Ipods Quotes

• An iPod, a phone, an internet mobile communicator... these are NOT three separate devices! And we are calling it iPhone! Today Apple is going to reinvent the phone. And here it is.

  Steve Jobs

  Technology, Iphone, Phones

  Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.51, Prabhat Prakashan

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• digital hub (center of our universe) is moving from PC to cloud - PC now just another client alongside iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, ... - Apple is in danger of hanging on to old paradigm too long (innovator's dilemma) - Google and Microsoft are further along on the technology, but haven't quite figured it out yet - tie all of our products together, so we further lock customers into our ecosystem

  Steve Jobs

  Moving, Technology, Clouds

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• I've got my kids brainwashed: You don't use Google, and you don't use an iPod.

  Steve Ballmer

  Kids, Google, Dimensions

  "The sleeping giant goes on the offensive". Interview with Telis Demos, archive.fortune.com. March 29, 2006.

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• My iPod that was programmed by Peter Buck. It has 7,000 songs hand-picked for me by him.

  Michael Stipe

  Song, Hands, Bucks

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• I've been looking at the iPod- the Apple iPod. One of the interesting things about the iPod, one of the things that people love most about it is not the technology; it's the box it comes in

  Donald A. Norman

  Technology, Apples, People

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• Exercise is really important to me - it's therapeutic. So if I'm ever feeling tense or stressed or like I'm about to have a meltdown, I'll put on my iPod and head to the gym or out on a bike ride along Lake Michigan with the girls.

  Michelle Obama

  Girl, Exercise, Lakes

  Michelle Obama, Lisa Rogak (2009). “Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words”, p.55, PublicAffairs

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• The iPod completely changed the way people approach music.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Music, Artist, Technology

  "Ipod all the rage in high fashion" by Leander Kahney, www.wired.com. May 12, 2004.

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• I don't have an iPod.

  Mary Timony

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• We know that Europe loves President Obama. He had adoring crowds. The press loves Obama. The question is how will this date end? Okay? The question is, to what end? Why do they love President Obama? They love his personal story, they love his wife. North Korea, China and Russia don't really care about Michelle's arms and, you know, whether they gave an iPod to the Queen, okay?

  Laura Ingraham

  Queens, Russia, Korea

  "Laura Ingraham Tweaks 'Today' On Obama Obsession". "Today" with Matt Lauer, www.newsbusters.org. April 8, 2009.

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• In my hand luggage I always have my camera, iPod, make-up bag, tooth brush, cleansing products, clean underwear, socks and a change of clothes in case anything goes missing at the other end - and of course my passport.

  Lisa Snowdon

  Clean Underwear, Hands, Clothes

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• I am hoping, though, that many of them have kids, who, when they have a moment to take a break from their iPods, Internet, or Google, will explain to their parents running the country just how the world is being flattened.

  Thomas Friedman

  Running, Country, Kids

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• My children - in many dimensions they're as poorly behaved as many other children, but at least on this dimension I've got my kids brainwashed: You don't use Google, and you don't use an iPod.

  Steve Ballmer

  Children, Stupid, Kids

  "2006 Foot-in-Mouth Awards", www.wired.com. December 26, 2006.

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• We had the hardware expertise, the industrial design expertise and the software expertise, including iTunes. One of the biggest insights we have was that we decided not to try to manage your music library on the iPod, but to manage it in iTunes. Other companies tried to do everything on the device itself and made it so complicated that it was useless.

  Steve Jobs

  Design, Trying, Library

  Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.38, Prabhat Prakashan

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• You know, you keep on innovating, you keep on making better stuff. And if you always want the latest and greatest, then you have to buy a new iPod at least once a year.

  Steve Jobs

  Years, Want, Stuff

  "Steve Jobs on Innovation". Interview With Brian Williams, www.nbclearn.com. October 06, 2011.

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• I just like to walk around New York, just put my iPod on and walk around.

  Kristen Wiig

  New York, Walks

  Interview with Sara Stewart, www.kristenwiig.org. December 16, 2007.

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• I personally believe that the iPod is a frankly corrosive device because it encourages you to surround yourself with your favorites. The whole idea of a playlist is to surround yourself with your favorite things, and the interesting thing is that when you do that, they cease to be your favorites.

  Hugh Laurie

  Believe, Ideas, Interesting

  "Hugh Laurie peels 'The Oranges' and talks about happiness after 'House'". Interview with Thelma Adams, yahoo.com. October 5, 2012.

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• There are sneakers that cost more than an iPod.

  Steve Jobs

  Sneakers, Cost

  As quoted in Newsweek, October 27, 2003.

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• First was the mouse. The second was the click wheel. And now, we're going to bring multi-touch to the market. And each of these revolutionary interfaces has made possible a revolutionary product - the Mac, the iPod and now the iPhone.

  Steve Jobs

  Iphone, Firsts, Wheels

  Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.60, Prabhat Prakashan

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• The most common format of music on an iPod is 'stolen.'

  Steve Ballmer

  Drm, Common, Stolen

  "Love DRM or my family starves: why Steve Ballmer doesn't Get It" by John Lettice, www.theregister.co.uk. October 7, 2004.

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• I think [“Shake It Off”] is awesome! It sticks in your head. I heard it one time and I was, like, singing it all day long! Of course she's gonna go and do a pop record if she wants to. She's an amazing writer so if she comes back tomorrow and says 'I'm gonna make a country record now', we'll listen to that and buy it too! I mean, it doesn't matter. I'm just proud of her for doing whatever art she wants to do; it's gonna be successful it's Taylor Swift! I have a lot of her material on my iPod and I bought the new single. I'm a supporter of hers.

  Miranda Lambert

  Country, Art, Mean

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• Chinese workers are not forced into factories because of our insatiable desire for iPods. They choose to leave their homes in order to earn money, to learn new skills, and to see the world.

  Leslie T. Chang

  Motivation, Inspiration, Home

  "The voices of China's workers". TED Talk, www.ted.com. June 2012.

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• Frankly, I didn't know how I would react to Apple's over-hyped MP3 player until I used one. Now I would have a hard time parting with it: Consider me converted.

  Paul Thurrott

  Hard Times, Player, Mp3

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• If Apple ever lowers the iPod's price and develops Windows software for it, watch out: the invasion of the iPod people will surely begin in earnest.

  David Pogue

  Apples, People, Watches

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• I love to eat and I don't believe in denying myself, so I have to work out. I'm not obsessed with it, I don't have a trainer or do any of the fancy classes, but I usually put on my iPod and run on the treadmill for an hour a few days a week.

  Amber Rose

  Running, Believe, Class

  "Amber Rose's Singular Look" by Johanna Cox, www.elle.com. November 25, 2009.

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• Technological change is discontinuous. The monks in their scriptoria did not invent the printing press, horse breeders did not invent the motorcar, and the music industry did not invent the iPod or launch iTunes.

  Jason Epstein

  Horse, Technological Change, Monk

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