Inspirational Technology

MyiSight.com Opens Its Doors

Yep, not surprised to see this pop up. So far I don't have any plans to join the fray of people using IChat AV, mainly since I don't even use iChat no-AV. However, it's looking like Apple may have once again taken a common concept and through engineering excellence brought out something that is much more then just the average. The iPod was the same kind of thing. At first it was thought it's just a MP3 player, now it was a truly inspiring device that no one else has ever been able to catch up with. It will be interesting to see if the iSight and iChat AV has the same effect.

There's also an interesting article in the New York Times comparing iChat AV to the latest MSN Messenger. It's the typical Microsoft vs. Apple kind of thing. Microsoft has boatloads of features while Apple has refined simplicity and greater usability. Someday Microsoft will finally figure out power is not about how many features you can pile into your product, it's about how many of the features that are there people can actually use. This is where products like iTunes, iMovie, iPhoto and now iChat AV show their strength. They may not have as many features, but the user can get more done simply because the features that are there are more accessible and just work. I'll take power through simplicity just about every time and this is why I'm now an Apple user.