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Motorola CEO Says "Screw the nano"
Sunday, September 25th, 2005 at 3:00 PM - by Bryan Chaffin
Motorola CEO Ed Zander doesn't care much for Apple's new iPod nano. In a leadership seminar hosted by the Churchill Club Friday, September 23rd, Mr. Zander said point blank, "Screw the nano," according to a report from IDG.
Strong words from the CEO of a company that worked with Apple, the maker of iPod nano, to produce Motorola's iTunes-capable phone, the ROKR.
"What the hell does the nano do?" he asked. "Who listens to 1,000 songs? 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."
Mr. Zander may not have noticed that the iPod -- a line of digital media devices that does one thing, and one thing only, play music in capacities of a few hundred up to 15,000 songs -- is the hottest product on the planet in terms of mind share and market share within the world of digital media devices.
Accordingly, the answer to his question, "Who listens to 1,000 songs?" is simply the many millions of people who buy iPods quarter after quarter.
That said, the entire digital media device market is a fraction of the size of the cell phone market where Motorola is a major player.
Thanks to our friends at MacCentral for the heads up on the quote.
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