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Jobs Unfazed by Zune
twofish writes "In an interview
at Newsweek marking the approaching 5th anniversary of the launch of the
iPod, Apple CEO Steve Jobs seems unconcerned by Microsoft's wannabe iPod killer
Zune. Earphone sharing will prove a more potent force for social networking
than the iPod rival's wireless song-sharing feature, he reckons. 'I've seen the demonstrations on the internet about how you can find another
person using a Zune and give them a song they can play three times. It takes
forever,' he says in the article. 'By the time you've gone through
all that, the girl's got up and left! You're much better off to take one of
your earbuds out and put it in her ear. Then you're connected with about two
feet of headphone cable.'"
Teenage girls all over America issue restraining orders against Steve Jobs, related to his attempts to "share his earphones" with them.
'By the time you've gone through all that, the girl's got up and left! You're much better off to take one of your earbuds out and put it in her ear. Then you're connected with about two feet of headphone cable.'
Dating advice for using the iPod?! Let's see Bill Gates top that with the Zune!
Wait, what? Steve Jobs is talking about _girls_? And he works at _Apple_? /me ducks
Please correct me if I got my facts wrong.
You're much better off to take one of your earbuds out and put it in her ear.
Why not just keep both earbuds where they are, enjoy the music, and still stick it in her ear? Or am I misunderstanding something here...?
This just screams pimp to me. "You're much better off to take one of your earbuds out and put it in her ear. Then you're connected with about two feet of headphone cable.'" Steve "huggy bear"Jobs
TheADDkid.com
I was wondering if it was a subtle reference to "Zima", another allegedly genre-busting product that made an ineffective splash and has all but faded into the woodwork.
Just junk food for thought...
What if the woman has a Zune and I have such a raging iPod at that moment?
If I were Ballmer, I would seek out an opportunity to comment on the doubtless many medical studies that have shown that ear wax, mites, bacteria, Avian flu virus, cooties, parasites, AIDS, those icky crayfish-like ear thingies from "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan," the gay gene, and terrist nucular WMD materials remain on ear bud surfaces, no matter how clean they seem to be.
"How to Do Nothing," kids activities, back in print!
What if I put my tesla coil in a red wagon and wheeled it down hip-20-something street on friday night, asking girls if I could borrow electricity to make toast?
What if I wore a Jack Skellington costume?
So what he's really saying is essentially "you're much more likely to get laid with an iPod than a Zune"...
>Most people would never put someone's elses earbud into their own ear, I know I would never do so.
Dude, no wonder you don't get sex! It involves inserting.... naughty bits into other naughty bits.... And don't even get me started on foreplay.... and other forms of sexual entertainment... I am glad you are not averse putting your penis in your hand.
Teenage girls all over America issue restraining orders against Steve Jobs, related to his attempts to "share his earphones" with them.
Meanwhile teenage girls are buying handguns and taking the law into thier own hands after hearing Balmer is coming to "Squirt" them with his "Brown Zune".
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
I think you'll be asking for Cytheria more than Jenna.
It doesn't mean much now, it's built for the future.
I'm still waiting for my iNewton. That'll be sweet.
I drank what? -- Socrates
The kind of women you can take to White Castle and then sleep with usually are best not seen by the light of the rising son. Only makes sense to beat feet while the eeevil Mr. Yellowface is away.
I drank what? -- Socrates
It's like people are incapable of reading anything with any degree of subtlety anymore... very strange.
What are you getting at here?
This guy's the limit!
He's just a perfectionist and doesn't want to throw in the latest bells and whistles until he feels it is ready for your everyday user to consume.
So that's why iTunes 7 works so flawlessly!
"I think you'll be asking for Cytheria more than Jenna."
/exactly/ the parent referred to, or that enough people knew to mod it up to 5.
I don't know what is more disturbing: that I knew what
"We have an A-Bomb...what more do you want, mermaids?" --I.I. Rabi, speaking in defense of Robert Oppenheimer
And you better believe Microsoft would weep with joy if people started using "Zune" as a verb.
Don't be too sure: "Man, that company totally zuned itself with that bonehead idea. What kind of a Ballmer do they have running that joint?"
"Zuned" will be a verb all right. Just like "Osborned" or "Borked".
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."