Later that morning, I watched online as the song and video I had made in 3 hours the night before played before an audience of journalists at Apple HQ. Then Steve Jobs came out on stage and said, “Thanks for coming. We found that on YouTube this morning and couldn’t help but want to shareweiterlesen

Fred Vogelsteins erstes Kapitel aus seinem Buch 'Dogfight: How Apple and Google Went to War and Started a Revolution' (18.99 €; iBookstore-Link) druckte die NYTimes im Oktober. Die restlichen illustren Erzählungen der bisherigen Ereignisse schrieb er im gleichen Stil auf knapp 300 Seiten nieder. Teilweise sind es bekannte Anekdoten, zum Teil schiebt er eigene Quellen ein.weiterlesen

Mit dem bevorstehenden Release neuer iPads kochte erneut die 'Cars vs. Trucks'-Diskussion auf. "Das Tablet ist eine Entertainment-Box! Nein, es ist eine Arbeitsmaschine." Seit 2010 drehen und wenden wir die Argumente. Nach drei Jahren, fünf Geräte-Generationen und 475.000 Apps erscheint die Beweisführung für die Vielfältigkeit ein wenig…naja…überflüssig. 170 Millionen Kunden haben ohnehin bereits das Fazitweiterlesen

We argued with Steve a bunch [about putting iTunes on Windows], and he said no. Finally, Phil Schiller and I said ‚we’re going to do it.‘ And Steve said, ‚Fuck you guys, do whatever you want. You’re responsible.‘ And he stormed out of the room.“ – John Rubenstein via Chris Fralic Aus der Geschichte lassenweiterlesen

by Blake Patterson (cc) There was less they could do to make sure the phone calls Jobs planned to make from the stage went through. Grignon [senior manager in charge of all the radios in the iPhone] and his team could only ensure a good signal, and then pray. They had AT&T, the iPhone’s wirelessweiterlesen

Aggarwal was impressed by the way Jobs was willing to take a risk to realize his vision. “In one meeting in the conference room with Jobs, he was annoyed that AT&T was spending too much time worrying about the risks of the deal. So he said, ‘You know what we should do to stop themweiterlesen

“There’s no reason you should have all these complicated remote controls.” – Steve Jobs Nick Bilton | NYTimes.com Es ist noch kein ‚iPod-Moment‘, aber Apple zeichnet der TV-Branche bereits die "I finally cracked it"-Wegbeschreibung. Der Apple TV testet mit seiner gestern veröffentlichten Entwicklerversion ein Setup-Feature über iPhone und iPad unter Hilfe von Bluetooth. Die Aussageweiterlesen

Apple Inc. and its Asian suppliers are testing larger screens for iPhones and tablets, officials at the company’s suppliers say. In recent months, Apple has asked for prototype smartphone screens larger than 4 inches and has also asked for screen designs for a new tablet device measuring slightly less than 13 inches diagonally, they said.weiterlesen