4 Jul
2012
4 Jul
'12
7:45 a.m.
On Jul 4, 2012, at 16:39 , Fred Cisin wrote:
On Tue, 3 Jul 2012, dwight elvey wrote:
Pft. All of those were a lot better than what was already on the market, and in most
cases, a better/more desirable product didn't appear until the next generation from
Apple. Saying that these were just "iterations" of existing products is
disingenious.
I'm trying to think of anything that Steve
Jobs invented.
Steve Jobs!
Does anyone know of something?
He was a great person in some respects but inventer
he wasn't.
He had a remarkable talent for coming up with the right TIMING for
introducing the next iteration of existing products.
He was extraordinarily skilful at marketing, and creating intense brand
loyalty.
iPod
iPhone
iPad
were all versions of existing products that had not previously been
very successful in the market.