Apple co-founder Steve 'Woz' Wozniak had some words for his former company. Speaking to a German publication, the Woz admitted that the company has fallen somewhat behind in its bid to remain the top smartphone maker in the world. I am proud that we have such loyal fans. But this loyalty is not given, the needs with the best products are always kept alive and confirmed. Currently we ...
Read full articleOriginally posted by molsen:The second 2 sentences, in your post, are precisely the reason why, IMHO, Steve Jobs made the company.
Jobs did not make the company. He hired and had talented people around him. If he did not like a product he would make the division redo the project. That is where some of the problem lie. Tim Cook and any subsequent CEO needs to have a presence about them to be a game changer/innovator.
Another problem I see it is a saturation one. The expectation is set so high for Apple to best itself and that cannot be sustained. Now it is product maturity and obsolesce cycle. Iphone was not an innovation, but a game changer in a budding market in which BlackBerry and Nokia owned.
Ipad, I think was a great innovation and started a new computing revolution, however the product matures, and the novelty wears off. The product now becomes a consumable, and that is what Apple is trying to negate.
Originally posted by GrandpaBW:
Originally posted by molsen:The second 2 sentences, in your post, are precisely the reason why, IMHO, Steve Jobs made the company.
Jobs did not make the company. He hired and had talented people around him. If he did not like a product he would make the division redo the project. That is where some of the problem lie. Tim Cook and any subsequent CEO needs to have a presence about them to be a game changer/innovator.
Another problem I see it is a saturation one. The expectation is set so high for Apple to best itself and that cannot be sustained. Now it is product maturity and obsolesce cycle. Iphone was not an innovation, but a game changer in a budding market in which BlackBerry and Nokia owned.
Ipad, I think was a great innovation and started a new computing revolution, however the product matures, and the novelty wears off. The product now becomes a consumable, and that is what Apple is trying to negate.
Originally posted by A5J4DX:ya no kidding!! now go curl up in a corner somewhere and leave apple alone! jeez microsoft fanboy!! u must really love apple!! u pathetic apple fanboy!! go back home to your awesome windows you windows fanboy! oh i guess you cant be all of them, or can you!>?
finally someone admits it
Originally posted by KillerBug:;)
When I think of all the sheeple that lost money on apple stock I can't help but smile.
Originally posted by molsen:I encourage you to revisit Apple's history with Jobs. Enjoy your reading ;)
Jobs did not make the company. He hired and had talented people around him. If he did not like a product he would make the division redo the project. That is where some of the problem lie. Tim Cook and any subsequent CEO needs to have a presence about them to be a game changer/innovator.
Another problem I see it is a saturation one. The expectation is set so high for Apple to best itself and that cannot be sustained. Now it is product maturity and obsolesce cycle. Iphone was not an innovation, but a game changer in a budding market in which BlackBerry and Nokia owned.
Ipad, I think was a great innovation and started a new computing revolution, however the product matures, and the novelty wears off. The product now becomes a consumable, and that is what Apple is trying to negate.
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