Video of Steve Jobs at UK iPhone Launch

[MacRumors]

Crave TV posts a 13 minute hilights video of Steve Jobs at the London Apple Store launching the UK iPhone on September 18th.





While there was live text coverage, watching the video itself provides a better feel for the event.

Includes portions of the Q&A session where he talks about 3G, iTunes activation, iTunes Wifi store, Fair Usage limitations, Unlocked iPhones, iPhone pricing, and more.

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[A Pittarelli]

perhaps a canadian video of steve jobs at iphone launch is next?

[koobcamuk]

Originally Posted by A Pittarelli

perhaps a canadian video of steve jobs at iphone launch is next?

He answers questions badly. To me - he's more greedy than I thought.

[Lyra]

Is it just me or does Steve Jobs look really old or really sick? Can't figure it out... It's like he's aging before my very eyes in a pretty quick tempo.

Anyway, I went and got the new iPod Touch and sure enough as I feared I got one with the negative blacks on the screen.

Let's put it this way, I went back with it the same day and they were sold out of the 16GBs and as I looked at the others they had on display they more or less ALL suffered from this defect.

To make people understand what it actually means to have Negative Blacks messing up the screen, well... watching ANY movie with dark scenes in it, is not only a pain in the neck but very annoying. It simple shows inverted colors... It's horrible to watch movies on and you can't really find an angle that's good enough.

Mine next to a working iPod Touch is a huge difference...

Trust me people, stay away from the iPod Touch, 4 people have already returned theirs yesterday and others will too...

I'm waiting till Apple sorts this one out...

IT'S BAD...

[BTW]

Originally Posted by Lyra

Is it just me or does Steve Jobs look really old or really sick? Can't figure it out... It's like he's aging before my very eyes in a pretty quick tempo.

Anyway, I went and got the new iPod Touch and sure enough as I feared I got one with the negative blacks on the screen.

Let's put it this way, I went back with it the same day and they were sold out of the 16GBs and as I looked at the others they had on display they more or less ALL suffered from this defect.

To make people understand what it actually means to have Negative Blacks messing up the screen, well... watching ANY movie with dark scenes in it, is not only a pain in the neck but very annoying. It simple shows inverted colors... It's horrible to watch movies on and you can't really find an angle that's good enough.

Mine next to a working iPod Touch is a huge difference...

Trust me people, stay away from the iPod Touch, 4 people have already returned theirs yesterday and others will too...

I'm waiting till Apple sorts this one out...

IT'S BAD...

Nope, I was thinking the same thing. He needed to shave. Maybe he mistook the U.K. for France.

[Rocketman]

Originally Posted by Lyra

Is it just me or does Steve Jobs look really old or really sick?

He is starting to show his age and he is recovering from pretty heavy health issues. But he does have his same personality and certainly is forward leaning in terms of partnerships and technology advances.

His critics can analyze him after he is dead

Rocketman

[Jade Cambell]

That video is hilarious. The audience asks him such rude questions, he doesn't know how to respond. He resorts to saying things like "All I can tell you is that we were faced with a lot of decisions, and we think we've made the best ones."

[sief]

I agree they seemed very rude.

[p0intblank]

Nice video! But man... that was a tough Q&A session. I could tell Jobs was having a little trouble responding. Back off!

He obviously did a great job, though.

[sparkleytone]

Originally Posted by sief

I agree they seemed very rude.

It's the British press.

[EricNau]

Funny, I didn't find the questions rude.

[firestarter]

Originally Posted by sparkleytone

It's the British press.

It's British people in general. It's a national trait to be disrespectful / questioning of people who present themselves as an authority figure.

Personally, I think it's a good thing! Although I'm an Apple fan, I think the costing here is a little high and the package a little under-specced, so it's good that the press were there to ask Steve those tough questions rather than just clapping!!

[MrSmith]

Originally Posted by Jade Cambell

That video is hilarious. The audience asks him such rude questions, he doesn't know how to respond. He resorts to saying things like "All I can tell you is that we were faced with a lot of decisions, and we think we've made the best ones."

Originally Posted by sief

I agree they seemed very rude.

Rude? How are they in the least bit rude? They asked pertinent questions. Putting SJ on the spot does not equate with rudeness.

[pianojoe]

Originally Posted by MrSmith

Rude? How are they in the least bit rude? They asked pertinent questions. Putting SJ on the spot does not equate with rudeness.

Yes. It depends on what you're used to.

An example: American journalism drives me crazy. So much of that one-newsman-asking-the-other "What do you make of that, Bob?" thing. Over here, we're used to reporters asking tough questions without needing to obtain clearance from the P.R. department.

No offense meant.

Edit: We surely learn something about Steve Jobs that we don't learn from typical keynote video streams. He's not the cool patient deliberate guy that he likes to be perceived as. He's got temper, and you don't want to meet him when he's in a bad mood. That makes him very human. I actually like him better after this video.

[koobcamuk]

Originally Posted by sief

I agree they seemed very rude.

Er... we're in the UK here... we are rude... didn't anyone tell you?

Originally Posted by iBlue

I don't think the questions were tough enough. I didn't find any of the questions rude in the slightest. Apple are pulling a cheeky number on everyone with their iPhone and instead of just kissing his ass, they asked real questions. (most of which he dodged, naturally)

Not real impressed with him, he sounded like a bit of a twunt.

Nicely said. I agree. I used to think he was a lot better than this. Now I only see him as greedy.

[DAC47]

Jobs should have know better than have Q&A in room full of British journos

Its a good job for him that Paxman or Humphrys weren't in the audience.

The classic Paxman v Howard(then a government minister)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfYJwOuxbpA
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[sparkleytone]

I think many people have unrealistic expectations of what kinds of answers Jobs is supposed to give. Jobs constantly tries to shine Apple and its ventures in the best light possible, as is his job. When painted into a corner with pointed and arguably unfair questions, he does the proper thing for Apple and makes a succinct statement that basically means "get bent". It's not that he doesn't know how to respond, it's that he refuses to be trolled.

[k2k koos]

Originally Posted by Jade Cambell

That video is hilarious. The audience asks him such rude questions, he doesn't know how to respond. He resorts to saying things like "All I can tell you is that we were faced with a lot of decisions, and we think we've made the best ones."

This is europe, we have been screwed by politicians, manufacturers, etc etc all too often, and the audience/press has become increasingly critical, and aware of their rights, and rightfully asks questions that reflect that. I don't think they were rude, they were just direct and frank, and rightfully so. I think Steve did a good job in answering these, as honest and open as he could, given Apple's "we do not disclose anything we haven't released or annouced yet" policy.

[Will_reed]

Someone should have asked about international roaming charges.

[patrickvanzandt]

Is it just me, or does Steve not seem like his usual confident self? He appears somewhat nervous and just not quite on the ball. Of course, it could just be jet lag -- this event was a 2 AM California time.

In any case, the Q&A session was certainly informative. I was surprised that Steve took questions; he usually does not do so at U.S. press conferences from what I have seen.

[daneoni]

Originally Posted by patrickvanzandt

......Is it just me, or does Steve not seem like his usual confident self? He appears somewhat nervous and just not quite on the ball......

Originally Posted by Jade Cambell

That video is hilarious. The audience asks him such rude questions, he doesn't know how to respond. He resorts to saying things like "All I can tell you is that we were faced with a lot of decisions, and we think we've made the best ones."

Originally Posted by sief

I agree they seemed very rude.

The british press are very powerful, aren't easily impressed and will tear down anyone/anytime, unlike the american press who lets face it seem to worship jobs regardless....for the most part anyway.

So i can understand the nervousness and the hard questions that ensued. Also i get the feeling he misinterpreted the Unlock question for 3rd party app hacks...maybe thats just me

[i0Nic]

The press weren't rude, they asked things that people want to know. Why sugarcoat questions and be 'polite', it doesn't serve anyone's interest.

[i0Nic]

Also, an interesting comment was about the hacks. The way Jobs phrased his answer made it seem like the only reason Apple would try to break the hacks are because of the record companies and other partnerships. I don't think Apple are going to go too heavy on cracking down on the hacks.

[abrooks]

Originally Posted by i0Nic

Also, an interesting comment was about the hacks. The way Jobs phrased his answer made it seem like the only reason Apple would try to break the hacks are because of the record companies and other partnerships. I don't think Apple are going to go too heavy on cracking down on the hacks.

Well that is logical, think of the iTunes Store as a prime example. It is well known that Apple makes very little money from the sales of songs on iTunes, the main point of iTunes is to help sell more iPods. Apple makes lots of money on iPods, the music companies make lots of money on selling music and insist on DRM.

So Music industry + DRM = Happy music industry and sales of iPods

Exactly the same goes for the iPhone, but in this case Apple is making money from both the sale of the hardware and from users using it, thus it is in Apple's interest to keep AT&T, O2 and T-Mobile happy.

[guzhogi]

Originally Posted by i0Nic

The press weren't rude, they asked things that people want to know. Why sugarcoat questions and be 'polite', it doesn't serve anyone's interest.

I totally agree. I find many people today are very apathetic. They don't want to bring anything up because it's "too rude" or "wouldn't do enough." But there are enough things in life where it may be rude to bring it up, but even ruder not to IMO. I work in an elementary school & the kindergarten teacher said that sometimes the only way to get something done is to throw a tantrum. Unfortunately, that's very true. Plus, many people are more concerned w/ how things look & the image they have than actually making it work & be accessible. Example: the school district I work for just brought in a faster internet connection (but when your old one is a T1 line feeding 9 schools & an admin building, anything is faster). There was a big thing in the local newspapers saying "aren't the district wide techs great! Hooray for them!" Yet, it isn't operating at full capacity. Plus, the wireless network in one of the wings of my school doesn't even work so the iBooks we have in those rooms wouldn't even be able to connect to the internet.

So basically, sometimes it's a good thing to be rude so that things get better.