{"id":2818,"date":"2013-07-05T09:26:27","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T13:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=2818"},"modified":"2013-07-05T09:26:27","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T13:26:27","slug":"steve-wozniak-apple-seeking-next-big-direction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2013\/07\/05\/steve-wozniak-apple-seeking-next-big-direction\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Wozniak: Apple seeking 'next big direction'"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Apple may be one of the biggest technology companies out there but lately it has taken a lot of criticism for products that seem to have stagnated while the competition is moving forward.
\nHowever we can\u2019t expect a company to innovate and revolutionize entire fields every year, the way the iPhone did back in 2007, at least according to Steve Wozniak, one of Apple\u2019s original co-founders.
\nSpeaking at a forum in Mexico City, Wozniak said that Apple was still a \u201cgreat company\u201d adding \u201cI think Apple is in one of these waiting periods waiting for the next big direction.\u201d
\nLast year\u2019s launch of iOS 6 and the iPhone 5 were met with disappointment from the technology community due to their lack of originality, lack of future facing features and stagnating OS. However many rumors suggest that Apple will launch a new type of device later this year, a wearable computer dubbed the iWatch. Recent trademark filings in Japan and other countries seem to corroborate these rumors. Wozniak himself hinted towards this wearable computer category when he said:
\nI think, oh my gosh, I just wish I had the old iPhone right here on my wrist and I wish I could ask it questions like a new Siri or tell it to play certain music.
\nIs this wishful thinking on Woz\u2019s part, being a geek and a tech enthusiast or is he privy to information from inside Apple as his co-founder status would suggest? We\u2019ll find out in the following months.
\nvia Steve Wozniak: Apple seeking ‘next big direction’ – Neowin<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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