Convergence is here

As new versions of the iPhone, iPad and iTouch get cranked out we are seeing a refinement of these devices in fulfilling it's primary function - as a music player / phone / simple computing platform.  What the world has yet to understand is that these devices are about to become interwoven into every aspect of our lives. At some point an iPhone has enough storage to store your movies, music, files and any thing else that is digital. Your iDevice will be a transportation mechanisim for you to have your data with you everywhere you go.  What is missing right now is the interfaces to plug into to let your iDevice control your house AC, Dim the lights, remote start your car, or turn on your TV and change the channel.

What Steve Jobs needs to do right now is contact ViZio, Sony, Samsung and any other player in the AV industry that wants in on the ground floor of this ubiquitous new controlling technology.  Have them add a slot where the iDevice can plug in.  It could be with a USB type connection or a cradle or an actual slot that the device fits into.  This would work with mobile electronics too.  Contact the car entertainment manufacturers and have the same interface added. As the OS gets better at multitasking your home computing station ends up being just some large monitors you plug the iPad into. 

Why should anyone pay for a DVD/Entertainment system in their car anymore?  For $1000 I can by two iPads that will keep the kids happy for hours.  http://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/04/21/0747242/The-iPad-As-In-Car-Entertainment-System-Killer?from=rss

Android will follow suit, but the vertical integration is not there.  The winner here will be the consumer and Apple Computer Company.

Buy Apple stock now