Other Steve holds forth
March 3rd 2008
Sydney Morning Herald (Oz) is reporting comments by Steve "I haven't worked at Apple in over 20 years" Wozniak (aka Other Steve) in which he holds forth on the iPhone, MacBook Air and Apple TV.
"To tell you the truth I was really disappointed when the iPhone was introduced ... half the phones in the AT&T store at the time were 3G phones," said Mr Wozniak following tech conference speech in Oz. "I was shocked because Apple is bringing the full internet [to mobiles]--full web pages with pictures and everything--and it's not 3G and I knew that would be a speed detriment."
When ask about the MacBook Air, he said "I don't think it's going to be a hit," adding that the lack of an optical drive, ethernet and swappable batteries are problems.
"I'm trying to figure out a way to make the Air a part of my life because i'm a one-laptop-only person," he continued. "I don't feel it's a benefit if you have to carry the Air plus a DVD player plus a couple of extra dongles to connect to Ethernet things and also maybe an extra hard disk to carry your music--but still there's a pureness about it and really I like it."
Regarding Apple TV, Other Steve said that "My life is way too global and unpredictable for that [24-hour time limit]--I'll get interrupted by something and I won't finish it; I don't want to have to pay again."
He's got some valid points, no?
And, although Wozniak said Steve Jobs "very seldom" complains about his public comments and criticisms of Apple / products, I can almost hear a collective groan, "Oy, there he goes again," emanating from 1 Infinite Loop...
What's your take?
