am someone who listens to music and always have it with me, its very easy to pull it out, shoot video and then upload it to Facebook or Youtube.

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