Am I the only one who sees the AppleTV as the ugly stepchild of Papa Jobs? The iPod is svelte, easy-to-use and stylish…. Things that the AppleTV is definitely not. The fact that the hacker community is responsible for most of the features that MIGHT make the AppleTV worthwhile is definitely not something in its favor. — Forrester predicted that the AppleTV would sell 1 million units before year’s end. Now they’re admitting that only 400,000 have been sold and they’re estimated (quite optimistically I believe) that the holiday rush could account for another 400,000 — any way you look at it… it’s a flop.

From the article:“Forrester predicted in May that Apple would sell 1 million Apple TVs by year end, counting largely on the Apple faithful to purchase the device. That is not the case anymore.

“In addition to the 400,000 Apple TV units we estimate Apple has sold thus far, the company will be lucky to sell another 400,000 in the year-end holiday rush, short of our one million estimate,” said Forrester analyst James McQuivey. “Unfortunately, the same lack of interest in iTunes video will mean the iPhone and the iPod touch have less video momentum to ride.”

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