jobsen_ski
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A company called sonos has released a airport express rival and has showed it Jobs only hours after her announced airport express - stupid or what, the thing doesnt look anything like the airport express however - more like a mini version of the G5 (for the recivers) and a blatent rip of of the ipod for the remote controll. see here -
http://www.sonos.com/products/
from appleturns.com -
And here's where we wander into "What Was He Thinking?" territory: faithful viewer Ryan McLean tipped us off to a Wall Street Journal article which reports that Sonos chief McFarlane just happened to be at D: All Things Digital this week, where Steve Jobs was making his annual appearance. McFarlane apparently decided that it'd be a really great idea to demo his own company's home wireless music streaming system to Steve-- within days, if not mere hours, of Steve having announced Apple's own competing product.
(Before we go any further, just so you don't get all stressed out about Sonos being a potential "AirTunes killer" product, the receiver costs $499 and the remote costs $399. 'Nuff said.)
Now, granted, we're speaking with benefit of hindsight, here, but we just can't imagine what McFarlane hoped to accomplish from such a move-- and the end result was nothing if not entirely predictable: reportedly after handling the Sonos remote control, Steve "said he believed the product might violate Apple patents related to the design of the iPod" and shuffled off to "figure out if he can sue." Ouch. But seriously, even if Sonos hadn't introduced an arguably sexier competing product (that's not just any remote control; it has a full-color screen, shows album art and upcoming songs, etc.) on the same day that Apple had launched AirPort Express, Steve would probably be phoning the lawyers. C'mon, look at this thing-- we'd swear that scroll wheel was Photoshopped into place right from a bona fide iPod photo.
Which isn't to say that even if there weren't a potential patent infringement suit in the cards, McFarlane hadn't still made a bafflingly poor move walking up to Steve and saying "hey look, we just released something that makes AirPort Express look like a Blue Light Special." Heck, if Steve couldn't find grounds upon which to sue, he'd probably have had a couple of goons kneecap McFarlane in the parking lot. But you live and learn, we suppose.
what an idiot have you seen those pictures theres got to be grounds for a law suit there - and doesnt apple have a patent on that wheel?
http://www.sonos.com/products/
from appleturns.com -
And here's where we wander into "What Was He Thinking?" territory: faithful viewer Ryan McLean tipped us off to a Wall Street Journal article which reports that Sonos chief McFarlane just happened to be at D: All Things Digital this week, where Steve Jobs was making his annual appearance. McFarlane apparently decided that it'd be a really great idea to demo his own company's home wireless music streaming system to Steve-- within days, if not mere hours, of Steve having announced Apple's own competing product.
(Before we go any further, just so you don't get all stressed out about Sonos being a potential "AirTunes killer" product, the receiver costs $499 and the remote costs $399. 'Nuff said.)
Now, granted, we're speaking with benefit of hindsight, here, but we just can't imagine what McFarlane hoped to accomplish from such a move-- and the end result was nothing if not entirely predictable: reportedly after handling the Sonos remote control, Steve "said he believed the product might violate Apple patents related to the design of the iPod" and shuffled off to "figure out if he can sue." Ouch. But seriously, even if Sonos hadn't introduced an arguably sexier competing product (that's not just any remote control; it has a full-color screen, shows album art and upcoming songs, etc.) on the same day that Apple had launched AirPort Express, Steve would probably be phoning the lawyers. C'mon, look at this thing-- we'd swear that scroll wheel was Photoshopped into place right from a bona fide iPod photo.
Which isn't to say that even if there weren't a potential patent infringement suit in the cards, McFarlane hadn't still made a bafflingly poor move walking up to Steve and saying "hey look, we just released something that makes AirPort Express look like a Blue Light Special." Heck, if Steve couldn't find grounds upon which to sue, he'd probably have had a couple of goons kneecap McFarlane in the parking lot. But you live and learn, we suppose.
what an idiot have you seen those pictures theres got to be grounds for a law suit there - and doesnt apple have a patent on that wheel?
