tag:blog.tmcnet.com,2013:/blog/tom-keating//4/tag:blog.tmcnet.com,2008:/blog/tom-keating//4.38226- Comments for MacBook Mini on Its Way? VoIP & Gadgets blog - Latest news in VoIP & gadgets, wireless, mobile phones, reviews, & opinions Movable Type 4.38 tag:blog.tmcnet.com,2008:/blog/tom-keating//4.38226 2008-11-08T00:09:20Z 2008-11-08T00:16:56Z MacBook Mini on Its Way? One of my favorite analysts, Ben Reitzes of Barclays Capital, has raised an interesting point about a pretty obvious gap in the Apple product line-up. Reitzes has asserted that it "makes complete sense" for the company to introduce an ultra-portable... Randy Savicky http://www.strategypluscommunications.com Ben Reitzes of Barclays Capital, has raised an interesting poiThumbnail image for ipod-itouch.jpgnt about a pretty obvious gap in the Apple product line-up.

Reitzes has asserted that it "makes complete sense" for the company to introduce an ultra-portable device to fill the price gap between the $399 high-end iPod Touch and the $999 MacBook.

"This $600 gap needs to be filled and we think it can be with a premium ultra-portable device using multi-touch technology," he writes. "We believe an ultra-portable can be done right by Apple and do not believe the company wants to follow the netbook model, trying to pack full PC functionality into a something small and cheap. Apple, in our view, would only introduce a premium product that doesn't dilute its brand." 

More on this at Barron's Tech Trader Daily.]]>