Jobs' next steps may be most important
Monday, February 20th
apple news/media reports
02/20/2006, 10:55am, EST
"Jobs' next steps may be most important"
Steve Jobs' celebrity status may be increasing in the near future, says Bob Keefe of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Newly dubbed the "king of entertainment" by Keefe, Jobs is set to change the entertainment world with a possible new Apple media center and the merge of Pixar with Disney, the two top animation studios. With the ability to combine Apple technology with the content of Disney, Pixar, ESPN, ABC, and others, Jobs may be able to "seamlessly move entertainment across home televisions and computers, iPods, cellphones and other devices" in the near future, says Keefe. "Sometime in the immediate run, maybe two or three years out, I think he'll be able to create one big experiment ... one big new thing ... that if successful will forever change the [entertainment] business."
"Steve is a very driven man making a point ? that he's the best and the smartest and that he can change the world," says Paul Saffo, a director of the Institute for the Future think tank. "This guy comes down to a mix of three things: pragmatism, idealism and sheer drive."
Computers are already fast becoming vital to business, and Microsoft has a secure hold on that market, but Keefe says that "as computers and related devices become vital to home and mobile entertainment, Apple and Jobs' bet on consumers may be starting to pay off."
apple news/media reports
02/20/2006, 10:55am, EST
"Jobs' next steps may be most important"
Steve Jobs' celebrity status may be increasing in the near future, says Bob Keefe of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Newly dubbed the "king of entertainment" by Keefe, Jobs is set to change the entertainment world with a possible new Apple media center and the merge of Pixar with Disney, the two top animation studios. With the ability to combine Apple technology with the content of Disney, Pixar, ESPN, ABC, and others, Jobs may be able to "seamlessly move entertainment across home televisions and computers, iPods, cellphones and other devices" in the near future, says Keefe. "Sometime in the immediate run, maybe two or three years out, I think he'll be able to create one big experiment ... one big new thing ... that if successful will forever change the [entertainment] business."
"Steve is a very driven man making a point ? that he's the best and the smartest and that he can change the world," says Paul Saffo, a director of the Institute for the Future think tank. "This guy comes down to a mix of three things: pragmatism, idealism and sheer drive."
Computers are already fast becoming vital to business, and Microsoft has a secure hold on that market, but Keefe says that "as computers and related devices become vital to home and mobile entertainment, Apple and Jobs' bet on consumers may be starting to pay off."
Comments
He came back and almost every year he brings something new to the industry.. WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!
Anyways!
So what do I see in this article?
It's simple.. the cycle is very clear to me, every 5 to 10 years Steve Jobs & CO. have come up with a new toy for us to play with, he has learned from his mistakes & since the re-introduccion of the "iMac" I knew this man came back with a vengeance. He has shorten the cycle & now every 2 years he introduces a killer product, whether is an iMac, iPod, Mac OS upgrade, iLife, Aperture.. etc... Making them better & better with the simplicity & beauty that has become Apple's trademark..
Steve already change the way we use a PC, Walkman & currently changing the way we watch TV shows.. Soon he'll change the way people enjoy Home Entertaintment & pretty soon the way we use cell phones too!
But to be honest, whatever he comes up with, I'm there for the ride & i hope more & more people come along too..
iMac 2 U!
Steve is a marketer and he loves that limelight and it has worked out well for Apple. He's the Quarterback of Apple. When they win he gets too much credit...when they lose he gets too much blame. Goes with the territory.
Originally posted by hmurchison
Steve is a savvy leader however I hesitate to annoint him Supreme CEO simply because there have been so many poor CEO's heading Tech companies over the years when you see a decent one they tend to get too much credit.
Steve is a marketer and he loves that limelight and it has worked out well for Apple. He's the Quarterback of Apple. When they win he gets too much credit...when they lose he gets too much blame. Goes with the territory.
I agree with that.
I admit that ever since I saw his first keynote a couple yrs ago, I have been hooked, waiting for the next.
I have seeing multi-touch technology reports on the web and Apple has filed patents that make it obvious that they will be involved with such interface technology. I know that most poeple here have been real quite about this around here.
Here is the link to the patent page
Originally posted by zygomatic
I agree with that.
I admit that ever since I saw his first keynote a couple yrs ago, I have been hooked, waiting for the next.
I have seeing multi-touch technology reports on the web and Apple has filed patents that make it obvious that they will be involved with such interface technology. I know that most poeple here have been real quite about this around here.
Here is the link to the patent page
Dude,
It's quiet around here because we have discussed this already.
here most recently:
http://forums.appleinsider.com/showt...threadid=61184
Do you have anything new to add or is this going to become another iTablet thread?
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Originally posted by TednDi
Dude,
It's quiet around here because we have discussed this already.
here most recently:
http://forums.appleinsider.com/showt...threadid=61184
Do you have anything new to add or is this going to become another iTablet thread?
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Do you see this: link ?
I FUCKING WANT ONE!
Simply amazing!
Originally posted by zygomatic
Do you see this: link ?
I FUCKING WANT ONE!
Two weeks ago called...
This place is turning into macrumors.com.
Originally posted by CosmoNut
First there was iMac. Then there was iPod. I'm really interested to see this one more killer product that Steve says he has in him.
Comming Soon !
Originally posted by ZYGOMATIC
Do you see this: link ?
I F<no need to use the F word>G WANT ONE!
Actually, yes I did.
Yes we all want one.
Yes, we all discussed it 2 weeks ago
Yes, this has become another iTablet thread.
CONFIRMED!!!