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Steve Jobs Reportedly Demands Deletion of Tweet Sent From iPad
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There must be a secret feature of the iPad that we don't know about. That's a lot of post-announcement secrecy. I've been in the camp that tends to believe there will be one last thing mentioned before the iPad hits the stores. Something to excite the masses again right before launch, and push some of the fence-sitters over the edge. I'm hopeful, perhaps without merit. Either way the iPad is good enough for me the way it is.
Yes, because the last time Jobs left Apple it did so well.
This story sounds bizarre. First of all, it involves Twitter and Valleywag so I'm already skeptical.
Did Apple prevent members of media from sending tweets from the demo iPads during the show and tell at the Apple event? Not that I'm aware of. There are tons of videos on YouTube showing off parts of the iPad including its settings menus that aren't available on Apple's Web sites. Apple didn't seem to care.
What was so special about Jobs' iPad?
I do understand Apple's paranoia with partners. Partners don't share the same interests as your company. Apple thrives on its secretiveness. It's a key part of their marketing strategy and the aurora that surrounds the company. Partners, and especially old media content partners, don't know how to keep to a secret to save their lives.
If you buy any product based on the person who markets it rather than the merits of the product, you're buying it for the wrong reasons and that includes anything Apple. I'd still use Macs (as they currently exist) even if Bill Gates were selling them. It's funny how CEOs preach that no one in a company is irreplaceable. It's time they admit that that includes them. No one's THAT important.
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; U; CPU iPad OS 4_0_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/528.18 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile/7D11 Safari/528.16)
That's a little extreme.
That's a little extreme.
i can understand Steve being crazy about it before it launch, but everyone knows about it..whats the big deal; you would think he would want coverage of it to get people excited about the itouch... i mean ipad.
It was the WSJ Online Executive Editor, who is charge of online media presentation. He is arguably the single most important person at the company to impress with your multimedia delivery device and cooperative skills.
The online managing editors under him are the ones who make sure the website has the latest news, the videos and other multimedia to go with them, along with charts, photos, chat and feedback areas and you name it.
In other words, just the area that Jobs is trying the hardest to create as a new revenue source via the iPad... and the very reason he was in NYC.
Who cares how arrogant he is? In the real world firing a CEO who delivers results as consistently as Steve Jobs does would be incredibly stoopid.. To suggest he be fired for this is not only stoopid it's comically ironic.. I mean wouldn't firing him for overreacting about a tweet but equally overreactive? I digress.....
Bottom line is he delivers like very few (maybe none) in the tech industry.. He delivers exciting products to consumers & he delivers dividends to shareholders.. Yeah, he overreacted in this situation-but even suggesting he be fired for it is about as silly as you can get..
Well, Steve doesn't have to worry about me. I won't be posting or doing anything from an iTampon AKA iPOS. I'll stick with useful devices. IE: iMac, iPhone, MacBook Pro.
SJ, more likely engineers, should have made sure there was no SIM card in it.
If this iPad was the WIFI version : Do WIFI devices require FCC certification?
Many Apple fans consider Steve Jobs to be a kind of benevolent Techno-Jesus.
I believe that he is, in reality, a megalomaniacal control freak, and that at this stage in Apple's history the company would be better off without him. I know that saying this is probably considered blasphemy by the majority around here.
I believe that he is, in reality, a megalomaniacal control freak, and that at this stage in Apple's history the company would be better off without him. I know that saying this is probably considered blasphemy by the majority around here.
It may not have been an overreaction at all. That tweet could have cost Apple negotiating power with other publishers, etc.
With the stress and anxiety that probably accompanies his obsession, no wonder he has health issues.
Kinda sad really.
Kinda sad really.
True. Steve Jobs has been a horrible failure, as evidenced from Apple's continued declining market share, inability to conquer new markets, failing user satisfaction ratings, inability to garner public mindshare, and declining stock price.
Oh, wait....
They can get a license for beta testing. I've been a beta tester for stuff that hasn't had FCC approval. Typically they paint them some garish color to discourage use after the test period is over.
What are you talking about? Who's bashing him?
There had been many posts since my first one, don't try to enforce some time limit you pulled out of no where just because I'm an active poster.
I simply wanted to bring up my question again to see if there was any logical or technical reasons Jobs may have not wanted a tweet to go out instead of the automatic "steves an arrogant douche!" posts. Sorry for trying to bring a little critical thinking into the thread.