Apple reportedly hiring automotive engineers in China - Page 2

Originally Posted by afrodri

My thoughts exactly. The job requirements don't mention cars, they mention mechanical engineering and manufacturing processes which are used to produce just about everything. I'm not sure how the "automotive" part got attached to this story...

Originally Posted by jmkaza

Automotive's there bc there's a whole lot of people in the auto industry who do this kind of work. If you're looking for someone to retool a metal fab for custom lathed TVs, the electronics industry isn't going to have a lot of candidates.

Originally Posted by charlituna

yep it's the iCar and mini version the iBike

It will be electric, get up to 10 hours a charge. Only seat one and will be controlled by Siri

Originally Posted by mstone

I wonder who owns the trademark in China for iCar ©

Originally Posted by Tallest Skil

I like the idea of car usage based on hours instead of miles. Drive for seven hours. If that's 500 miles or if that's 150 miles, that's fine.

Originally Posted by Tallest Skil

Ah, see, Apple has mastered intradimensional storage, so the next device will simultaneously have a 2.5" screen, a 5" screen and a 7" screen to appeal to the entire market of nonsensical products at once. You just have to subconsciously want to be using the proper screen size and it will be adjusted in your perception to be that screen size.

It works for people watching you use it, too. So you could be using it as a phone and experience a 2.5" screen as you hold it to your face, but people watching you could see you holding a 7" screen device to your head if they wanted to see that, and so it would be clipping into your shoulder and through your hand as you walk around.

Originally Posted by gwmac

I think cars are a great market for Apple to enter. Obviously not the car itself but the stereo. I doubt a full blown iPad type device device would be appropriate, but something more along the lines of the Apple TV interface. It would have to be streamlined and simple to use. Probably around a 7" display.

In addition to the usual features like GPS navigation and music and all the other standard features for car audio systems. I can see Siri being extremely useful, GPS is the most obvious benefit. We already use our iPhone for these uses but to have it more integrated into the car would be a much better experience. Not to mention all the new laws against using your phone while driving now.

I would assume for Siri to work well you would have to have a mic in the steering wheel or some other place near the driver. The biggest question is about the data package that would be required. I would rather them offer the ability to connect our iPhones via Airplay or something similar like bluetooth or even USB. Use our iPhone for data uses like Siri or streaming Pandora for example. Microsoft certainly set the bar pretty low and I am sure Apple could do a great car integration if they chose to go that route. Mercedes is just the start.

I bet Clarion and all the other car stereo makers are getting pretty nervous. Apple could easily dominate this market if they really decided to enter it seriously. Car companies would be fighting over themselves to offer an Apple branded car entertainment/navigation system.

Originally Posted by digitalclips

I have to say I have been saying exactly this for a long time. Not to mention a coherent interface for microwaves, ovens and ... well just about anything that needs programming.

Originally Posted by afrodri

My thoughts exactly. The job requirements don't mention cars, they mention mechanical engineering and manufacturing processes which are used to produce just about everything. I'm not sure how the "automotive" part got attached to this story...

Originally Posted by jmkaza

Automotive's there bc there's a whole lot of people in the auto industry who do this kind of work. If you're looking for someone to retool a metal fab for custom lathed TVs, the electronics industry isn't going to have a lot of candidates.

Originally Posted by afrodri

There are a whole lot of people who shape and form metal in pretty much every industry that mechanical or aerospace engineering touches. I think the article is poorly titled and there is no apparent link to automotive work in the posted ad.

It would be like if Apple posted an ad saying they were hiring someone with experience in mold making, and then AI posted an article titled "Apple Hiring Dentists!" because mold making is used to make dentures... There is a potential link, but it is pretty weak.