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Please no!! There are already people who can't work out sat nav. Combine that with the average Apple user and it adds up to disaster.
[citation][nom]xerroz[/nom]And don't forget it would have the same specs as a Toyota Camry[/citation]
That wouldn't stop those who bought it (especially those who don't know much about cars) from bragging to everyone they know that it is the best car ever made.
That wouldn't stop those who bought it (especially those who don't know much about cars) from bragging to everyone they know that it is the best car ever made.
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Oh, great. Now look what we have to look forward to:
the company makes it happen "for Steve".
They patent a whole bunch of stuff that has already been in use forever, like steering wheels and putting the accelerator on the right, and sue all other car makers out of business in the US and Europe.
We end up with only Apple branded cars that will go 35mph, and only 35mph, but showing a rating of "40 Jobs units per second" just to "think different".
Apple patents street controls, and we end up with automated cars, which we can't own and can only ride like a bus, taking us to work when Apple deems it is time for us to work, at what jobs Apple deems we must work.
It was going to be bad enough with their TV, now we have to deal with this too. Hello, 1984. it's a little late in coming, but it will be Apple behind it.
the company makes it happen "for Steve".
They patent a whole bunch of stuff that has already been in use forever, like steering wheels and putting the accelerator on the right, and sue all other car makers out of business in the US and Europe.
We end up with only Apple branded cars that will go 35mph, and only 35mph, but showing a rating of "40 Jobs units per second" just to "think different".
Apple patents street controls, and we end up with automated cars, which we can't own and can only ride like a bus, taking us to work when Apple deems it is time for us to work, at what jobs Apple deems we must work.
It was going to be bad enough with their TV, now we have to deal with this too. Hello, 1984. it's a little late in coming, but it will be Apple behind it.
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I'm pretty sure that Jobs' vision of an icar is one that doesn't have any tail pipe emissions. Probably an extended-range EV
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iCar with battery sealed with special screw inside, user have to send the iCar back to apple for replace the inexpensive battery with expensive price every years, warranty void if user send the car to third party mechanic, and they can track all the way your iCar locate with GPS.
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Tacky white thing, costing a of fortune and made in China. You may drive to a destination on our approve download list, but only when we tell you. That music isn't allowed as you didn't get it from iTunes. Your didn't get that fuel via iPump so your going nowhere, oh and your key won't work as you got hacked, you need to pay $99.99 to upgrade to iCar v1.01.
Would it have been a self-driving car, just like the Google Driverless Car project that Mountain View is working on?
It probably would and would of course be 'Magical'...then Apple would sue Google for their iteration and attempt to have it banned from all the countries in the world, failing in spectacular style but trying none the less 🙂 lol
How much would it cost?
A helluva lot more than anything else on the market and more than was reasonable to expect to pay for it, however because of it's neat design and 'Magical' features like iDoors that open and close to allow entry and iLocks to keep them closed, not to mention the 'Magical' iWheels that allow it to mystically get you to where you were going (while tracking you, recording you and selling every piece of info gleamed to interested parties, behind your back)
How many Apple gadgets would be integrated into the dash?
None at all, however with the 'Magical' iConnection (Propriety connection that only works on Apple products) they force you to buy all the other overpriced iTat they sell and 'Magically' add their functionality to the iCar
Who would Apple partner with on such a project?
Anyone Apple damn well want, although they have to be cheaper than cheap to keep the costs down, at any expense to the manufacturers and workers, to keep the profit margin as high as possible even though Apple will be overcharging on every iCar/iProduct sold.
The more and more I think about Apple as a Corporation it saddens me and fills me with despair every time I see a new market desecrated by them.
Don't get me wrong, if they played fair, I would probably have some of their products as I do admire their designs. I just feel that they are perverting the open market with their business practices and seemingly blatantly getting away with it.
How can it be right that a company adopts any brand name it wants, regardless of who actually owns the rights to it, then fights to keep it in court, usually throwing money at the problem to make it go away through Settlements.
How can it be right that a company uses any design and features it likes in a product, even patent protected features, Patents any features or design they can get away with, even if they are already patented, then sets about aggressively suing every company who make similar products for design and feature infringements while 'Editing' evidence like size of the device, locations of buttons on the device, size, resolution and even aspect ratio of the screen to make it look closer to the design that it's infringing on (Co..Samsung..ough, Cough!!!). Why can't they just compete with price, features, design and desirability like all the other companies? Why do they feel the need to attempt to get a stranglehold in any market the decide to enter? Other companies may feel the need to fight fire with fire and adopt similar strategies and then I shudder to think what the market would be like then? No products of any type on sale due to all the patent infringement cases churning through the courts and the resulting aftermath!
It probably would and would of course be 'Magical'...then Apple would sue Google for their iteration and attempt to have it banned from all the countries in the world, failing in spectacular style but trying none the less 🙂 lol
How much would it cost?
A helluva lot more than anything else on the market and more than was reasonable to expect to pay for it, however because of it's neat design and 'Magical' features like iDoors that open and close to allow entry and iLocks to keep them closed, not to mention the 'Magical' iWheels that allow it to mystically get you to where you were going (while tracking you, recording you and selling every piece of info gleamed to interested parties, behind your back)
How many Apple gadgets would be integrated into the dash?
None at all, however with the 'Magical' iConnection (Propriety connection that only works on Apple products) they force you to buy all the other overpriced iTat they sell and 'Magically' add their functionality to the iCar
Who would Apple partner with on such a project?
Anyone Apple damn well want, although they have to be cheaper than cheap to keep the costs down, at any expense to the manufacturers and workers, to keep the profit margin as high as possible even though Apple will be overcharging on every iCar/iProduct sold.
The more and more I think about Apple as a Corporation it saddens me and fills me with despair every time I see a new market desecrated by them.
Don't get me wrong, if they played fair, I would probably have some of their products as I do admire their designs. I just feel that they are perverting the open market with their business practices and seemingly blatantly getting away with it.
How can it be right that a company adopts any brand name it wants, regardless of who actually owns the rights to it, then fights to keep it in court, usually throwing money at the problem to make it go away through Settlements.
How can it be right that a company uses any design and features it likes in a product, even patent protected features, Patents any features or design they can get away with, even if they are already patented, then sets about aggressively suing every company who make similar products for design and feature infringements while 'Editing' evidence like size of the device, locations of buttons on the device, size, resolution and even aspect ratio of the screen to make it look closer to the design that it's infringing on (Co..Samsung..ough, Cough!!!). Why can't they just compete with price, features, design and desirability like all the other companies? Why do they feel the need to attempt to get a stranglehold in any market the decide to enter? Other companies may feel the need to fight fire with fire and adopt similar strategies and then I shudder to think what the market would be like then? No products of any type on sale due to all the patent infringement cases churning through the courts and the resulting aftermath!
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Ummm, it would be expensive, proprietary, non user serviceable, lack connectivity, and would jail the user into a lockedinforpayorelse iJail. Thanks, but no thanks Mr Jobs. But no doubt the gullible dumbedown locust of society would probably want one.
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