Since the launch of the iPhone by Apple Inc., the rest of the gadget world has seemingly turned nasty towards the fruity logoed one. First it was Blackberry’s CEO who called out Apple and Steve Jobs for treating its partners like crap.
Blackberry Co-CEO Jim Balsillie recently criticized Apple’s seeming willingness to commoditize the iPhone as an Apple product, rather than bringing AT&T Wireless in as an equal partner. He also said he has issues with the iPhone being free of AT&T’s logo and with activation having to go through Apple’s iTunes music store rather than the AT&T Mobility site.“It’s a dangerous strategy,” says Balsillie.
Now another big time player in the gadget world has fired off a salvo.
Sony Chairman and CEO Howard Stringer recently called Apple chairman and CEO Steve Jobs ”greedy” according to a New York Post report. Stringer was part of a panel at the Allen & Co. media executive gathering, along with Barry Diller of IAC, Jeff Bezos of Amazon and Sergey Brin of Google.
Stringer reportedly quipped: “It’s funny that Jobs accuses record companies of greed because they want to get paid for music downloads,” adding that Job is the “greedy” one because he wants a world where “only he makes money.” The Postreports that Moderator Anderson Cooper suddenly changed the subject, but Barry Diller of IAC pointed out the comment, at which point the Sony CEO backed off with a political response.
It seems as if we might have a gadget CEO cat-fight looming in the dark. Who will be the next CEO to take a shot at Jobs?
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