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Tim Cook Discusses Steve Jobs, Apple's Rivals, and Calls Apple Watch 'The First Modern Smartwatch'
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"If you try to engineer to the complexity, then it does become the impossible dream. But if you step back and think about the problem differently, think about what youre really trying to do, then I dont think it becomes an impossible task at all."
This line in the interview struck me, and I feel like it could also pertain to life in general.
This line in the interview struck me, and I feel like it could also pertain to life in general.
no he isnt. MP3 players existed, but they sucked. hardly mainstream, limited to techies. i know, i had the Diamond Rio PMP300, one of the first. when the ipod came along it smoked the socks off of anything else on the market, from gen 1. all of sudden they took off.
hint: theres a reason audio shows are called "podcasts" -- the ipod made them super easy to access and mainstream.
When is this going to happen? Eventually, in thousands of years, people will forget that smartphones existed before the iPhone. You yourself will probably forget it, too, late in life when you have Alzheimer's. Or perhaps you are telling us that you had already forgotten, until Tim Cook reminded you, and that you'll likely forget again by tomorrow.
wrong. apple was already the biggest, most profitable company in existence, it didnt need a new dock connector to do that.
30-pin was an old standard that had outlived its usefulness -- too bulky for modern devices. want proof? look at an iphone 6...impossible to put a 30-pin in that.
case closed.
Well these guys seem to do it find with a much longer battery life even when running GPS.
http://www.handtec.co.uk/satnav-gps...VWxyKtgjkkXAFWOktvYlBkdlvqqDnNZ1SsxoCc_Xw_wcB
oh yeah? so youve used the watch? sending taps isnt a differentiating feature? heart beats? a design that doesnt look like a hockey puck?
They're losing sales in iPads and will eventually lose sales in iPhones, the opposition is getting stronger all the time.
Why does he need to keep mentioning Jobs, he's the CEO, Jobs died years ago.
I'm simply stating facts, the guy is full of rubbish, the watch hasn't even hit the market yet and yet he talks about it as if it's the only thing worth buying.
Oh and don't worry I'm sure I'll get banned again because I've upset an Apple fan. By the way, I'm pretty sure I own more Apple stuff than you do, but I don't sit around sharing the love.
When I had the Moto 360 there didn't seem to be much value outside the default apps that it had. I don't know if it was Android Wear in it's infancy or I just didn't spend that much time trying to figure it out. But it seems like the Apple Watch seems to have more to offer with all of the apps the developers are creating. Whether I get it or not is still on the table as I don't really see too much of a need for a smartwatch at this time.
Exactly.
And there's another thing that Apple did... the iTunes Music Store.
Anyone could have built a music store... and some other companies certainly tried.
But the combination of iPod hardware and iTMS and their ease-of-use shoved Apple's solution into the mainstream.
Has anyone though WHY the iPad is "losing sales"...?
How may have been sold? How many versions have been put out?
Hello...many those that have them "still" use them. No need to get a new one.
ipads have not been revolutionary from version to version. No reason to buy another.
Make us desire a new iPad and not MAKE us because you put out another iOS that makes the old versions slow so we HAVE to buy a new one and THEN, THEN sales will go up again.
The iPad is an incredible product. Just needs NEW reasons to buy another...that is all.
How may have been sold? How many versions have been put out?
Hello...many those that have them "still" use them. No need to get a new one.
ipads have not been revolutionary from version to version. No reason to buy another.
Make us desire a new iPad and not MAKE us because you put out another iOS that makes the old versions slow so we HAVE to buy a new one and THEN, THEN sales will go up again.
The iPad is an incredible product. Just needs NEW reasons to buy another...that is all.
Same thought here. His statements somehow start to get a deeper, still not visionary, but more thoughtful sense.
I think most with an understanding of the market have realized the loss in iPad sales is due to their longevity as a product.
My dad currently uses the iPad 1 that I bought. My friend uses my iPad 3. While I use the iPad Air 2. There are 2 people in that equation that Apple will never know bought an iPad and it also shows that the product's life lasts a good deal of time. It isn't like phones which people buy predictably every 2 years, less. It's a product that serves its purpose years after purchase.
There isn't anything wrong with him talking about it being the only thing worth buying. When have you ever seen a company that makes product X tell people to go buy product X from their competitor?
Regarding iPhone sales, I don't see that happening any time soon. If this does happen, it will be due to the amount of competition they have, not necessarily the quality. Although, I do admit that some of their competitors are putting out some nice products.
Tone down the rhetoric
Apple has to seriously swallow a little bit of humble pie and realize that everything they do is not revolutionary, and give credit where credit is due.
Apple "leaked" the idea they wanted to make a watch years ago, and so companies like Google and Samsung whipped out some product over the last few years, Apple took notes, and refined what "groundbreakers" have offered. I don't find Apple Watch to be incredibly evolved past what has already been offered, and to be honest, is not even the best looking smartwatch on the market. It is so easy to look at what other people have done and improve upon it, which has been Apple's modus operandi for a while now.
Apple is like 3M, they may not make the products that people use, they make them better. There is credit due to Apple for making things better and highly coveted, but the innovation Apple constantly boasts about is first initiated by other companies and Apple follows up a few years later. And the worst part is the fanbois swallow up this Apple rhetoric tripe and regurgitate it as fact.
It would be nice for Apple to be less arrogant a company; I could respect a successful "humble" company, but when a company uses an incredible amount of hyperbole, rhetoric and sensationalism surrounding every product release it gets old quickly, and it turns off a lot of would be customers. It's why Apple is the most successful #2 company in most product markets.
Apple has to seriously swallow a little bit of humble pie and realize that everything they do is not revolutionary, and give credit where credit is due.
Apple "leaked" the idea they wanted to make a watch years ago, and so companies like Google and Samsung whipped out some product over the last few years, Apple took notes, and refined what "groundbreakers" have offered. I don't find Apple Watch to be incredibly evolved past what has already been offered, and to be honest, is not even the best looking smartwatch on the market. It is so easy to look at what other people have done and improve upon it, which has been Apple's modus operandi for a while now.
Apple is like 3M, they may not make the products that people use, they make them better. There is credit due to Apple for making things better and highly coveted, but the innovation Apple constantly boasts about is first initiated by other companies and Apple follows up a few years later. And the worst part is the fanbois swallow up this Apple rhetoric tripe and regurgitate it as fact.
It would be nice for Apple to be less arrogant a company; I could respect a successful "humble" company, but when a company uses an incredible amount of hyperbole, rhetoric and sensationalism surrounding every product release it gets old quickly, and it turns off a lot of would be customers. It's why Apple is the most successful #2 company in most product markets.
I think the "big" difference might be in approach. Apple has thrown a lot into their watches. There's a lot of functionality (my opinion too much in some regards and gimicky in others - but that's my opinion). In doing so, they've created an OS (combined with internals) that are likely to eat at battery live MORE than how Android Wear has been developed and implemented into hardware from the OEMs - at least at this point.
So I don't argue that GPS, on an Apple Watch would likely greatly diminish battery life. Another reason why APIs will be limited for developers. Unfortunate though. But at this stage, I believe Apple needs to curb the conversation away from battery life as much as possible. It's not a differentiation at best - and a hindrance at worse.
Is it me or the Apple culture has become more like "walk away" from stuff?
I still believe the iPad is not a mandatory tool. At least not for what I am using it.
Do I have it?
Yes.
Do I regret buying it?
Yep....
I have the feeling the Watch is on the same page. I will be really waiting before jumping on the Watch train.
But this is where I stand.
I still love Apple's iPhone, iMac and MBP lines. They suck when it comes to reliability (I buried 2 MBPs and almost had a dead iMac due to GPU issues).
Apple - stop walking away from stuff, start walking towards new, real innovative things.
That's the company I love.
I still believe the iPad is not a mandatory tool. At least not for what I am using it.
Do I have it?
Yes.
Do I regret buying it?
Yep....
I have the feeling the Watch is on the same page. I will be really waiting before jumping on the Watch train.
But this is where I stand.
I still love Apple's iPhone, iMac and MBP lines. They suck when it comes to reliability (I buried 2 MBPs and almost had a dead iMac due to GPU issues).
Apple - stop walking away from stuff, start walking towards new, real innovative things.
That's the company I love.
I agree with much of this.
The 360 had a neat "toy" aspect to it, and I did love the notifications, and being able to glance at it quickly. Outside of that, it just felt like normal Android, shrunk down to a small screen. I can imagine that newer firmware has helped it, however it felt a bit laggy, and I ended up liking the round face much less than I would have expected over time.
The other wearable that I have tried (the Microsoft Band), just felt like a bizarre shaped digital watch, that had some health features enabled, and the ability to display (some when it worked properly) notifications.
I am curious to see how well the Apple watch does, and am excited to experience some of the innovation (much of which is glossed over) that this device may (or may not) add to my daily routine.
If the thrill doesn't wear off within 2 weeks (like the 360 and Band did for me), I will be impressed!
I remember the iPad being panned....it was not a device people thought would be needed and here we are 5 years later and everyone has a tablet.
People may have been in on MP3 players, but the iPod itself wasn't accepted right off the bat. Cook is right in that there were many critics of each of these products at the onset and look at them now.
There are plenty of people who are greatly anticipating the Apple Watch. There are also those who think it'll be DOA. History tells us that, when it comes to Apple, go with the former rather than the latter.
I think you need to define what you mean with 'big demand' and 'instant success'. Otherwise it could be that your definition of 'instant success' is rather one of it-felt-like-an-instant-success which essentially allows you to decide at will what is a success and what is not.
How much money do you think the most valuable company in the world makes off changing connectors and additional cables?
Because Jobs was a VERY influential, respected person - who STILL is associated with the Apple brand.
Does the CEO of Jim Henson's Creature Shop still talk about Jim Henson? Does the CEO of Disney still talk about Walt Disney? Yes and yes. And this is NORMAL for influential CEOs. It's not like the CEO of Foot Locker is talking up the former CEO of Foot Locker. You show your bias (regardless of owning Apple products) by not understanding this.
Steve Jobs Office in new campus?
Wonder if they will make a Steve Jobs office in the new campus... Or would that be weird, like if they cannot move on, or so? Or is it so integrated in Apples DNA that he HAS to have an office?
Wonder if they will make a Steve Jobs office in the new campus... Or would that be weird, like if they cannot move on, or so? Or is it so integrated in Apples DNA that he HAS to have an office?
"We werent first on the MP3 player"
No sure what he's supposed to have been rewriting
What is it with comprehension levels these days? "it only took apple several generations to get it right...Same for iphone & ipad but those were instant successes"
So how's that the same?
He said as they charged an extra 30 bucks for an adapter to "soften" that blow... you know, "for innovation...".