Leaf Jolting Volt In EV Popularity Contest Part Deux: The IPhone Boogaloo

by Edward Niedermeyer

Published: June 7th, 2010

leaf jolting volt in ev popularity contest part deux the iphone boogaloo

Wait, Steve Jobs is signing up for an EV at the rollout of the new iPhone? Is the zen master of Silicon Valley a Volt guy or a Leaf lover?

Surprised? Clearly Jobs doesn’t give a shit about GM’s forthcoming IPO, even though millions of his tax dollars are (presumably) hanging in the balance. The sad truth is that GM probably could have been embraced by the healing power of the Apple brand… if only it hadn’t gone to Google for phone integration on its next-gen OnStar system. D’oh!

On the other hand, the sooner car people get over their self-defeating obsession with the iPhone, the better.

#Branding #EV #Gizmology #Leaf #Marketing #Nissan #WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot

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RetardedSparks on Jun 08, 2010

I don't get the Apple hating. They make well-designed stuff and market it well. Isn't that what we've been whining about Detroit failing to do for the last 40 years?

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- Edward Niedermeyer on Jun 08, 2010
  
  You've clearly never owned one of Apple's plastic-fantastic previous-generation MacBooks...
  
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- Quentin on Jun 08, 2010
  
  My wife's previous gen Macbook has been a great little computer. Nothing has fallen off in the near 3 years we've had it, which I couldn't say for the first year of owning my last Dell laptop. The wristpad is weak and has a slight crack, but they seem to have remedied that in the most recent macbook. We still have a month or so of applecare left. I have a feeling they'd kick us out the door w/ a new macbook if we ever took it back to have the piece replaced, haha. My 06 iMac has been fantastic as well. I think you definitely pay more up front for macs, but my household hasn't even considered purchasing a new computer in the past 3 years and I don't see myself needing/wanting an upgrade for several years yet. There is certainly something to be said for the philosophy of controlling both the hardware and software. Obviously, this doesn't 100% mean that macs are perfect, but you really increase the odds of having a well integrated system when you have a very clear set of hardware variables.
  
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RetardedSparks on Jun 08, 2010

I've owned and worked on several Apple computers going back to the Apple IIc. They haven't been any worse than the Dell, HP, Sony and IBM machines I've owned and worked on over the same period. My iPod is way better then the first gen Sony Walkman I owned (the one with the separate D-cell battery pack!) and the iPhone I currently have beats the Samsung, RIM and Palm devices I've had hands down. Maybe you just got a lemon, Ed...

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