Woz's New Startup

Several readers noted that Woz has a startup called Wheels of Zeus. He's come out of "Semi Retirement" to work on a new wireless handheld sort of thing. Not a lot of details, but it certainly could shape up to be interesting. Specifically mentions GPS. Supposedly Woz.com will have data eventually, but currently is just really slow and redirecting to Woz's personal page.

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Guard your wheels, man!

[ekrout]

Guard your wheels, man! Don't let Microsoft steal your shit again...

Hero

[Belly of the Beast]

As far as I'm concerned Woz is a real hero of high tech. He did some truly revolutionary tech that worked at a human scale, found a partner who had what was required to get it to the masses, kept his sence of houmor and then took his winnings to become a volunteer teaching. This is a true winner.
Thanks Woz from a slightly jaded 40 year old engineer

Re:Woah. Wuz Woz really a success?

[TheCrazyFinn]

Woz Created the PC(Apple I), in 1975, Commodore in 1977, IBM got there in 1981 and Compaq circa 1983. Apple was there first, and was the killer box until the PC AT and Amiga came out.

Personally, I'm hoping the other Steve will give Woz access to the Newton stuff, so he can use it as the basis for his new wunder handheld. The Newton OS is still the best handheld OS out there (Not even PalmOS 4 comes close) and the hardware just needs to be shrunk. A smaller 2100 with GPS and wireless internally would rock. Don't forget the newton had a decent battery life (1 week of regular use on my MP130).

Hmmmm. Newton+iPod+GPS+Ricochet=Killer App.

A 2100 with 5Gb HDD, and GPS and Ricochet cards would be a good place for Woz to start.

The Crazy Finn