Can you believe that the history of the iPod may be near its end? I know, we didn't talk much about what happened so far, but one of these days I'll take a look back and tell you all there is to know about the history of the iPod, but now, we have to talk about its end, as seen by one of those who founded Apple, namely Steve Wozniak. So...what did the "Wonderful Wizard of Woz" say?
In an exclusive interview with The Telegraph, Steve Wozniak said "The iPod has sort of lived a long life at number one. Things like that, if you look back to transistor radios and Walkmans, they kind of die out after a while," and I fully agree with him, especially since the iPhone/iPod Touch are completely shadowing the other iPods, in my opinion.
He continued by stating the obvious a lot of companies don't want to see, including Apple - virtually everyone has 1-2-3 media players, and they also got extremely cheap, and sales are not as good as in the early days of the iPod.
Regarding the iPhone, he said that the limitations imposed on developers are keeping innovation pinned down - "Consumers aren't getting all they want when companies are very proprietary and lock their products down. I would like to write some more powerful apps than what you're allowed."
Now, let's get back to the iPod, with a few final questions. Do you have an iPod? What's still missing from these players, and what can do Apple with a next generation to really crush the competition? And the last one - how many portable media players do you own? A few words about your experience with each one of them won't hurt at all, so feel free to share your experience in the gadget world with the rest of us!
the one, on August 20, 2009
this is so funny and it would make a great picture for a presentation