MacPhone?

Whatever, this article is about embedded Mac OS X. . .

If Apple were open with it (which they probably won't be) it could have a monstrous impact on the embedded industry. Right now, there is the embedded Linux camp and the WinCE camp. support for rich graphics has traditionally been the reason why people use WinCE at all. An embedded Mac OS X would tear into WinCE sales, and would likely bury Qtopia in the space of a year.

In all honesty, I think embedded Mac OS X could come to dominate the smart phone market very quickly -- if Apple lets it free.

Steve Jobs is worth every one of those 100 pennies per year, oh and the jet too. His vision not only saved the company upon his return, it has poised the company to topple goliath. Don't laugh and say there is no way, Microsoft is too big. Just as civilizations have crumbled throughout history, so will MS. Few living in the moment could expect the walls to come down.

Apple understands, more than any other consumer electronics firm out there, that "It's the software, stupid." And they are the only one out there who has the software and hardware design skills to deliver. Now I'll just sit and wait for Apple's acquisition of Sony's consumer electronics division sometime in the next 5 years. (This becomes likelier depending on how big a flop the PS3 is.) Or a strategic partnership with Apple at the driver's seat is good enough.

When Apple cracks the consumer electronics market, I'm betting on MS-like stock price growth for Apple in the next 20 years. (That is, MS in its heyday when its stock rose about 400 fold.)