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Apple Hires Engineer From Digital License Plate Company for Car Project
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Eh... no.
That's how the name is spelt.
It's an Irish name in the Irish language.
Conan O'Brien is an Irish name in the English language, hence no "accents".
Apple never really invented anything. They just did things differently. Also Steve rejected it to focus on the iPhone. It's not wise to work on multiple new products set the same time. Note that these Car rumors started right after the Apple Watch made its debut.
The ship is not going down, it's floating out of the water.
Huh? Failed traffic school?
I think most ppl who post xxxx like that have never traveled outside the city they were born in, and surely never across a big wide body of water called the ocean.
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The telephone was invented in 1876. Apple's "new and innovative" version(s) seem to be doing just fine. Why can't they do the same for cars?
In what metric is Apple going down slowly to you?
I'm surprised Apple doesn't require sensitive employees like this to delete their LinkedIn profiles.
I'm sure the circles that are relevant competitors (Tesla, GM, Ford, etc) already know each and every hire that is made. Us, the general public, knowing isn't going to change anything or give anyone an advantage or disadvantage.
Many of us that make that trip regularly refer to it as "across the pond".
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/across_the_pond
http://studyacrossthepond.com/
Yeah, it's kinda trite. But, it's been in use for as long as I can remember.
#ThatWouldMakeItTheMostSuccessfulCarInHistoryAsTheWatchIsNumberOneInTheMarket
#TimIsGrowingAppleMoreThanSteveEverDid
The watch is the number one smart watch on the market. The software is rather flawless for me
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Cool story bro. I don't know any company that "invents" anything anymore. Ideas now just blend together. It's all about who has the best combinations
I remember listening to or reading an article years ago where Ive, or someone else high up in Apple, was laughing about how Apple customers were saying they should build a car. The idea was that if Apple can take consumer electronics and reinvent them, why not something as technologically outdated as the car.
Digital license plates?
Here a go,, the end of privacy as we know it...... we can never speed again.
It's only getting more and more difficult to keep Apple stuff secret only because people keep leaking them
Here a go,, the end of privacy as we know it...... we can never speed again.
It's becoming more and more difficult for Apple to keep their secrets secret!
It's only getting more and more difficult to keep Apple stuff secret only because people keep leaking them
That's exactly my point, he should put them back.
Did you join MacRumors just to tell me that interesting fact about the Irish language? I am hono(u)red.
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^^ I'm with this guy. FIRE TIM!!!
First a watch, then a stylus, now possibly a car. Why does it feel like Apple's out of ideas, and now all that's left is to pick away at Jobs' dismissed thoughts from the waning years of his life?
The bean counter can't innovate. He can't present a Keynote that isn't a snoozefest. All he does is keep profits up (at least for now... When these bad ideas begin to pile up, who knows) and that's NOT why I'm an Apple fan. I want great products, not three laptops each with their own built-in achilles heel and desktops held together with tape and glue like a Kindergarteners after-lunch project. I want products that are useful, not iPads that are crippled by a weak mobile operating system and watches that can barely do anything my phone can't do better.
... But I do admit I anxiously await the first time this car goes off a cliff using Apple Maps as a guide. Poetic justice.
^^ I'm with this guy. FIRE TIM!!!
First a watch, then a stylus, now possibly a car. Why does it feel like Apple's out of ideas, and now all that's left is to pick away at Jobs' dismissed thoughts from the waning years of his life?
The bean counter can't innovate. He can't present a Keynote that isn't a snoozefest. All he does is keep profits up (at least for now... When these bad ideas begin to pile up, who knows) and that's NOT why I'm an Apple fan. I want great products, not three laptops each with their own built-in achilles heel and desktops held together with tape and glue like a Kindergarteners after-lunch project. I want products that are useful, not iPads that are crippled by a weak mobile operating system and watches that can barely do anything my phone can't do better.
... But I do admit I anxiously await the first time this car goes off a cliff using Apple Maps as a guide. Poetic justice.
I get it. You are just having us on.
Odd how many people here want to fire Tim. Tim has better job security than just about any CEO in the world. It seems like all the reasons people give have to do with bizarre misunderstandings around thing they think Jobs said.
Just a few specifics:
Just a few specifics:
- The watch is far more successful than most people imagined it would be and all of the critics here would have called anyone crazy that suggested it would sell as many as it has.
- Jobs was against a stylus as a required input device for a tablet. He was not against a stylus as an accessory for completing specific tasks.
- I am sure you all had more even crazier reasons, but I just stopped caring.
You do really need them. It's an Irish name and with out them you couldn't pronounce his name right.. The fadas (accents) change the letters sound
So, sell 12-15M the first year and crush the competition in profit,, and revenue... Well guess so...
Even if they sold 1/10 that they'd still be the size of Mercedes...