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title: "52 Technology Quotes By Walt Mossberg"
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> [My first computers were a Timex Sinclair and an Apple II.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/my-first-computers-were-a-timex-sinclair-and-an-apple-ii/)

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> [Apple is all-in on Apple hardware and still wants you to be all-in, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/apple-is-all-in-on-apple-hardware-and-still-wants-you-to-be-all-in-too/)

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> [Has the smartphone begun to mature, plateau out?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/has-the-smartphone-begun-to-mature-plateau-out/)

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> [Books should cost less and they should be digital.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/books-should-cost-less-and-they-should-be-digital/)

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> [Arguably Apple's least successful core hardware product in decades, the Apple Watch could have been nursed along, like a terminal patient.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/arguably-apple-s-least-successful-core-hardware-product-in-decades/)

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> [There's no other major item most of us own that is as confusing, unpredictable and unreliable as our personal computers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/there-s-no-other-major-item-most-of-us-own-that-is-as-confusing/)

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> [Even Apple, notorious for keeping a tight grip on its products, allows fierce competitors like Google, Amazon, Spotify, and Microsoft to offer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/even-apple-notorious-for-keeping-a-tight-grip-on-its-products-allows/)

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> [Who have I picked fights with over the years? Bill Gates. Google. Mark Zuckerberg. Even - despite everything that's written about my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/who-have-i-picked-fights-with-over-the-years-bill-gates-google-mark/)

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> [Jeff Williams, Apple's senior vice president of operations, has been called 'Tim Cook's Tim Cook' by some.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/jeff-williams-apple-s-senior-vice-president-of-operations-has-been/)

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> [Open-minded tech tinkerers may still prefer traditional PCs for work because they allow much more customization than, say, an iPad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/open-minded-tech-tinkerers-may-still-prefer-traditional-pcs-for-work/)

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> [People think of Apple as a maker of excellent premium hardware. In fact, many reviewers regard Apple devices as the best you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/people-think-of-apple-as-a-maker-of-excellent-premium-hardware-in/)

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> [When I walk into a Best Buy, I now see, right from the front door, a giant Apple logo. I see a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/when-i-walk-into-a-best-buy-i-now-see-right-from-the-front-door-a/)

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> [I simply believe that people who respect their customers and have faith in their own technology products should welcome competition and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/i-simply-believe-that-people-who-respect-their-customers-and-have/)

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> [If you buy the Chromebook Plus and intend to use it mainly as a Chromebook, I expect you'll have a good experience.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/if-you-buy-the-chromebook-plus-and-intend-to-use-it-mainly-as-a/)

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> [For many years, even as users became more sophisticated, personal computers took too much effort to use without problem-solving, keeping alive the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/for-many-years-even-as-users-became-more-sophisticated-personal/)

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> [Ultimately, I don't think even a five-company platform oligopoly is good for consumer tech. By its very nature, it handicaps independent companies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/ultimately-i-don-t-think-even-a-five-company-platform-oligopoly-is/)

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> [I've been on the Web from the beginning of the Web. The good part about writing about technology is that you never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/i-ve-been-on-the-web-from-the-beginning-of-the-web-the-good-part/)

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> [Though the S8, like all premium Samsung phones, runs Android with the basic Google suite of apps, Samsung keeps trying to duplicate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/though-the-s8-like-all-premium-samsung-phones-runs-android-with-the/)

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> [What's the third smartphone platform? Is it Windows phone? Is Windows Phone going to finally get off the mat in the developed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/what-s-the-third-smartphone-platform-is-it-windows-phone-is-windows/)

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> [We need a wireless mobile device ecosystem that mirrors the PC/Internet ecosystem, one where the consumers' purchase of network capacity is separate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/we-need-a-wireless-mobile-device-ecosystem-that-mirrors-the-pc/)

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> [I don’t recommend that average iPad Air owners upgrade to the Air 2. But what about the vast majority of iPad owners…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/i-don-t-recommend-that-average-ipad-air-owners-upgrade-to-the-air-2/)

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> [People always worry that buying tech products today carries a risk of obsolescence. Most of the time, that fear is overblown.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/people-always-worry-that-buying-tech-products-today-carries-a-risk-of/)

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> [Microsoft makes numerous apps for both Android and iOS, as do Google, Amazon and Facebook. You can run iTunes and iCloud on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/microsoft-makes-numerous-apps-for-both-android-and-ios-as-do-google/)

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> [Many tech company execs who visit to pitch products take time to peruse the shelves and exclaim upon various devices they owned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/many-tech-company-execs-who-visit-to-pitch-products-take-time-to/)

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> [Lauren Goode and I have agreed that the next version of the Mac software - all of them are named after places…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/lauren-goode-and-i-have-agreed-that-the-next-version-of-the-mac/)

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> [I'm happy to report that the first Chromebook designed from the ground up to run Android apps out of the box has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/i-m-happy-to-report-that-the-first-chromebook-designed-from-the/)

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> [I actually looked at an Apple ad from 1978. It was a print ad. That shows you how ancient it was. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/i-actually-looked-at-an-apple-ad-from-1978-it-was-a-print-ad-that/)

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> [Compared to running apps on a smartphone or, more aptly, an iPad, the app experience on the Samsung Chromebook Plus is distinctly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/compared-to-running-apps-on-a-smartphone-or-more-aptly-an-ipad-the/)

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> [In general, while Trump has been a master of Twitter, he has shown an aversion to, and ignorance of, technology itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/in-general-while-trump-has-been-a-master-of-twitter-he-has-shown-an/)

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> [Apple's advantage is that it designs and builds software together, so if the software isn't excellent, it does the superlative hardware a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/apple-s-advantage-is-that-it-designs-and-builds-software-together-so/)

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> [Everyone knows that Apple crushed Microsoft in the mobile era. But it was exactly the opposite in the PC Wars of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/everyone-knows-that-apple-crushed-microsoft-in-the-mobile-era-but-it/)

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> [Taken as a whole, consumer technologies have made startling advances, but they still are not as easy to use as they should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/taken-as-a-whole-consumer-technologies-have-made-startling-advances/)

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> [I shifted my career when I was 44 to quit the Washington beats. I had a great Washington beat, a series of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/i-shifted-my-career-when-i-was-44-to-quit-the-washington-beats-i-had/)

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> [By the 2010s, almost everybody in the developed world, it seemed, had a powerful digital device that took little or no special…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/by-the-2010s-almost-everybody-in-the-developed-world-it-seemed-had-a/)

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> [I think Steve Jobs is a historic figure. He's not only a historic figure in business, but really in America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/i-think-steve-jobs-is-a-historic-figure-he-s-not-only-a-historic/)

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> [There's precedent for adjudicatory proceedings on technology issues to have massive consumer and business benefits. One of the most famous was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/there-s-precedent-for-adjudicatory-proceedings-on-technology-issues/)

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> [Apple very deliberately - and this was very much Steve Jobs' point of view - Apple has concentrated its cloud efforts on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/apple-very-deliberately-and-this-was-very-much-steve-jobs-point-of/)

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> [Microsoft's Windows 3.1, released in 1992, was the first truly successful edition of Windows and juiced the Redmond juggernaut. Apple's Macintosh System…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/microsoft-s-windows-3-1-released-in-1992-was-the-first-truly/)

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> [I believe that tablets - and especially the iPad - are extremely versatile and productive tools for consumers, schools and businesses and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/i-believe-that-tablets-and-especially-the-ipad-are-extremely/)

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> [The textile industry became a huge deal in 19th century America, kind of like the tech industry is today. And that immigrant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/the-textile-industry-became-a-huge-deal-in-19th-century-america-kind/)

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> [Books should cost less and they should be digital.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/books-should-cost-less-and-they-should-be-digital/)

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> [Just remember: you're not a 'dummy,' no matter what those computer books claim. The real dummies are the people who-though technically expert-couldn't design hardware…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/just-remember-you-re-not-a-dummy-no-matter-what-those-computer-books/)

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> [I have on my wall right now a front page of the 'Journal' from January 1991, when I co-wrote a front-page story about Iraq…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/i-have-on-my-wall-right-now-a-front-page-of-the-journal-from-january/)

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> [Microsoft makes numerous apps for both Android and iOS, as do Google, Amazon and Facebook. You can run iTunes and iCloud on Windows and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/microsoft-makes-numerous-apps-for-both-android-and-ios-as-do-google/)

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> [Jeff Williams, Apple's senior vice president of operations, has been called 'Tim Cook's Tim Cook' by some.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/jeff-williams-apple-s-senior-vice-president-of-operations-has-been/)

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> [The products I review are typically lent to me by their manufacturers for a few weeks or months. I return any products I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/the-products-i-review-are-typically-lent-to-me-by-their-manufacturers/)

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> [Who have I picked fights with over the years? Bill Gates. Google. Mark Zuckerberg. Even - despite everything that's written about my relationship with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/who-have-i-picked-fights-with-over-the-years-bill-gates-google-mark/)

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> [There are lots of reasons email persists, even as faster and simpler forms of communication proliferate and your personal communications likely have mostly migrated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/there-are-lots-of-reasons-email-persists-even-as-faster-and-simpler/)

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> [Big screens helped propel Samsung to top-tier prominence and helped iPhone sales explode a few years later. But for many, including myself, the biggest-screen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/big-screens-helped-propel-samsung-to-top-tier-prominence-and-helped/)

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> [Though it has plenty of competitors, Slack claims to be the 'fastest growing business application in history'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/though-it-has-plenty-of-competitors-slack-claims-to-be-the-fastest/)

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> [When I walk into a Best Buy, I now see, right from the front door, a giant Apple logo. I see a giant Samsung…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/when-i-walk-into-a-best-buy-i-now-see-right-from-the-front-door-a/)

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> [I try not to make snap judgments. I never, ever make conclusions about products I've never tried.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/i-try-not-to-make-snap-judgments-i-never-ever-make-conclusions-about/)

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> [I believe that tablets - and especially the iPad - are extremely versatile and productive tools for consumers, schools and businesses and are better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/i-believe-that-tablets-and-especially-the-ipad-are-extremely/)

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> [It turns out that CVS is one of about 40 merchants in a consortium that formed in 2011 to develop their own mobile-phone-based payment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-mossberg/it-turns-out-that-cvs-is-one-of-about-40-merchants-in-a-consortium/)

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