Sure, there were smart phones before the iPhone, but once the iPhone came along they changed substantially because the iPhone had stumbled upon a successful consumer model. It’d doubtful Android would be where it is today if it wasn’t for the iPhone paving the way for smart phones and show a model of success. Think of the smartphone market, the iPhone was a kick in the ass of smart phones, and it sparked a wave of innovation from all the vendors. And Jobs obsession with user experience, form, and build quality have translated into better products all round. The software became the basis for Mac OS X and iPhoneOS (iOS).Īpple has had its share of duds since Jobs returned, but plenty of blockbusters. ![]() It still got bought for 400 milllion, and brought Steve back into the fold. NeXT was initially a failure, but it’s likely he learned quite a bit from those failures, and his failures at Apple. He did the deal making, but day-to-day operations was handled by the creative team. ![]() Pixar was a success because Steve stayed out of the way. Pixar by all accounts is an amazing company creating quality films time after time after time, with a track record that Disney couldn’t even come close to (so they bought ’em). Jobs also created two companies after getting fired from Apple, Pixar and NeXT. Woz was a genius with electronics and created the devices, but they would have been engineering curiosities without Jobs tenacity in lining up vendors, sales deals, etc. But it’s hard to argue with his various successes (although that doesn’t stop people from trying). ![]() Feel sorry for the product managers, marketing managers and all the other respectable people at Apple that get absolutely no credit for any of their achievements. Maybe they should change the company name to “Steve Jobs” rather than “Apple”. Perhaps he should go over to Foxconn in China and help out seeing as suicides at the factories there are making the news. So Steve Jobs is a hero then is he? All his ideas then? I’m surprised he doesn’t help on the assembly lines.
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