Steve Wozniak responds to "Apple should make an Android phone" stories
Posted by: Timothy Tibbetts on 02/09/2014 08:43 AM [ Comments ]
We didn't report on the story about Steve Wozniak saying that Apple should make an Android phone for good reason; we didn't believe it. This time. Again.
We can argue about which phone is better, Apple or Android, but if you’re being honest, they both rock for their own reasons. It makes no sense, when the 2 operating systems dominate the market for good reason, to consider developing something else.
So, if you saw the story, and believed it, he was misquoted by people who wanted to make a story. Hey, stupid stories get a lot of clicks.
Steve tells aNewDomain.net that he was asked about Blackberry and he responded that Blackberry should have made an Android based phone, something we have also said here at Majorgeeks.
Steve specifically says:
“They got it quite wrong for their own reasons … I’m used to things like this, (where the media turns) ‘could’ into ‘should.’ But the idea caught a lot of attention. It was just (my) independent idea … I’m sure others have said it before but I get more attention …”
The original Wired story however, says something totally different:
“There’s nothing that would keep Apple out of the Android market as a secondary phone market,” said Wozniak–who, it should be noted, is no longer involved in the day-to-day workings of the company. “We could compete very well. People like the precious looks of stylings and manufacturing that we do in our product compared to the other Android offerings. We could play in two arenas at the same time.”
So, there you have it. You try and figure it out. Wired seems to me a larger source with access to Steve and not I am not sure who these other guys are.
So, if you saw the story, and believed it, he was misquoted by people who wanted to make a story. Hey, stupid stories get a lot of clicks.
Steve tells aNewDomain.net that he was asked about Blackberry and he responded that Blackberry should have made an Android based phone, something we have also said here at Majorgeeks.
Steve specifically says:
“They got it quite wrong for their own reasons … I’m used to things like this, (where the media turns) ‘could’ into ‘should.’ But the idea caught a lot of attention. It was just (my) independent idea … I’m sure others have said it before but I get more attention …”
The original Wired story however, says something totally different:
“There’s nothing that would keep Apple out of the Android market as a secondary phone market,” said Wozniak–who, it should be noted, is no longer involved in the day-to-day workings of the company. “We could compete very well. People like the precious looks of stylings and manufacturing that we do in our product compared to the other Android offerings. We could play in two arenas at the same time.”
So, there you have it. You try and figure it out. Wired seems to me a larger source with access to Steve and not I am not sure who these other guys are.
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