Steve Wozniak: Apple and Google should be partners

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is listed among the major shareholders of the corporation and for all his commitment to the American manufacturer can afford it volnodumnye attacks in the press, which will be contrary to the official policy of the company.

On the eve of the BBC Wozniak said that the current leadership of Apple is totally unreasonable to aggravate relations with Google, while on the Internet giant should be friends. “Thank God, if Apple and Google in the future will be partners,” – he said.

“Sometimes I say,” Go to Joe’s Diner »and Siri does not know where Joe’s Diner, – says Wozniak. – And then I find out that Android without problems shows the way. “

Wozniak said that Android-devices would not hurt to learn a few “magical highlights» Apple, while the iPhone maker could learn openness and rich functionality. Responding to a question about how Google and Apple should cooperate Wozniak frankly admitted that the move is not ready to answer that question, but once again stressed that the two companies have to find common ground.

“I do not know how we could implement such cooperation, but if I was there (in the leadership of Apple), then cooperation would be highly likely. I do not know how it would look from a business perspective and ideology, but Google should pay tribute to the fact that this company has always known how to make money in the most unexpected areas, “- said Wozniak.

Responding to questions about what will happen to the existing patent litigation between Apple and Android-producers, Wozniak said that from his point of view patents – is “something that has to be transmitted to each other in an honest and equal prices.”

“At Samsung devices have several interesting pieces that would have been nice to have the iPhone. I’d like to guide Apple could use them once, “- he said.

During the same interview, he spoke about the concept of smart watches, which is now gaining more and more speed. Wozniak said that he likes the idea of ​​smart watches and smart glasses, but do not like all that is now on the market. According to the forecast of Steve Wozniak, more acceptable smart models may be on the market in three or four years, when the producers and consumers themselves nabyut bumps and correct the mistakes that they admit in the first models of these products.

Recall Steve Wozniak recently criticized the new iPad Air due to the lack of internal memory, saying that he himself such a gadget would not buy it. However, after that he misspoke , adding that Air – «magnificent” gadget, but personally it himself, he would not take it, because on the devices used to store large amounts of data, and the new iPad are limited to 128 GB of memory.

Steve Wozniak: Apple and Google should be partners