UK newspaper interviews Woz

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iWatch…
So easy even a caveman can use it

Hmmm...

An iWatch with nano functionality, bluetooth stereo, GPS functionality, accelerometer (for wrist/arm gestures)....

Naaaaah... April Fool come real early, I say.

The iWatch was probably a joke, unless SW is 20 years ahead of us where power source problems are eliminated and we have laser retina printers, fancy subdermal nano tech and other goodies. The iPod is not dying, it's just minimizing and adapting to two (if not counting the iPhone) niche markets where buyers will want either small devices for work outs or larger (than iPhone) devices for multimedia access and gaming at home. The non-niche device will be the iPhone.

The iPod of yesterday is quickly changing into the pocket computer of tomorrow. It's no longer just a portable media player, and Apple knows this is where the future is. It's obvious that Apple is going to discontinue the iPod classic when flash storage becomes comparable, replacing it with the iPod touch/iPhone. Touch will also come to the nano.

I doubt we will see the iPod go the way of the Walkman. That's just not how Apple works.

iWatch need not be a practical joke :
A watch with music in it or an iPod wearable on wrist. This could be a challenging, fun and practical next best product for Apple's engineers to work on.
I had always wondered how would a watch look if Apple designed it. It should be elegant as well as functional like iPod. However, since there is only so little functionality you would expect from a watch, this may not have been worthwhile for apple, ...until now.
If you see the size and functionality of an ipod nano, it is not much bigger than an average sized watch. It is stylish and elegant, something that people like to show-off than keep inside there pockets. A watch could be a perfect excuse to show-off your new gadget. If you hang your ipod like a neckless it would look odd, but if you wear an elegant watch it is perfectly acceptable.

I like and respect Woz for what he did in the mid 1980's.

However why does anyone care what he thinks about the current business decisions at Apple? He wasn't even that influential in the business decisions when he was the technical brain in Apple.

Well, it's possible that's even more true of the whole PMP market, rather than the iPod specifically. The iPod hasn't been standing still--the new touch models are already straying from the formula. Maybe the question is how much can the iPod evolve and still be an iPod.