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UK newspaper interviews Woz
UK newspaper Telegraph recently interviewed Steve Wozniak about the iPod, iPhone and his future wishes for Apple. He discusses, among other things, the gradual end of the iPod's reign."The iPod has sort of lived a long life at number one," he says. "Things like, that if you look back to transistor radios and Walkmans, they kind of die out after a while." I've wondered about this myself. How many time can Apple create an iPod model that's adequately unilke previous versions to create incentive to buy? Jonathan Ive is good, but he's not Gandalf. For example, the new nanos are cool, but not cool enough to cause me to abandon my "fat nano."
Towards the end of the interview, Steve suggests that Apple's next product could be an "iWatch," but we're considering that one of his infamous practical jokes.
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farfisa said 11:48AM on 10-06-2008
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.
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Rob said 11:50AM on 10-06-2008
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.
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Frank said 3:43PM on 10-06-2008
we care because clearly he's smarter than us all.
Satyakam Khadilkar said 12:27PM on 10-06-2008
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.
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Kyle Derouen said 1:20PM on 10-06-2008
Personally, I don't think a watch would be very practical. Having a cord dangling from your wrist to you face is just a little odd. People have tried mp3 watches and internet enabled watches in the past (MSN) but they didn't really take off. Unless maybe the earpieces were wireless, I just don't see it working.
Mike said 2:15PM on 10-06-2008
One of my best friends has said for years that he won't get a cellphone until he can wear it on his wrist, la Dick Tracy.
Satyakam Khadilkar said 2:44PM on 10-06-2008
About head-phone wires : I agree, the dangling head-phone wires are no good with an ipod on wrist. But I didn't want to go into details. I think it has to be coupled with a bluetooth - stereo headset.
About cellphone : I can imagine wearing an ipod nano + iphone (call it iphone nano). Of course It won't have a big screen and will be not suitable for most iphone apps, but it will be good enough for hearing music and making calls.
mabhatter said 10:27PM on 10-07-2008
Apple could add an clock LCD to a shuffle and that'd be it.
Jeff said 1:31PM on 10-06-2008
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.
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Øivind said 1:59PM on 10-06-2008
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.
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airmanchairman said 2:39PM on 10-06-2008
Hmmm...
An iWatch with nano functionality, bluetooth stereo, GPS functionality, accelerometer (for wrist/arm gestures)....
Naaaaah... April Fool come real early, I say.
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earthpilot said 3:56PM on 10-06-2008
iWatch…
So easy even a caveman can use it
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Trevor said 11:55PM on 10-06-2008
unilke?
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