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Steve Wozniak Predicts Death of the IPod
Slatterz writes "Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, better known in the industry as 'Woz,' believes that the iPod is on its way out and has revealed his discomfort with some aspects of the iPhone. Wozniak said that the iPod has had a long time as the world's most popular media player, and that it will fall from grace due to oversupply. Wozniak also commented on the iPhone's proprietary nature and locked service provider, and compared it to Google's open Android platform. 'Consumers are not getting all they want when companies are very proprietary and lock their products down,' he said. 'I would like to write some more powerful apps than what you're allowed.'"
Correction. Woz a genius.
Maybe not quite in the discomfort-with-lack-of-openness sense that he meant it, but the iPhone is supposed to be a temperamental item to own, much like a Chihuaha.
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First evolution gets cancelled and now there's no more iPods? If it wasn't for the fact that I've got a ton of money in the bank I think I'd jump off a bridge.
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So finally iPod users will have a chance to experience blue? touch-screen of death ...
Wozniak must be one of those Apple haters who has never used a Mac in his life. Quick, mod him down! Oh, wait...
I do not want any gadget that has to be charged every day, especially if the battery is non-removable
Does that mean you're going to be selling your brain? I'm dabbling in a bit of aftermarket brain replacement, and am prepared to offer anything up to $50.
which is totally what she said
wow, scary!
see for yourself:
http://skitch.com/slowburn/2fyx/wozniak-death-prediction
They did kill the Newton...
I'm just sayin'.
You are welcome on my lawn.
Perhaps the other telcos are just too paranoid about a phone that users will be able to easily screw about with
Paranoid about Android? (ducks)
"Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, better known in the industry as 'Woz'"
The entry part of the article should be:
"Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, better known in the industry as 'The Irrelevant Steve'"
Now the whole story makes much more sense, trust me on that.
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She ended the discussion by adding "iPod" to our grocery list and leaving the kitchen.
We have never needed a "+1, Gosh Darn That's Cute!" option so sorely.
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SNMP remotes?
HBI's Law: Frequency of calling others Nazis is directly correlated with the likelihood of the accuser being Communist.
It does, I never have a problem sending a text. Oh do you mean posting on my Facebook wall?
Oh, oh, I know what you mean, you're talking about calling someone and talking to them. I'm pretty sure that works most the time, but to be honest I haven't used that feature in a while.
Woz is an economist now? Read his autobiography. Language of a 10 year old. A smart one, no doubt, but the guy knows how to put circuits together. It certainly doesn't qualify him to comment on economics any more than the Bush Administration can comment on separation of powers.
Eric
If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't. - Pugh
Steve Jobs was the one that killed Newton... But all in all it all worked out for the best.
Are you kidding? Do you know how difficult it was to get an 802.11N card working with my 2100? And it still doesn't work correctly with my Apple TV.
I drank what? -- Socrates
Where's Marvin when you need him?
Why doesn't Slashdot ever get slashdotted?
either your grocery store is much different than mine, or your kid's diet is in dire need of revision
FreeBSD for the impatient.
The Mothership, it's hoovering above the planet even as we speak! And it sucks too!
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Could always just tell her what she HAS is an Ipod. That won't alleviate the fact that her peers at school will tell her otherwise. Solution to THAT problem is to tell her that it's a new beta model that apple just put out. Lie to your kids! IT works :P
Stupidity only gets you so far, then you've gotta try
>>what the hell is hoovering?
This is honest to god truth...
I was in the US in a shared house with a bunch of travelers and this American guy was vacuuming the floor with an old vacuum cleaner that was not too effective.
Him: "Damn, this vacuum cleaner sucks!!"
Me: (Laughing) "You mean it doesn't suck"
Him: "No, it sucks. It's not picking any dirt up. It sucks man, it sucks!"
It took him a while to figure out why I was laughing so much.
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what the hell is hoovering?
I thought it was launching a massive tariff in the midst of a terrible economic crisis?
Not at all. I, for one, welcome our new Android Duck overlords.
I like the idea in jest, but the day a father takes parenting advice from /. is the day his X-wife gets custody.