Steve Jobs on Why Japanese company did not create the ipod.

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[700gsteak]

@internetzpotato I just read that article you're talking about and its interesting to look at how those companies mentioned in it have since fought back. Most of them have stuck to doing what they do best (hardware) and let google handle the roots of the software. Balckberry hasnt changed so their marketshare continues to dive. Nokia teamed up with windows. Even panasonic which went japan only in 2006 is going to smartphones to turn things around.

[700gsteak]

@chase0291 No. the first mp3 encoder software was made by a german organisation. The first hardware mp3 device was made by a korean company. At the time mp3 was gaining traction Japanese companies were still mostly supporting sony's atrac format.

[Cryofax]

I'll finish that last sentence for him at the end of the video ... "it's an overpriced piece of crap in a pretty box". :) Haha! Kidding. Don't get your panties in a wad, Mac zombies.

[johanlaurasia]

A great example of all this is the Chinese knockoff phones. They're made to look like an iPhone or Blackberry, but the user interfaces are horrible. Both the Chinese and Japanese cultures are quite different than Western cultures, and it's easy to see when you use a knockoff device that the coders have no clue how to make a useful, easy interface.

[internetzpotato]

@therealblkraptor Uh no. A great programmer will tell you a clean intuitive interface is fundamental. If you actually used those advanced Japanese phones that can let you watch TV while doing a million other things, you'll find the interface is very unfriendly. There was a NY Times article about how they laughed at the iPhone in Japan and Korea until they realized it was so much better to use than their devices: /2007/07/02/technology/02cellp­hone.html (Youtube won't post whole url)

[internetzpotato]

@naireland Wow, did you miss the entire point? "More functional" is not always better. Most people are happy with just having a device that does a few things well. That's been Apple's strength, and the weakness of the Asian companies. Ask any developer...by making the choices limited, you can build a product that does the things it does with less bugs. This is why the iPhone is so responsive and interface is smooth...I have a phone that runs multiple apps at the same time...slow as hell.

[naireland]

Alright Steve, I forgot that Apple was the first company to invent both software and hardware combination successfully. Oh wait, why is still necessary to jailbreak apple devices for third party software in order to make them more functional?

[Mistafixa101]

I doubt the japaneese are statisticly years a head in terms of technology now that I've heard this!

[therealblkraptor]

So let me get this straight... The reason why Japan didn't invent the personal mp3 player was because they couldn't figure out how to code for it? They could build them, but they just couldn't figure out how to make it boot a media player program. But the mighty Apple Computers knew that all you needed was a lightweight media player set to be the only thing that runs when you boot, or a minimalistic lightweight os that only displays text and launches a media player, images, or videos.

[ViciousDave4Life]

Sony slammed the industry with the walkman and there CD walkman up until 2000, than Apple released the first ever iPod.  In literally 2 years, the walkman went under a shadow and became less and less popular. I bought a CD walkman in 2000 and bought my first iPod (an iPod Mini), in 2005. I follow technology rather later than others because I wait to see how successful and good a product may be before I buy it.