Now there are clearly four broad phases in Apple’s history all with their own relative strengths and weaknesses when it comes to both product innovation along with their capability to successfully establish a new category of product:

1. “Inventing the Consumer PC market years”
   

   Apple IIc with LCD Screen (actually for the next time phase but from the pre-Mac team)

2. “Creating the WIMP Interface PC market years”
3. “The non Steve years”
   

   The Newton way before it's time – and soup the data base it ran is still ahead of what we have today

   

   One of the most dramatic forward looking form factor computers again way before it's time. Foreshadows the iMac

Apple's Newton family had later versions that foreshadowed much

1. “The Steve is back years”

Some products to look at:

By Joseph Palenchar — TWICE, August 6, 2009

Stamford, Conn. – Harman International will be the title sponsor of a new music-oriented TV, online and in-flight series produced in cooperation with National Geographic and other broadcast partners.

The Music Nomad series will feature live and in-studio performances as well as artist interviews across several continents to explore diverse music genres, the company said. The upcoming series will be hosted by Jacob Edgar, a leading international music producer and CEO of the independent record label Cumbancha. For the series, the ethnomusicologist traveled the globe to seek out exceptional songs and musical talent, Harman said.

The new series will air in November on the Nat Geo Music and Nat Geo Adventure channels in cooperation with various cable and satellite providers. Nat Geo Music is a 24-hour music channel that debuted in 2007 and is available in Latin America, parts of Europe and Africa. Nat Geo Adventure is available in about 40 countries outside the U.S.

via Harman To Sponsor Music-Oriented TV Series – 2009-08-06 12:59:16 EDT | TWICE.

Should be interesting both to see what they come up with and how useful moving beyond traditional MI / Pro audio media works.