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I never owned a single Apple product, because I hate Apple. The iPhone is sweet, though. But I never use my cell phone, so I'm not going to upgrade to a smartphone of any sort. Steve Jobs seems like a dick. | |
Well, he's probably justified in doing so. After all, the iPotato will blow everyone away.
Also, are you guys not allowed to swear properly in your articles, or is it just a personal decision you make? | |
Wow, that's pretty intense from Steve Jobs if you ask me. Guess he's rolling out the ipad with the guns blazing. What an image. | |
Well, this was bound to happen one day or another. Grab your stuff guys, time to travel to a vault and seal it for 200 years 'till the wars over! | |
Sounds like a lot of QQ, to use some internets-talk. I really hope Google manages to break the iphone. Maybe we'll finally get some innovation. As for the ipad, well...is the criticism that it's just a bigger ipod touch invalid? | |
That's right Steve, you mad bastard, everyone is wrong but you. They're all out to get you. They're all evil. | |
"Lazy developers", eh? My computer has never ever crashed because of Flash apps or videos or anything. But that may be because i run Windows XP, and Adobe is obviously on Microsoft's payroll, the bastards! And we all know Google is out to take over the world - nothing new here. One of it's two founders is a Russian guy whose last name is Brin, for crying out loud! | |
iTunes has crashed my computer enough times in the very, very short time it was installed. Flash never did. And I've had flash since... Well... Since flash exists across the internet really. Sorry Jobs, you're full of it. | |
Pretentious git, isn't he? | |
The iphone is more like an app phone than a smart phone. | |
This post might answer that question for you: As far as it goes with Steve Jobs: the man and his company just get a massive 'meh' from me. With the exception of my beloved iPod and iTunes, I couldn't give an airborne copulation about any of their products. | |
Ah, I see, thank you. | |
I think it's about time someone stood up for Apple. Yes, you may not like their products, but hey... Some people will make up for your dislike. | |
Just a tad. Although, got to give him credit at least he is speaking his mind | |
Personally, I can't wait to see how Google and Adobe will respond. Jobs is in for one hell of a week. | |
if you havent figured it out by now, apple is going to try and take over the world. once they have 90% of the population useing there devices at the same time, they will send a signel that mind controls them into a huge army. | |
I can somewhat agree on the point he made about HTML5 becoming the new standard, but the killer is the inability to multitask. That single detail alone killed the entirety of the device for me. | |
iGun, it looks really nice and has a lot of usability but when you get right down to it, it has neither the power or flexibility of something really useful. Also, it only takes own brand bullets and attachments. | |
The hypocrisy of Steve Jobs is amazing in this statement. He is attacking google for moving into the phone business, but he himself did the same thing. Apple was a computer company, that moved into the phone industry, while I don't see a Sprint desktop, or a Nikon one. Thus by his own words his company is evil :P Yea Jobs way to try and make some big statement like your being picked on and at the same time show how out of touch with your own actions you are. | |
I give Steve Jobs credit for being confident in his products, but i think he is a little full of himself. I never owned an apple product because my cell phone does everything that i need it to do. My computer never had any problems with flash. | |
I'm with him. | |
SHHH He'll hear you, and then you'll be DOOMED!!! | |
The way I interpretted this is that 2 companies are insulting each other to gain the other's share in the market. Is this correct? | |
Jobs is beginning to look a bit like Elliot Carver from Tomorrow Never Dies. That would be an interesting twist for apple. | |
They want to kill the I phone? What? Its called a competative market, its about making money, not some grudge against a product. | |
Personally i hate apple and everything to do with it.. | |
-10 respect points for Apple I hope the Droid absolutely destroys the iPhone completely. If there is one company with almost as much brand recognition as Apple, it is Google. | |
Dude trust me, Flash is by far the largest cause of browser crashes on Mac. It also uses ludicrous amounts of CPU compared to the Windows version (esp. when playing video). Apparently the Linux plugin is worse. Anyway, as someone who regularly uses most of Adobe's CS4 on Mac and PC, I have to say every one of those apps is full of bloat. Its no surprise Apple don't want that kind of thing inflicted on their mobile devices, which only really maintain the illusion of being fast/responsive due to reasonably efficient coding, and a lot of smart design. Apple can be accused of a lot of things, but lazy/bloated coding on their native platforms is not one of them (their Windows apps, on the other hand... hmm). | |
Yeah I have an iPod, but I'm never buying another one. There are a bunch of mp3 players developed by other companies that are just as high quality, for about an average for $50 cheaper. Apple expects you to pay more for their stuff because its Apple. Not because any of this shit is actually more expensive. | |
he's a CEO, you can only be evil to be a multibillion dollar company. But flash rocks. Fuck you Jobs. Maybe... oh shit... maybe the OSX is the one to blame?! OMG Job's head just exploded from denial. | |
Steve Jobs angry? Seems to me he is just realising what a mistake he has made with the iPad and is venting and making excuses. Yeah, sure Steve, it's not your fault, it's everyone else's fault. | |
Of course Jobs thinks not being evil is bull. He wears the black turtleneck to cover the place where he ripped out his own soul. | |
Screw that, I'll just be blunt. Apple owns the market. Now a potential threat comes along, they hate it. Well done Apple. | |
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Apple's Steve Jobs Calls Out Google, Adobe
Apple boss Steve Jobs has brought the ruckus in the wake of his iPad unveiling, calling Flash developers Adobe "lazy" and reportedly saying that Google's "Don't Be Evil" mantra is "bullsh*t."
Last week, Apple unveiled its long-rumored tablet computer, the iPad, the reactions to which were... slightly mixed. Nintendo's Satoru Iwata gave the device a "meh," calling it "a bigger iPod Touch," and Adobe blasted the device over not including support for the widely-used Flash format.
Apple frontman Steve Jobs wasn't about to take the criticism lying down, though. In his traditional post-unveiling town-hall style Q&A at Apple's 1 Infinite Loop HQ, Jobs took on Google, Adobe, and more, an Apple employee (speaking on condition of anonymity) told Wired. Jobs pulled no punches, calling Adobe "lazy," and saying that Apple would not support Flash because it was so buggy - that most crashes of Apple products could be blamed on bugs in Flash. Jobs also indicated that the popular format would have its days numbered, saying that the world was moving towards HTML 5.
Jobs reportedly saved his big rant of the night for omni-tech-corp Google, whose recent unveiling of the Nexus One "superphone" was perceived by everybody with some modicum of common sense and reasoning as a way to throw the glove down and challenge the dominance of Apple's iPhone. Apple hadn't entered the search business, said Jobs, but Google had entered the phone business. "Make no mistake, they want to kill the iPhone. We won't let them."
As for Google's famous "Don't Be Evil" corporate motto? "It's bullsh*t," Jobs allegedly said - though another member of the audience claims that his language was actually slightly less harsh, and that the Apple chieftain's actual words were, "'Don't be evil' is a load of crap."
Whatever his exact words, it's clear that Jobs aims to cut off the Google behemoth before it can get its foot in his very profitable door. Of course, as Wired's John Abell points out, Jobs' support of the HTML 5 format may make it easier for Google - a longtime proponent of Web-based "Cloud" development - to worm its way into Apple's otherwise largely-closed system. Last week, a newly-unveiled HTML 5-based Google Voice did just that, allowing the program to function on the native iPhone Safari browser even as Apple left the Google Voice app in limbo.
Jobs also reportedly said that the Apple would deliver constant updates to the iPhone that Google and the Android wouldn't be able to keep up with, that the next iPhone revision (oh, like you didn't know it was coming) would be "an A+ update," and that his company was going to wait to implement Sony's Blu-Ray software. Why? Because in its current form, Blu-Ray software is "a mess."
That's strong language from Steve Jobs - but will he be able to back it up? Google is one of the few companies able to stand toe-to-toe with the Apple steamroller, but Apple's stranglehold grip on the smartphone market is not to be trifled with.
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