On the 4th October, 2011, most people were disappointed when they realized there was no IPhone 5, but an iPhone 4S; an improved version of the iPhone 4. Tim Cook’s first delivery on introducing an Apple product did come with the great expectations. Many people went home disappointed and Apple shares did fall. Are we expecting too much of the most valuable tech company? Well, they have always lived up to the hype and hope the new cook is cooking something ‘techie’ for the i-people.
Little did we know that the disappointment of the iPhone 4S was just a prelude to an unexpected greater disappointment, the passing away of the co-founder of Apple Inc. The man who really change the world on how we saw and used our phones, computers and other gadgets. We were well aware of Steve Jobs’ ill-heath, but who thought it will come just 6 weeks after he resigned. After his first scare, Jobs seemed to have overcome the fear of death. That surgery which kept him alive until yesterday gave him a second chance to reflect on life, but that didn’t stop him from doing what he loved most. Now the big question is will Tim Cook carry Apple to the next level? Can he or will the Apple get rotten?
Steve is no doubt the most successful head of Apple. He came back and turned the company around after his absence did not show much success. The fear of most Apple fans is the return of the company to the doldrums. Steve handpicked Tim to takeover and he probably knows why. Tim is relatively unknown to most Apple fans because Steve was really Apple. Steve represented the totality of the Apple brand. Some fans and industry watchers think Tim will not be able fill the huge shoes of Steve Jobs. Other fans also think the Apple brand will be further promoted by the sympathy and news coverage of Steve’s death. An Apple fan said ‘now that Steve is gone, where will Microsoft steal from?’
Let’s hope Apple still continues to provide the world with the leading edge technology we all desire or else the Apple will get rotten soon. Goodbye Steve (1955-2011).
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Friday, 7 October 2011
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Apple, playing with our emotions?
Apple, playing with our emotions?
We were all comfortable with our ‘ordinary’ phones, making calls, sending SMSs’ and browsing the web. We were not craving for much, though. RIM’s Blackberry, Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericson and the rest were just up to the task of giving us what we wanted. We never complained but then came the iPod. The iPod by Apple Inc. made waves by changing the way we carried music around. We soon got hooked to it and every student wanted to own one. Little did we know Apple had a secret revolution in mind? Masterminded by their Chief strategist and General, Steve Jobs, they were bent on taking over the world. Then came the rumors, a special phone was about to be launched by this secretive tech company. Everybody knows Apple Inc. does not joke with eye-catching designs and wonderful colors.
On the 9th January, 2009, Apple Inc. keynote address at the Macworld Conference & Expo held in Moscone West in San Francisco, California. In his address, Jobs said, "I have been looking forward to this for two and a half years", and that "today, Apple is going to reinvent the phone." Yes, they did reinvent the phone. All was evident when the phone was released on the 29th June, 2009. Wandering where all these people came from, the queues in front of Apple and AT&T retail shops were just overwhelming. Everybody wanted to get a hand on the smart phone first on the market. I just wondered what the other phone companies had said when they saw that sleek object. Yes, and I watched Steve Balmer, CEO of Microsoft, downplay the success of the iPhone saying who will buy that expensive phone when Microsoft had a lot of cheap Windows Mobile phones. I guess he is still living the shock of the success of the iPhone. Other companies have tried to catch up, but copying has been the order of the day and their innovations are trying to keep up with the pace of the iPhone.
Since then, Apple Inc. has come out with the generations of the iPhone just when we were getting used to the previous one. Then came the rumors of a tablet and many said it was going to be a flop, maybe for the first time Apple was going to get it wrong. Again, there was a TKO by Apple Inc. who proved the success of the iPad by selling 3 million devices in 80 days. Looks like anything Apple touches turns into gold- or gets sold making the other tech companies grow cold.
Is Apple playing with our emotions? In a love relationship, you don’t break up with the one you have fallen in love with; doing that will cause serious emotional problems which we all know. Just when you have really fallen in love with your i-gadget, the rumors start again- the next generation of your gadget is coming soon, yes sooner. Apple is really playing with my emotions, now I have to wait for my new love iPhone 5. Sorry Generation 4 we soon have to part ways, nice time though.
What do we expert today as the iPhone 5 is launched? Without Steve Jobs, will Tim Cook stand up to the task; so far he had had very little flaws. And what do we expect of an iPad 3?
We were all comfortable with our ‘ordinary’ phones, making calls, sending SMSs’ and browsing the web. We were not craving for much, though. RIM’s Blackberry, Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericson and the rest were just up to the task of giving us what we wanted. We never complained but then came the iPod. The iPod by Apple Inc. made waves by changing the way we carried music around. We soon got hooked to it and every student wanted to own one. Little did we know Apple had a secret revolution in mind? Masterminded by their Chief strategist and General, Steve Jobs, they were bent on taking over the world. Then came the rumors, a special phone was about to be launched by this secretive tech company. Everybody knows Apple Inc. does not joke with eye-catching designs and wonderful colors.
On the 9th January, 2009, Apple Inc. keynote address at the Macworld Conference & Expo held in Moscone West in San Francisco, California. In his address, Jobs said, "I have been looking forward to this for two and a half years", and that "today, Apple is going to reinvent the phone." Yes, they did reinvent the phone. All was evident when the phone was released on the 29th June, 2009. Wandering where all these people came from, the queues in front of Apple and AT&T retail shops were just overwhelming. Everybody wanted to get a hand on the smart phone first on the market. I just wondered what the other phone companies had said when they saw that sleek object. Yes, and I watched Steve Balmer, CEO of Microsoft, downplay the success of the iPhone saying who will buy that expensive phone when Microsoft had a lot of cheap Windows Mobile phones. I guess he is still living the shock of the success of the iPhone. Other companies have tried to catch up, but copying has been the order of the day and their innovations are trying to keep up with the pace of the iPhone.
Since then, Apple Inc. has come out with the generations of the iPhone just when we were getting used to the previous one. Then came the rumors of a tablet and many said it was going to be a flop, maybe for the first time Apple was going to get it wrong. Again, there was a TKO by Apple Inc. who proved the success of the iPad by selling 3 million devices in 80 days. Looks like anything Apple touches turns into gold- or gets sold making the other tech companies grow cold.
Is Apple playing with our emotions? In a love relationship, you don’t break up with the one you have fallen in love with; doing that will cause serious emotional problems which we all know. Just when you have really fallen in love with your i-gadget, the rumors start again- the next generation of your gadget is coming soon, yes sooner. Apple is really playing with my emotions, now I have to wait for my new love iPhone 5. Sorry Generation 4 we soon have to part ways, nice time though.
What do we expert today as the iPhone 5 is launched? Without Steve Jobs, will Tim Cook stand up to the task; so far he had had very little flaws. And what do we expect of an iPad 3?
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