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Woz Misquoted About Android Dominating iOS

bonch writes "Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak's quote that Android would dominate over iOS was widely covered by the tech press, but after seeking clarification, Engadget reports that Wozniak was misquoted by Dutch paper De Telegraaf. 'Almost every app that I have is better on the iPhone,' says Woz, claiming that he would never say that Android was better than iOS. 'I'm not trying to put Android down, but I'm not suggesting it's better than iOS by any stretch of the imagination. But it can get greater marketshare and still be crappy.' Woz has an Engadget account and has posted further comments to the linked article."

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  1. News at 11 by unity100 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Steve Wozniak may or may not have been saying Android or any other os would or would not dominate IOS or other OSES in any potential platform that has been and will be invented in future. This may, or may not be a news broadcast.

    1. Re:News at 11 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      The title of the linked article is "Dell Mobile Is Gone, a Victim of Incompetence".

      So, no, it didn't. It was killed by incompetence. As per the article. That you fucking linked to.

  2. Greater marketshare and still be Crappy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is proven daily by Microsoft.

    In fact, I suspect that could be applied to an incredible number of consumer products and politicians.

  3. Up next by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Bill Gates says Steam on Mac could take off, XBox 360 still pwns.

  4. Re:Founder of Apple realizes what he said by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Making money while enjoying dong is illegal in most states.

  5. Re:Apple vs. Android. by Jartan · · Score: 3, Funny

    Apple's mistake the first time around was sacrificing software sales to spur high margin hardware sales. That was a huge mistake because as Microsoft proved the real money was in the software. This time though the opponent is giving away their software for free and there's no way iOS can beat that for market share. Even if Apple did open iOS to other phones it wouldn't help. The whole locked platform/developer exclusion is just pure idiocy though. That part isn't making them any money at all.