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Woz Is First In Line For iPhone 4S
An anonymous reader writes "Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is already camped out in front of an Apple store for the new iPhone 4S. From the article: 'Woz and his trusty Segway showed up at his local Apple store in Los Gatos Thursday and said he will stay there overnight. He added he already has two phones coming to his house, but doesn't mind hanging out for one more for his wife.'"
No wonder those phones are sold out.
he wanted to wait in line
Woz is an enthusiast.
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im confused... isint Tim Cook giving h...? I mean isint Tim Cook head?
I call it the Jedi phone. Use the 4S, Luke!
There's no -1 for "I don't get it."
It's great to see as time marches on, that Woz remains so true to his roots & initial interests.
As a side note, I removed 2 cycles from his SWEET16 interpreter when I ported it to the C64, without affecting functionality. That was an amazing little moment in my life, and felt as a great accomplishment given the body of work. :-)
I bet that's worth more than a new iPhone...
Even with the gravy stains.
...how the mighty have fallen
He has not fallen. He is a supremely talented engineer and never imagined himself qualified to be an executive. His aspirations were quite different from Jobs. When Woz had a boatload of money he decided to go give back to the community and teach at a public school for a while. He still occasionally gets involved in a startup but it is usually in some engineering or scientific capacity not some kind of executive or management capacity.
Way to show support. Here is an awesome dude, the kind you hope for at your next party.
I can't trust purchase advice from somebody who owns a segway.
He was the co-founder of an American company that currently employs 49,000 people and actually designs and makes stuff. Don't confuse him with money-churning banking leeches.
If he pays me in $2 bills.
Just as I can't imagine Woz cutting in line. Mischief against the system, maybe, but not against fellow geeks.
I can't imagine there's a single Apple "first-in-liner" that wouldn't let Woz cut to the front of the line if he showed up at the last minute.
I can only imagine the kids in line saying, "Who the fuck are you?" Kids these days...
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I can imagine Woz cutting in line and yes some people have complained about it.
If it were me, I'd let him cut, but only in exchange for an autograph :)
So he has 2 phones being delivered to his home, but he wants a 3rd one for his wife?
Is the second phone for his lover? His wifes lover? A pet? All of the above?
He's an engineer. One to take apart, and one to keep and use. He's waiting in line because his wife reminded him that she would like one too. :-)
The only thing worse than a Democrat is a Republican.
Probably different here in Australia. Friend of mine went to the apple store on the first day of sale for one model of iPhone. Tells the guy behind the counter what he wants. Apple guy says I'll just go and check to see if we have any in stock. Five minutes later he returns with a phone. The seems dumb. They either have big pallets stacked high with the things or none at all.
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Yeah, if only they could do something more constructive like spending their evenings criticizing people on the internet.
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Well, hey, the moment the majority of Americans decide to quit buying stuff that's made in China, Apple will set up factories in the US.
But I don't see that happening any time soon, as most people prefer low cost above all else. Blame consumers, not Apple.
As is so plainly evidenced by his eagerness to sit in line overnight with other iphone-geeking gadget-happy wonks. He could get another phone delivered, and he's hanging out all night.
<sarc> Yeah, the dude has so-oo completely forgotten what it is to be a nerd. </sarc>
Wow, lots of unexpected harsh comments regarding Woz here.
Woz is just a nice guy. He likes to talk to people, especially when they share similar interests (Apple products in this case). This is the same guy who was so into computers that he regularly attended the Homebrew Computer Club, and sought out people who knew things he didn't (like about the phone system). It's also the same guy who works with young people to get them interested in programming and computers. He's a people person, even if he can seemingly be a bit shy sometimes.
So why do people have to insert some kind of agenda into the guy's actions? He makes like $400 a month from Apple to not do anything, so he isn't exactly working for their marketing department. Whether his appearance makes a 30-second spot on the local evening news (which going by the media's interest in Woz compared to Jobs, maybe not), and if he's lucky sells a few more iPhones in his town to fans who were probably on the fence about buying it anyway, doesn't benefit him personally. And Woz standing in a line simply isn't going to generate any significant sales nationally either to make any noticeable impact on Apple's bottom line. Especially when you consider that the average Apple fan these days quite frankly (and sadly) may have no idea who the guy is.
Jobs wasn't a very nice person. Not only do I understand peoples' dislike of the guy, I share it. But I honestly can just never understand any strong negative feelings about Woz. I personally have no interest in Apple or their products these days, but Woz is still a role model to someone like myself who's interested in programming and electronics. And I love to hear about his pranks, since I've been known to pull one here or there as well. People can blow Steve Jobs up into a visionary or Jesus or whatever other nonsense and I'll still never respect the guy. But Woz will always have my respect.
Seriously, how many respectable role models are even left out there anymore, especially for young people?
Yeah, because bicycle owners have never figured this out either... ;)
Stuff like this is what makes Woz tick. He's a bit of an extroverted geek that loves to play. Read up on some of the stories on the original Apple and Apple II. The stuff the man did with chips and coding was nothing short of genius.
He went out into the iPad lines and did magic tricks. Why? Because he could.
Steve Jobs was driven by perfection of design. Features would not be implemented 95%, it had to be perfect. Woz is driven by fun. He loves practical jokes, he loves being creative. I can't describe him other than he is just Woz.
What he does with his life is my envy and should probably be the envy of almost every slashdotter out there. Imagine if you had enough money to just camp out before Debian/Ubuntu/Fedora/Apache/[Random FOSS Project]/Microsoft/Apple made a new release. Or could just.... do what ever the hell you wanted. He could sit at home, in his mansion and own everything Apple ever released but he doesn't.
Gotta love the Woz.
Vote monkeys into Congress. They are cheaper and more trustworthy.
The article ends by calling Woz "the creator of the Macintosh" - he isn't, he's the creator of the Apple computer. The Mac was Jobs's baby.
So? It's their free time, let them do with it as they will. How is sitting at home and watching the X-Factor any better?
(+1 funny, and...)
Woz has two phones, one black and one white. They phone numbers end with 1 and 0, and the color of the phone corresponds to the standard resistor color stripe numbering. He is the ubergeek.
Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?