Jobs on Motorola iTunes, Video iPod, Bluetooth, And More

Good, no video iPod.

In SJ's own way he is saying "the ROKR is a piece of ****" lol....i love it ... 'A learning experince'

In SJ's own way he is saying "the ROKR is a piece of ****" lol....i love it ... 'A learning experince'

That's CEO-speak for you. He at least seems more neutral about video these days. People might not want a dedicated video player but since you have a device with a color LCD and a hard drive in it... you might as well add it in. Even if it's not the greatest quality it's just a nice to have for a music video or video podcast. His comments on BT seem sensible. I wonder what's next for the iPod lines. They are becoming rather mature products.

No, it doesn't have to be a dedicated play back device, just let the existing iPods play movies.. on the display or on TV via RCB cables.

When say movies I mean those you've recorded yourself or Video Podcasts etc, and NOT feature films or TV programmes.

This would complete the package, IMO.

"Jobs discussed video on handheld devices - such as a Video iPod. He admits that you can download videos from iTunes as well as Video Podcasts, but is uncertain if people will buy a dedicated video playback device. "So far they haven't. No one has been successfull with that yet."

I guess no bluetooth any time soon.. unless he's got something up his sleeve.


@WrxGuy - LOL - like the interpretation

In SJ's own way he is saying "the ROKR is a piece of ****" lol....i love it ... 'A learning experince'

Actually, he's implying its a mistake, because you are meant to learn from those.
:p

A learning experiance = not a great experiance but a learning experiance. That's what you say when things don't go well and you are trying to put a good face on it.

Don't expect another iTunes phone from Moto, I suspect if there is a demand for it Apple will design their own. It's what we all want anyway. ;)

If only they insert the Bluetooth part for car stereo and pauses the ipod when a call is coming in from your bluetooth phone! Or will that have to be the next generation of wireless datatransfer? I WANT IT NOW!!!!

A learning experiance = not a great experiance but a learning experiance. That's what you say when things don't go well and you are trying to put a good face on it.

100% agree. Placing your hand on a hot stove is a learning experience. It's also a really dumb idea and probably one you'll never do again.

I think battling the carriers' desire to control all content and their heavy influence on phone features via firmware was just too much hassle for Apple to deal with. Not sure about other regions of the world but the US mobile carriers want to control all content coming into those cell phones. I understand why, selling crap-quality ring tones for $4 sure seems lucrative. However, it really seems to be slowing innovation down compared to what could be done with mobile phones, fast mobile networks and computer sync'ing. It's a shame there's a lot of potential there.

Good, no video iPod.

I wouldn't assume that conclusion at all.

He said that no one has been successful with that yet. That could be Jobspeak for no one has done it right...yet.

Jobs discussed video on handheld devices - such as a Video iPod. He admits that you can download videos from iTunes as well as Video Podcasts, but is uncertain if people will buy a dedicated video playback device. "So far they haven't. No one has been successfull with that yet."

Well that doesn't make any dang sense. Neither was the portable music player market until Apple came along. :rolleyes:
If Apple doesn’t want to enter the market fine by me. I’m getting something that will play my DVD rips of my Blockbuster all-you-can-eat films. I’ve found my new best method for watching movies\TV shows is ripping them, dropping them on my iPaq 4700, returning the movie, watch the movies on either my iPaq or my TV, then simply delete it and move on to the next one. I’ve got a que of something like 20 movies\TV shows built up because I go through 8 a week and watch only one or two in a couple day period. It’s the perfect setup. I’d love it in H.264. Too bad Jobs doesn’t want to invigorate any other industries. I’m starting to seriously eye the PSP. Hopefully the next gen will have a built in hard drive so all the TV shows I’m going though can be dumped on that thing.