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pl8er
06-02-2010, 08:52 PM
Okay, not really

http://d8.allthingsd.com/speakers/steve-jobs/

Steve Jobs was at the Wall Street Journal's All Things D conference yesterday and the soundbites are almost as good as the ones from Carol Bartz's interview last week.


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Steve Jobs took to the stage yesterday at the All Things Digital D8 conference. During his interview with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, the Apple CEO had plenty to say regarding tablets, iPhones and the PC industry. However, one of the more interesting things discussed was Apple's ongoing rivalry with Google and the great platform war with Microsoft.

Steve, Kara and Walt were yesterday talking about how Steve spent a great deal of his career fighting Microsoft and discussed all the platforms around today. Aside from Microsoft and Apple, they hightlighted Android, Chrome OS, even Facebook. Mossberg said that they see it as sort of a platform war and asked Steve if he agreed.

Steve replied, "No. And I never have. We never saw ourselves in a platform war with Microsoft, and maybe that's why we lost."

When Walt and Kara asked Steve about another well known competitor, Google, Steve responded by saying Google decided to compete with them, not the other way around.

"So you just woke up one morning and heard about Android?" asked Walt. "Kinda," Steve said.

The next part is probably the weirdest thing to come out of Jobs' mouth all night. Walt if he felt betrayed by the whole thing and Steve responded with, "My sex life is pretty good." It got huge laughs from the audience but still, very weird.

Walt and Kara also asked Steve about his relationship with Google, pushing him to comment on their rivalry by asking, "Are you going to remove them from the iPhone?"

Steve replied, 'No, we want to make better products then them. … Just because we're competing with someone doesn't mean we have to be rude."

Goremageddon
06-02-2010, 09:09 PM
carE? no.

pl8er
06-03-2010, 08:56 AM
The Q&A is very interesting because it shows a different side of Jobs. He almost plays stupid with the entire thing.

That or he has no ground to stand on with Android.

bluecar
06-03-2010, 09:05 AM
If it wasn't for HUs essentially requiring iPods to make the most use of the HU functionality, I'd have no need for the iPod.

I walked into the "local" Apple Store and asked them why I should buy a iPad...and if they could show me how it is better than what I have I would buy one. He couldn't. I cannot find a reason to own one...and that saddens me.

hoss
06-03-2010, 09:05 AM
Last night I was thinking about something from this thread and the other thread I made which ended up talking about android fones... Specifically, what lord tapout said about picking one single android phone which has outsold the iphone... Combined with this quote from jobs:

No. And I never have. We never saw ourselves in a platform war with Microsoft, and maybe that's why we lost

Why dont google and apple start treating this as a platform war instead of a device war? Might make things more interesting, especially for the consumer. You could pick any device you wanted that your carrier had, then pick your OS for the device. No restrictions on who has what OS and people can pick their own, might loosen the handholds that the carriers are trying to place on the OS's/devices...

Might make things more interesting... For both the consumers, and these software giants to battle it out.

ngsm13
06-03-2010, 02:37 PM
Not gonna happen idea is not gonna happen.

nG

hoss
06-03-2010, 02:39 PM
Most likely not, but would be pimp, and might spur the phone companies to actually concentrate on their networks and pricing instead of just trying to capture customers...

Would be bad ass to buy your hardware, choose your OS, then choose your network.

_AnGeL_
06-03-2010, 02:41 PM
Most likely not, but would be pimp, and might spur the phone companies to actually concentrate on their networks and pricing instead of just trying to capture customers...

Would be bad ass to buy your hardware, choose your OS, then choose your network.

this aint burger king mother fucker.

hoss
06-03-2010, 02:45 PM
this aint burger king mother fucker.
Yet...

_AnGeL_
06-03-2010, 02:46 PM
obviously...

jesus
06-03-2010, 02:49 PM
this aint burger king mother fucker.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to _AnGeL_ again.

atoz350
06-03-2010, 05:16 PM
Last night I was thinking about something from this thread and the other thread I made which ended up talking about android fones... Specifically, what lord tapout said about picking one single android phone which has outsold the iphone... Combined with this quote from jobs:



Why dont google and apple start treating this as a platform war instead of a device war? Might make things more interesting, especially for the consumer. You could pick any device you wanted that your carrier had, then pick your OS for the device. No restrictions on who has what OS and people can pick their own, might loosen the handholds that the carriers are trying to place on the OS's/devices...

Might make things more interesting... For both the consumers, and these software giants to battle it out.

It is exactly why I didn't respond to that silly request.

gymfreak101
06-03-2010, 05:23 PM
It is exactly why I didn't respond to that silly request.

because you didn't want to get banned? It was obvious it was rhetorical lol

atoz350
06-03-2010, 05:58 PM
because you didn't want to get banned? It was obvious it was rhetorical lol

No, because it didn't make sense. My post didn't say anything about an android handset outselling the iPhone. It said android as a whole outsold the iPhone. I'm not into playing childish games. My name isn't Glock.

gymfreak101
06-03-2010, 06:01 PM
No, because it didn't make sense. My post didn't say anything about an android handset outselling the iPhone. It said android as a whole outsold the iPhone. I'm not into playing childish games. My name isn't Glock.

Not playing games either of course it should as a whole outsell the iphone.

atoz350
06-03-2010, 06:02 PM
Not playing games either of course it should as a whole outsell the iphone.

Not you, Tappy.

J31Bro
06-03-2010, 06:41 PM
Didn't read thread. Jobs can :gdiaf:.