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Ex-Apple designers detail how the original iPad was created
I think Tim Cook is the best possible replacement for Steve Jobs, but Steve was a once-in-a-century genius, so to fall short is no criticism. However, it was Steve who initiated the Apple Watch, while Tim later oversaw its development as a fully fledged new class of product (no mean feat in itself). See the September 1, 2010 keynote that introduces the iPod Nano 6th gen, the square one, atEsquireCats said:I always find it interesting when people sort of talk down about Tim Cook's vision. Sort of like implying that the dreamers have left and the accountants have taken over - but I actually find devices the Apple Watch, which was born under the guidance of Cook, to be really such an incredible leap forward in how we use computers in our lives. Indeed it's far more visionary than the iPad, arguably at launch it was not more than a big iPhone.
In a way this is what Jobs was missing, he had these great revolutionary ideas, but not all of them were compatible with people outside of Apple's strongest fan base, i.e. society at large and he always had a certain arrogance to common society, in that it's the audience's fault that they don't embrace these ideas, rather than the idea simply being untenable. That same arrogance is what also led to a number of failed products (such as the Cube which was mentioned, however are plenty more.) In a way Jobs very much still relied on Apple's strongest fans to keep the company going while he experimented with different ideas.
Second to this Job's didn't really have a vision for the iPad after launch, for years it simply went into decline - it's been under Cook's leadership that the device has found it's own niche, the guy can clearly think further ahead than this own immediate desires.
go to 26min 35 sec and hear him drop the hint "one of our board of directors is going to get a band made and wear it like a watch!". I knew then that an Apple WAtch was in the works. By the time I bought my Nano 6, a few months later, there were a plethora of watch bands available and I used it as a wrist watch until the Apple Watch arrived. I then used it as my car music and podcast player until last month, when it's battery finally gave up the ghost. 
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Notes of interest from Apple's Q1 2020 holiday earnings report and conference call
Beyond brilliant! Now I'm waiting for the iSat-Phone. Would also like to have much better handwriting recognition, on the fly, on the iPad. None of the apps currently available would not come close to bettering a Newton Message Pad 2100 in a side by side test! -
Apple reportedly held preliminary acquisition talks with MGM
To watch the news and live sport perhaps?StrangeDays said:
Live stream tv? Explain why that in particular is needed? Why would I want to make myself sit at home at a certain special time, when I could instead stream the show/movie on demand? What is the value add?pinbot61 said:Apple still needs better content, more selection of movies to watch, not just their own productions. As well as live stream tv for me to keep the service beyond my free trial.
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Rackmountable Mac Pro now available from $6,499
No doubt, in about twelve months, we'll hear reports of a MacPro being opened up for repair, only to find it full of grated cheese.22july2013 said:If you didn't know those were two handles sticking out you would think they were gaps for your hands to go in to grate cheese with. -
Rackmountable Mac Pro now available from $6,499
Demand exceeds forecasts. BTW: iSat-Phone: I want one!cpsro said:Meanwhile, if ordered today, models with wheels now have a lead time of nearly 2 months. What's up with that?
