Cell Phones to Overtake iPod?
Bill gates made interview comments to a German newspaper that he sees mobile phones overtaking iPods for portable music players.
He drew comparisons to Apple's early lead in personal computers/GUIs which was later lost. In typical Microsoft fashion, Microsoft is marketing Windows Mobile smartphone software to cell phone manufacturers.
Mobile phones are anticipated to make a major move towards MP3/Audio playback. As well, even Steve Jobs has indicated that cell phone popularity has largely made the concept of a PDA of less importance. Whether or not this trend will continue to encompass MP3 players remains to be seen.
"As good as Apple may be, I don't believe the success of the iPod is sustainable in the long run," he said in an interview published in Thursday's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
He drew comparisons to Apple's early lead in personal computers/GUIs which was later lost. In typical Microsoft fashion, Microsoft is marketing Windows Mobile smartphone software to cell phone manufacturers.
Mobile phones are anticipated to make a major move towards MP3/Audio playback. As well, even Steve Jobs has indicated that cell phone popularity has largely made the concept of a PDA of less importance. Whether or not this trend will continue to encompass MP3 players remains to be seen.
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88 months ago
Men of power and their ego's. How assanine and full of envy this Billy guy is.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/tech_microsoft_gates_dc
Nonetheless, with Apples expected Motorola itunes phone on the way, I wonder what Gates will be complaining about this time next year. He should go back to dealing with the new xbox and his relationship with bono.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/tech_microsoft_gates_dc
Nonetheless, with Apples expected Motorola itunes phone on the way, I wonder what Gates will be complaining about this time next year. He should go back to dealing with the new xbox and his relationship with bono.
88 months ago
What a pittiful, bitter man. Although I agree to a certain extent that the iPod boom cant go on forever, I also think Bill is so jealous of Apple's success he cant sleep at night. The man dominates the computer world and is still so insecure that a tiny lil' ol' company like Apple get his underwear in a knot. Good grief.
88 months ago
How is it bitter for him to say the iPod won't last?
What do you think he will say, "MS and anyone will never be able to overtake the iPod, so I think we will just give up."
You never trust what anyone from a company says..it's all PR and spin.
He may personally think the iPod is the greatest thing ever made, but he wouldn't say that because it would hurt his company.
What do you think he will say, "MS and anyone will never be able to overtake the iPod, so I think we will just give up."
You never trust what anyone from a company says..it's all PR and spin.
He may personally think the iPod is the greatest thing ever made, but he wouldn't say that because it would hurt his company.
88 months ago
Personally i think Billy is under a lot of stress at the moment, I saw an interview with him the other night on CNN and i thought he looked like sh*t.(not saying he looks the best normally :D) He looked like he hadn't had any sleep for the past week, and he's lookin really old. Maybe Sony and Apple are getting the better of him. :D
And why is it that the only thing he can talk about in interviews is Apples and Sony's so-called "problems"......
Peace
DjVoTeZ
And why is it that the only thing he can talk about in interviews is Apples and Sony's so-called "problems"......
Peace
DjVoTeZ
88 months ago
Read more and comment...
http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/12/technology/personaltech/gates_cellphones.reut/index.htm?cnn=yes
Isn't Apple pursuing this as well though with the Motorola venture? I like how he makes the Macintosh sound like a "dead" piece of equipment.
http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/12/technology/personaltech/gates_cellphones.reut/index.htm?cnn=yes
Isn't Apple pursuing this as well though with the Motorola venture? I like how he makes the Macintosh sound like a "dead" piece of equipment.
88 months ago
I don't - and won't - buy it. I think people will continue to want tiny cell phones, not all-in-ones that are comparatively large. Not to say that people won't buy MP3 phones - of course they will - but I don't see this as something that will hurt iPod sales. Shuffle sales - maybe. But, to get 60GB, you need something fairly large, and to pack all that into a phone would make the phone larger than an iPod, which is already bigger than I want to have to carry just to get phone calls. Even packing in a few GB will force a larger phone/larger battery. They'll sell, but not in massive numbers.
88 months ago
Hmm...
Presently, I own an iPod, iPaq, & cell phone. I wouldn't mind tying all of their features together in one device at all. BUT, I don't think that kind of technology exists (yet). Something the size of a Star Trek communicator would be nice - the old skool kind that Kirk used.
Presently, I own an iPod, iPaq, & cell phone. I wouldn't mind tying all of their features together in one device at all. BUT, I don't think that kind of technology exists (yet). Something the size of a Star Trek communicator would be nice - the old skool kind that Kirk used.
88 months ago
I don't - and won't - buy it. I think people will continue to want tiny cell phones, not all-in-ones that are comparatively large. Not to say that people won't buy MP3 phones - of course they will - but I don't see this as something that will hurt iPod sales. Shuffle sales - maybe. But, to get 60GB, you need something fairly large, and to pack all that into a phone would make the phone larger than an iPod, which is already bigger than I want to have to carry just to get phone calls. Even packing in a few GB will force a larger phone/larger battery. They'll sell, but not in massive numbers.
I couldn't agree more. I don't want a huge bulging phone that does everything. I want it do what it's made for: communication. Until you can get 20GB of storage in flash for cheap, the ipod will still be #1
88 months ago
i dont want a jack of all trades, and this has been proved in the market as well, otherwise the iPod wouldn't be as popular as it is right now
maybe when the technology is there to seamlessly integrate everything into one packages, easily, efficently and in a small size then the iPod would have to worry
maybe when the technology is there to seamlessly integrate everything into one packages, easily, efficently and in a small size then the iPod would have to worry
88 months ago
Well let's see why Billy might be stressed.
Longhorn is receiving some of the most negative press anything Microsoft has worked on, and not just one or two analysts - lots of them.
Apple is in the limelight right now, and secretly, Bill hates this - wouldn't you?
Apple is a hip, cool finely tuned machine right now compared to MS's swiss cheese security nightmare.
Longhorn is receiving some of the most negative press anything Microsoft has worked on, and not just one or two analysts - lots of them.
Apple is in the limelight right now, and secretly, Bill hates this - wouldn't you?
Apple is a hip, cool finely tuned machine right now compared to MS's swiss cheese security nightmare.
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