This evening , at AllThingsD ’s D10 Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes , California , Tim Cook spoke with Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg , both engineering editorialist at the Wall Street Journal and co - executive editor in chief at AllThingsD , in what was only the second - ever public audience for Apple ’s newly appointed CEO .
Below are selection quotes Cook generate on topics ranging from patent wars to Siri ’s personality , Foxconn to Google Glass , end just about everything in between .
On Steve Jobs :
“ It was absolutely the sad [ twenty-four hours ] of my life history when he passed away . ”
“ Steve was a genius and a visionary … He ’s an irreplacable somebody . Steve was an original and I do n’t remember there is another one of those being made . I ’ve never feel the weightiness of try out to be Steve . It ’s not who I am and it ’s not my goal in life . ”
On Foxconn :
“ Some masses want to ferment a lot . They desire to move and work for a year or two and then move back to their small town and bring back as much money as they can . ”
“ Apple now has 95 pct compliance and is tracking 700,000 workers in China . I do n’t make love anyone else [ that ] is doing this … We ’re micromanaging this . ”
On Hollywood :
“ We have very good relationship with the content owner . We do n’t require their hooey to be ripped off . ”
“ These guy rope have been buying Macs forever . There is a level of combine in those relationship . Steve buy us even closer because he also own a content business for a while [ Pixar ] . ”
On his newly charge position :
“ I spend my day work with teams on various product … It is my oxygen , that ’s how strongly I palpate about it . ”
On his end :
“ I just want to build great products . ”
On his brainchild :
“ If you walked into my office you would see Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King . If you are talking about chief executive officer that are living … I have unbelievable respect for Bob Iger and what he has done at Disney . ”
On patent wars hamper invention :
“ Well it is a pain in the ass . ”
On Siri :
“ Siri has prove to us that the great unwashed want to relate to the phone in a different way . ”
“ What produce Siri coolheaded is she has a personality . ”
“ I recall you are going to be really pleased with where we take Siri . ”
On wearable computing and Google Glass :
“ Wearable , I have on a Nike Fuel Band . I think there are some coolheaded thing that can be done . I intend it is an interesting field . The question is , can it change somebody ’s behavior ? If it is just a coolheaded thing , to know it will fade , but if it can change behaviour , more to it . ”
On Ping and Apple ’s interest in being a part of the societal networking populace :
“ Apple does n’t have to own a societal meshing , but does Apple have to be social ? Yes . ”
“ We tried Ping and I consider the client voted and said this is n’t something that I want to put a lot of energy into . ”
On the competitive landscape when it comes to smartphones :
“ I would n’t say we dominate it , I ’d say we have the good phone . ”
On Apple ’s civilisation of silence :
“ We ’re run to double over down on secrecy on products . ” But , on other thing — provider responsibleness , environmental issue , etc — Apple will be the most transparent company . ”
[ AllThingsD,9to5Mac ]
AppleiPhoneMacBookSteve JobsTim Cook
Daily Newsletter
Get the best tech , scientific discipline , and polish word in your inbox daily .
News from the future , delivered to your nowadays .
You May Also Like
