Segway CTO To Become Apple VP of Product Design

[J&JPolangin]

Cool! A Segway with iPod click wheels.

...(little) chuckle....

 

[jouster]

Segway, the biggest flop of this Millennium.

Think I'd give that to the Sinclair C5......if you allow me a little millennium flexibility.

 

[Gasu E.]

Interesting parallel

Apple's Steve Jobs (pronounced "jobs") introduces iconic cool tech product

Arrested Development's GOB (pronounced "jobe") rides iconic idiot tech product

 

[Chromako]

Guys - chill out... Another brain in the HQ that knows how to make game-changing products. Chill out. This is good.


He's not going to match the segway design to the iMac or anything. Calm down.

Game Changing. Innovative. And really, the Segway was a wonderful example of man-machine interface- exactly what makes OS X so special (among other things). I think this will be great!

 

[Snips]

be careful out there

Apple/Segway hybrids all good...

...except, when riding your Segway on the highway, you need to be ready for the, 'Boom!'

 

[applejilted]

Marry an accelerometer with a gyroscope

wow .... think of the infinitely loopy (hehe....couldn't resist) possibilities....

 

[spork183]

Game Changing. Innovative. And really, the Segway was a wonderful example of man-machine interface- exactly what makes OS X so special (among other things). I think this will be great!

for faster computing, lean forward. And if you're gonna run anyone over on the information highway, all they have to do is pop your computer in the chops and it will stop cold...

 

[mkrishnan]

And profitable flops are the best kind, aren't they?

Source? AFAIK, the Segway is the Failboat on wheels.

 

[TopGear]

Does this mean that the president will Brodie onto the sidewalk the first time he hits -tab?

http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/M/j/bush_segway_fall.jpg

 

[eRondeau]

...because when you think of runaway commercial success, you think of Segway.

 

[8CoreWhore]

Put the guy in charge of MobileMe, at least then it won't fall.