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09/26/2005, 10:00am, EDT
Monday, September 26th
Motorola CEO criticizes iPod nano
Motorola's CEO Ed Zander, who expects companies such as Apple and Dell to offer their own hybrid communication/computing devices, offered a few harsh words for Apple's iPod nano, which analysts believe took the spotlight from the company's launch of Motorola ROKR iTunes phone. "'Screw the nano. What the hell does the nano do? Who listens to 1,000 songs?' Zander said. People are going to want devices that do more than just play music, something that can be seen in many other countries with more advanced mobile phone networks and savvy users, he said."
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And the there's this: "more advanced mobile phone networks"
Exactly. And I'm pretty sure that is outside of Apple's control/responsibility.
PS, I'd rather listen to 1000 songs than make a phone call.
time for the iPhone. or screw it, just buy motorola and make it into a REAL device company.
Instead of spending all that money on sexy rockstars for your phone booth commercial- you should have figured out how to make the phone sexy.
Crying about your ugly stepchild doesn't help either.
Better go back to the drawing board- asap.
I was on a plane last week and a dude had a black nano. EVERYONE wanted to touch it and handle it, just like the commercial!
And quite unlike the ROKR. Whip that out in a bar and no one will give a shit.
In my opinion he's got it all backwards.