Steve Jobs and iPad
I logged in to view the webcast of iPad launch not because I was super enthu about the product. It was Steve Jobs that I really wanted to see. The classic Dylan music started playing and I was quite sure that Steve Job is going to host the product launch today. Later when ‘Like a rolling stone…’ was about to end I saw the legend walking on the stage in his class blue denim and black tee.
Steve is back!
I was thrilled. There are couple of business leaders who’ve influenced me a lot. Steve Jobs is one of them. For a moment, if I keep aside all the great products has Apple has launched in the past couple of decades, I think Steve would have still contributed very significantly in making our life better — probably not so much but he would have — In his own small, humble way.
I think perhaps one of the biggest qualities of Steve is to fight back. And this is something which I admire the most about him.
He lost millions of dollars worth of business to Microsoft in early 80s when Bill and Steve fought the legendary OS war. He kept working and making the products at Apple better. He encouraged the other Steve to join him and ‘change the world’ and not sell sodas. Later in the decade he was fired from Apple, the very company he founded. He had nothing left but public humiliation. He fought back and created multiple world class companies — only to be bought by Apple and get him reinstated as CEO again. He was diagnosed with cancer. He fought and is alive and kicking.
When I saw Steve Jobs earlier today, I saw a pale, thin man who seemed tired after fighting many battles. But, the moment he started speaking about iPad and addresses the crowd — I witnessed the same passion, the same zest, and shiny eyes that I remembered from the last time I saw him. He is here to stay — He made it clear that he may be weak in body but not in spirit and he is going to spend more years at Apple taking care of the business as usual.
Steve, Welcome back!
Now talking of iPad, I think it is the most useless device ever created by Apple. I do not expect a BIGGER iPhone from Apple which they are so wisely trying to push into middle of a phone and a laptop. Ridiculous!
I think iPad is more of a glorified kindle and nothing else. At 499$ it is priced right but I don’t think that it is revolutionary. At the end of the day it as a tablet PC. So let’s not talk about it, I am disappointed. I was expecting something jaw dropping which I didn’t get.
Such is the irony of high expectations, even Jobs has to work his ass off to please someone like me who is probably gonna give business worth 5000$ in his entire life to Apple. But what the heck, consumer is king.
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