http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/ Engadget Comments for The Engadget Interview: Phil Schiller, Apple Senior VP of Worldwide Product Marketing http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/Sep 6th 2007 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/Sep 6th 2007 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/The questions were great, no doubt, but Phil was pretty lame. How many times did he say "I can't make/talk/comment/etc?"
What was funny was how his answers would move away from the question and towards a commercial. He won't comment on unlocking the iPhone, but he'll go on about official web apps. He won't talk about DRM but he'll start talking about the new ringtones.
It was just a lot of corporate ambiguous bullsh*t to give the new iPods more visibility without giving us any of the answers that we really wanted.]]>Sep 6th 2007 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/
I want to win a chance to interview Troy Hurtubise, and maybe give him some grocery money.]]>Sep 6th 2007 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/]]>Sep 6th 2007 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/Sep 6th 2007 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/
Not fully true.. he just answered that you will only be able to use official purchased songs from iTunes store to make ringtones (legally) and why...

I think the Gphone reactions tell you everything you need to know. Its gonna be utilitarian based and not overlap the iPhone's entertainment base. Want an iPod and a phone.. get an iPhone.. want a Blackberry on steroids? get a Gphone.]]>Sep 6th 2007 8:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/Sep 6th 2007 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/
Has the gPhone been even presented to the Federal Communications Commisssion?]]>Sep 6th 2007 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/Sep 7th 2007 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/Sep 6th 2007 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/
1. Can you play Doom?
2. Do you blend?
3. Will you welcome our robotic overlords? ]]>Sep 6th 2007 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/Sep 6th 2007 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/Sep 6th 2007 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/Sep 6th 2007 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/
You should have threatened him with a Zune, he'd have soon opened up!!]]>Sep 6th 2007 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/Sep 6th 2007 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/
[Stares]

Hahaha Nice one! I bet he has]]>Sep 6th 2007 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/Sep 6th 2007 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/
His response to the iPhone eventually replacing the iPod was kind of weak - it eventually will. People don't want to have to carry around loads of devices; AIO's are the way forward.

Good of him to share his views though.]]>Sep 6th 2007 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/Sep 6th 2007 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/Sep 6th 2007 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/
Remember, the record industry and its structure were developed WAAAYYYYY before digital media, and the licensing rights/policies haven't exactly caught up with the technology.]]>Sep 6th 2007 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/
This "extra rights" business may apply to BUYING a ringtone from the iTunes music store (you know, AFTER you already bought the song from them for $.99), but it certainly doesn't apply to music you already own. This is a textbook example of Apple's price gouging. They've been doing stupid shit like this for years.]]>Sep 6th 2007 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/
But with ripped CDs, Apple has no legal obligations to prevent them to be used that way. They block this usage purely to appease the record labels (and to drive ringtone sells).
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He means you guys seem to have ZERO pull. This guy danced around every question. I love Engadget. However, this was a very weak interview. Not because of the questions but because the guy doesnt have to answer any of them... anyway, you should have asked about that price drop in the iphone...im glad were getting $100.00 bucks to give back to apple]]>Sep 6th 2007 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/Sep 6th 2007 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/
Fair enough. I think you guys do a great job. It must suck going into an interview knowing that the guy wont answer a real question. Anyway, at least you guys tried. Thats all you can really do.

On The $100.00 rebate to early adopters--

Im an early adopter.I think its great we arent getting the total shaft. However, it is in Apple Bucks and its just going to make me spend another $200-$300 on something else apple...so, while its good its not great...but, didnt expect to get an actual c-note back (hell didnt expect anything)]]>Sep 6th 2007 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/Sep 6th 2007 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/
"I'm not really sure there is a market there at all or yet. So, I'd really rather not make a comment on it. But I don't think there is a "there" there." (in reference to an iphone unlock market)

*blank stare* seriously? w-wait...is he serious?

"I get the kinda capacity that most customers need -- 4 to 8GB -- is a range that most customers can carry what they want with them..."

I think I hate him. I want more capacity! The only reason more folks don't buy the larger ipods is because of their "massive" size of 5 to 6 ounces. Plus most folks music "collections" are so haphazard and horribly arranged that they could never imagine trying to keep track of so much music, especially when they have so many songs marked "track 1".

"There is DRM around it. But it works really well as a way that a customer would want it to work, and that's always what we've been about."

First line, genius, way to state the obvious. Second, really? Us customers just love us some DRM...mmm mm good.]]>Sep 6th 2007 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/Sep 6th 2007 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/
I like the form factor of the Nanos, but they just don't have the capacity yet; maybe in 2-3 years. The iPod Classic line is now pretty tempting. I'd consider a different brand, but there isn't anything with the storage capacity I need at a better price wholesale or retail.]]>Sep 6th 2007 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/
IMHO, iPods are the masses, not the Nanos.]]>Sep 6th 2007 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/Since they are set on using flash storage for their nano and now touch, they are limited to what sizes are released by the industry. I think the largest Solid State Drive is maxed out at 32 gb, maybe 64, and these drives are really expensive, so be happy that apple is giving you half the largest amount of storage possible currently ;-0]]>Sep 6th 2007 8:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/Sep 7th 2007 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/-iPhone
-Power outlet
-Blender.

Need I say more?]]>Sep 6th 2007 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/Sep 6th 2007 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/

Hilarious how the Marketing VP has the last name of 'Schiller'. It seems ironiclly fitting for all the bleeding-edge iphone kids who lost $200 on hype tax, and the ones who are gonna buy the iTouch hype only to get 'Schilled' by marketing!

I could drop puns all day, but when they put the 160Gb drive in the iTouch I might consider it. $400 for a 16gb non-iPhone or $400 for an 8gb iPhone. These numbers just add up to a screwed consumer, frankly.

and dont start w/ the anti-apple fanboi crap, these are obviously statments about apple's marketing ploy not the product.

The only reason I have purchased Apple products is to nessitate a need - Music player (2g 4GB mini (USED)) and a DualG5 for video production (only to get screwed by the intel announcement 5 days after the order was placed!) Never have I bought an Apple product on the 'OMGWTFIneedThatBBQiPodThedayitcomesout,letswaitinline' basis.

Ironic Humor abound!
]]>Sep 6th 2007 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/you typically have 10 days to return an apple product when you have placed an order.]]>Sep 9th 2007 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/Sep 6th 2007 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/I'm in the market for an unlocked iPhone! So's everyone else that I know!
I want more storage capacity! I'd love my iPhone to have 40Gs... then you could put some serious movies and tv shows on it without having to resync it every day.
And that DRM crap for ringtones? WinMo has been doing ringtones (granted, not custom length, but custom songs) for YEARS without worrying about copyright protection. DUMB DUMB DUMB]]>Sep 6th 2007 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.schiller-mania.com]]>Sep 6th 2007 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/Sep 6th 2007 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/
You should have pushed him for some reactions on a 3G 16Gb iPhone release during the Apple Expo for Europe and the rest of the world (ahem, here in Canada too). Get him to throw in some of those "missing standard phone features" everyone here keeps commenting about (copy/paste?) in that "software update this month" package, along with the Google phone software, with a bit of GPS love and we'll be all happy. ]]>Sep 6th 2007 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/Sep 6th 2007 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/
i can't imagine he means what he said about the lack of a market for an unlocking utility and real third-party apps. if he does, they really have their heads in the sand over at apple, and it doesn't bode well.

i do think it's important for you guys to push the issues with them as much as possible, even if you get a bit of a smackdown. as long as you're not rude, they probably won't shut you off in the future.
]]>Sep 6th 2007 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/Sep 6th 2007 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/
I'm sorry I can't discuss future operations of Apple Inc. or myself.

]]>Sep 6th 2007 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/Sep 6th 2007 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/the-engadget-interview-phil-schiller-apple-senior-vp-of-worldw/Nice Questions;
Bad answers!]]>Sep 6th 2007 6:29PM