[Netizen_Kane]

I'm wondering if it may be envy. Jobs is younger, more successful, has more hair and is waaaaay wealthier. And he's a rock star among CEOs. Tons of people know his name and lots of them hang on his words, especially at Apple product introductions. But mention "Ed Zander" and the answer almost inevitably comes back, "Who?"

[salmonstk]

Question??? Do you think Mot knew the Nano was going out the same day???
Quote makes me think no. More importantly makes me think they had no idea about it at all. Now they are mad because Rork gets no press, what press it gets sucks, and No one will want a phone with songs when they can have a Nano....

[Nobody]

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[Nobody]

I think you have touched upon that one sour grape on the perfect corporate facade right there my friend. The unveiling must have been a secret. What ROKR? Ha-ha.

[mdawson]

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What the hell does the nano do? Who listens to 1,000 songs?

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Is this guy kidding. His remarks are definitely sour grapes. The iPod nano is an extension of the iPod family that obviously works. There are several portable digital music players that offer more features than a given iPod at lower prices, but the public has spoken and they choose Apple when it comes to there music. Just as a young woman I was talking to yesterday when I noticed her iPod and asked, Is there anyone on this campus that does not have one of these, stated, If there are, I dont know em.
Having a large music collection I could easily say why would anyone buy an iPod mini, iPod nano or iPod Shuffle? The reality of the situation is that unlike me, the vast majority of the demographic that is into MP3 players does not have a music collection that spans three decades. Yet, despite that I do own an iPod shuffle. Why? Because the 8+ hour capacity is ideal for the gym where the only music I listen to is house and club music because it is high energy an keeps me motivated. Any other time that I listen to music on the go and need something to suit my mood I use my 60GB iPod.
Most students on this campus barely fill a 20GB iPod and iPod mini owners are just as happy with their iPods as those with the full size models. That very same audience will have little complaint about the iPod nano which is smaller and provides them with a color display.

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People are going to want devices that do more than just play music, something that can be seen in many other countries with more advanced mobile phone networks and savvy users...

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Obviously, a great many Americans that are quite content to own a device that primary plays music as iPod sales clearly indicate and have indicated since day one. Besides, there are people that prefer separation of technologies. As Netizen_Kane mentioned, just because there are cell phone that take photos does not imply that the camera industry is one its last leg. Camera phones are a novelty. If you want to take decent photos you use a dedicated camera not your phone. If I want to have access to my music collection on the go, you use your iPod not a phone. Like many cell phone gadget freaks, this (childish) CEO seems to have forgotten a simple point of fact about mobile phones: its a freakin phone. Adding features to phones that have nothing to with contacting people is extraneous and frivolous, period.
As the old saying goes: Jack of all trades, master of none.

[sandro]

The ROKR is a piece of [filtered]. The idea of combining a phone with an iPod is not half bad but Motorola couldn't make a decent phone if their life depended on it, never mind an iPod phone. Who is gonna listen to 1000 songs? The people who don't buy a [filtered] ROKR that holds only 100 songs! What a piece of [filtered]!

[NW_Mike]

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[b_baggins]

touch.

[sigma8]

I could care less about listening to music specifically on an iPod or Apple-branded product, but they have the best product on the market right now...
And haha that will never change if their main competitors stay Creative and Motorola!
Sony is the one to look out for, because they randomly create genius, from time to time. After that, sometimes they'll give it the right TLC--which they are denying the PSP :-(

[xray01]

What a complete idiot! This guy is out of touch with reality. Millions of people like listening to their music (ie thousands of songs) and have bought iPods. The proof is in the sales. iPod nano blows the ROKR out of the water as a music player. Unfortunately the current iTunes phone isn't great 'cause Apple couldn't develop it "soup-to-nuts" and had to partner with the likes of Motorola and Cingular.
I would certainly buy something that was a fusion of the iPod, a great organizer, sharp digital camera, and sleek cell phone if it existed.
As an aside, trying to "screw" the iPod nano could be dangerous to your health.

[boomw]

This conversation does bring up a question: can you run iTunes on Windows CE? I'm curious because my next phone will be some form of PDA. I've just discovered tomtom (the best GPS navigation tool I've seen) and there are a host of features offered by a PDA that make owning separate devices simply cumbersome. I will agree that there are good arguments for doing one thing well, it just seems the time for an OS X-enabled handheld/phone is soon, if not now. You know, I'm thinking Newton. I would like to see Apple's engineers tackle the problem with phone interfaces. Mostly, they suck.
Thoughts?
B.

[sigma8]

Short answer, you are out of luck.
Long answer: see the short answer for more details.

[Solvs]

Anyway, this is kinda funny. The problem is, people do want separate devices because the current all-in-ones aren't as good. If it came with a good megapixel+ camera and could hold more than 100 songs (transferred via USB2), they might have something. At least the battery's supposed to be good. And I'm sure the next version will be much better. It kinda has to be. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[TheTSArt]

This just seems like such a strange comment.
I'd really like to read the entire interview to see what context it was said in. Is it available anywhere?