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Full Video of Tim Cook's D11 Interview Now Available
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Did anyone else just find those interviewers incredibly annoying? They were bullying Cook to get him to say things they wanted to hear or slur his opinion. They didn't seem to understand the point Cook was continuously trying to suggest that Apple's business is quality and not quantity or awards. They both seemed very arrogant and were determined to make Apple and Tim look bad and make his every point irrelevant.
Totally agree. My experience, having bought a mid-2012 Mac Pro and being forced to upgrade to ML, has been abysmal. Seriously, nearly a year of constant tech support. Logic Pro (the app I use) just isn't well supported on the new OS, and it took so much to get the ML team to take the lag bug seriously enough to work in a osX fix. That said, the fix didn't work for me at all, and in fact introduced new awful bugs. Obviously Apple has people on it's staff that are working to support their professional users, but it became clear to me that they struggle to get these fixes taken seriously by the core tech group.
I had hoped to be entertained, but those two interviewers totally ruined the experience.
I don't know how Mr Cook maintained his composure so well (if you watch carefully, you can see his irritation peeking through...)
I don't know how Mr Cook maintained his composure so well (if you watch carefully, you can see his irritation peeking through...)
I forgot about that part! She really didn't want Apple to seem good at all! It seems like she was all about ensuring Apple looked worse after the interview. She intolerable and doesn't want to accept that some people actually do like Apple. The male interviewer was no better though. Both totally intolerable.
Tim Cool strikes again. Given the fact that everyone will just copy Apple in the end, it makes sense to keep everything inside until the last possible minute. It just sucks that during this time of huge innovation, Apple from the outside must look like it's doing nothing or just kicking around incremental ideas. The google shills have a field day and then the others needs to make a move. Samsung makes a phablet that no one can fit in their pocket and some gimmicky photo things that last about 3 minutes until they are forgotten, Google makes a Cyborg pair of glasses that just scream dork (or highly paid representative). Once everyone proves they are clueless, THEN come out with the next big thing.
It always bugs me that these interviews are one hour long and we don't really get any answers. That being said, I think that Tim Cook did a great job handling the questions. Apple products speak for themselves, so I'm going to wait for WWDC for some detailed answers.
I would've omitted the "I'm alot like Steve" part but otherwise spot on!
What he said was..... There are a ton of differences between Steve and him... But in key areas they are alot alike !
Kara Swisher is married to a Google exec, but I'm sure she is a completely objective journalist and there is no agenda or conflict of interest in her questions.
I don't know why tech executives that compete with Google agree to be interviewed by her.
Soooo, I guess it would make more sense for him to say:
We have:
A fairly decent computer
An average smartphone
A so-so Tablet
An average music player at best
Come on man, do you really expect a company (regardless of your opinion) to say anything less than what Cook said. I know I would certainly pump up my products and say they were the best if I headed off the company. It's only smart. Some of you guys need to stop with your Apple hate. It's getting ridiculous.
After watching this, I feel like I just had coffee with Tim and saved over $670,000. (I sipped. He didn't.) People articulated better questions than I could have formulated. Yet Tim was never bated into divulging any more than he planned. What more could one expect to gain from a private meeting other than to perhaps pitch a specific product and ask Tim if he would competitively crush it?
Huh? Stock is up $5 today.
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Kara tried to ask Cook about leadership style etc. but he refused to answer. Just gave some answer about not wanting to talk about himself and letting others describe him.
Google Glass -- Apple is worried. Definitely worried.
Apple has, deservedly so, basked in the sunshine due to 'wow' products like the iPod, iPhone and the iPad and the best laptops in the industry. They created new markets and then crushed their opposition as any great company would do and made, literally, tons of money in the process.
As for Wear-ables, Google has the device everyone is talking about, and it hasn't even bee released yet: Google Glass. It has a hip/cool vibe about it. People are paying $1500 for the privilege of beta testing and developing for it. They are setting the tech media narrative which was once the sole domain of Apple. It is in the news all the time: a trans-formative device, banned from casinos, banned from bars is SF, people are begging to try it on, potential social and security issues, voice command based, etc. No one has a device even remotely like it and, again, it hasn't been released yet!
Judging by Tim's ho-hum response, Apple is clearly worried. Apple is no longer basking in the sun all by its self. Google is. Hell, there is even a feature film about Google coming out in a couple if weeks: the Interns. Talking about a marketing coup. Apple would kill for such a thing. This is not just product placement in a movie or TV program which Apple has done for many years. This is a feature film with worldwide distribution. Google is out-marketing Apple, who has for years set the standard for this. Yes, Time is worried.
Time will tell, but, if Google Glass is priced right, it will have a huge head start on the competition in a new market.
Apple has, deservedly so, basked in the sunshine due to 'wow' products like the iPod, iPhone and the iPad and the best laptops in the industry. They created new markets and then crushed their opposition as any great company would do and made, literally, tons of money in the process.
As for Wear-ables, Google has the device everyone is talking about, and it hasn't even bee released yet: Google Glass. It has a hip/cool vibe about it. People are paying $1500 for the privilege of beta testing and developing for it. They are setting the tech media narrative which was once the sole domain of Apple. It is in the news all the time: a trans-formative device, banned from casinos, banned from bars is SF, people are begging to try it on, potential social and security issues, voice command based, etc. No one has a device even remotely like it and, again, it hasn't been released yet!
Judging by Tim's ho-hum response, Apple is clearly worried. Apple is no longer basking in the sun all by its self. Google is. Hell, there is even a feature film about Google coming out in a couple if weeks: the Interns. Talking about a marketing coup. Apple would kill for such a thing. This is not just product placement in a movie or TV program which Apple has done for many years. This is a feature film with worldwide distribution. Google is out-marketing Apple, who has for years set the standard for this. Yes, Time is worried.
Time will tell, but, if Google Glass is priced right, it will have a huge head start on the competition in a new market.
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I await the day when someone catches him with a WP8 or Samsung phone. Would just be ironic
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Dude I just died laughing. I mean, I got to give credit to Samsung/Google for taking Apple's market share. And I agree that Apple needs to step up a bit but you just made something up. Good read though.
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Dude I just died laughing. I mean, I got to give credit to Samsung/Google for taking Apple's market share. And I agree that Apple needs to step up a bit but you just made something up. Good read though.
iThings
Well. I think Android 4.2. on the phone ( not on tablet) is no bad system. But there is no invention behind it. S2 resembled to iphone so much that is was even funny. And features like notif centre and on/off 3G,Wifi buttons?... just a rip-off of jailbroken iphone features.
The only thing I ever jailbroken the iPhone ( back when I had 3GS ) was the SBSettings, which android implements.
Well. I think Android 4.2. on the phone ( not on tablet) is no bad system. But there is no invention behind it. S2 resembled to iphone so much that is was even funny. And features like notif centre and on/off 3G,Wifi buttons?... just a rip-off of jailbroken iphone features.
The only thing I ever jailbroken the iPhone ( back when I had 3GS ) was the SBSettings, which android implements.
