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Apple hires Segway engineer
10:25AM, Monday 7th July 2008
Apple has appointed the former chief technology officer for Segway as its new vice president of product design.
its early days, once having reportedly said that the machine then known as Ginger could be as big a deal as the PC.
Doug Field is credited with being the driving force behind the success of the personal transporter, but as the announcement notes, "what can be better than a gig at Apple".
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs was associated with the Segway in
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But an alternative account has him describing it rather less glowing terms.
"Its shape is not innovative, it's not elegant, it doesn't feel anthropomorphic," he told Segway inventor Dean Kamen. Of course that does not necessarily reflect badly on Fields, who has headed the engineering team since day one and overseen the launch of several new models.
[photo: Segway Polo a the Golden Gate Park by Franco Folini]
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