Steve Jobs Posting in Slashdot!?

In an incredible series of posts to the Apple forum on Slashdot, As Seen On TV has a lot of people of wondering whether he is Steve Jobs or another high-profile Apple exec -- Marketing honcho Phil Schiller appears to be high on some slashdotters radar.

But this poster has to be Jobs, or at least possess the soul of Apple's CEO by the tone of his postings and the topics commented on. He also seems to be not afraid of losing his job.

The most revelatory post involves a reply to the often speculated appearance of a video iPod. As Seen shoots this down with characteristic Jobs vindictive saying a video iPod would be wrong for all sorts of reasons. Reasons he's commented on before and is probably tired of hearing rehashed in the media.

The best line in the post has to be the last, a guide to all the tyre-kickers out there speculating on where Apple may go now with their incredible product set:

"These are the things you guys need to be paying attention to. Not the product releases. The lawsuits. That's where you'll find the clues."

Throughout the post he is at pains to point out that most of the challenges Apple face are not with the technology but with business.

Mind you, if this really is Jobs posting then if one was to be believe in the famous "Reality Distortion Field" I'd expect a video iPod by Christmas. But then again, As Seen does point to AirPort Express as being capable of doing the job. Undoubtedly a few tweaks in support for some video protocols yes but then what's to stop you downloading video to your iPod Photo and then playing back on your TV.

He's said often enough he doesn't believe in small players being effective with such immersive media as video.

As Seen On TV really has got me thinking that Jobs is sick and tired of the speculation himself and wants to steer the discussion of the geeks himself. Tough job.