Steve Jobs talks MacBook Air, Kindle, Android and Bill Gates

After another successful keynote at Macworld, Steve Jobs sat down for a few minutes with John Markoff and David Pogue of the New York Times to talk tech.

First up? The MacBook Air, of course.

“I’m going to be the first one in line to buy one of these,” said Steve. “I’ve been lusting after this.”

Apple went through roughly 100 design prototypes before finding the right one, then they had to see if the engineers would be able to actually fit a computer into it.

Next up–the Amazon Kindle.

“It doesn’t matter how good or bad the product is, the fact is that people don’t read anymore. Forty percent of the people in the U.S. read one book or less last year. The whole conception is flawed at the top because people don’t read anymore.”

How about Google’s Android?

“We’ll see how good their software is and we’ll see how consumers like it and how quickly it is adopted.”

Steve feels that Google has already achieved their goal and that they don’t need Android–it actually hurts more than it helps.

What about Bill Gates?

“Bill’s retiring from Microsoft is a big deal. It’s a significant event, and I think he should be honored for the contributions he’s made.”

There’s really not much more to the NYT story than is here, but if you want to see the whole thing you can check it out here.

[Via Gizmodo]