Steve Jobs' Vision to Extend to Next iPhone

[kingcobra2010]

RIP Steve

RIP Steve. The future is here. It is simple!!! Siri for the mac. The transition of mac away from desktop operation. Lion is only the beginning of the ios setup. Small better faster. Gestures visual (kinetic for ipad & mac), audible (siri), and physical (kb, touchpad, capacitive screen). Predictive computations. Clouds. Apple pushing a better internet/wifi speeds. Always always the most important thing about computers is the band not the box (hmmm intel shape up or ship out). The easier it is to connect to the band is important. The longer the device helps us keep connected to the band with is ease is important. Design & style (cut the wires & kill the mechanical design). Socialization, Artistic, Portability ☺ & Simple. You only need one brain in the house . You can always make things better!!! Think different. Think different. Think different.

 

[jamesryanbell]

Whenever I look at Apple now, or any of their product, I can't help but remember Steve Jobs is no longer with us.

I think it'll always be like this.

I thought the exact same thing this morning.

 

[mlee118]

iPhone 4 S

I found this on another Blog.

Enzian

Thursday, October 6, 2011 - 12:29 pm · Reply

I know why they settled on iPhone 4 S instead of iPhone 5 – 4 S = For S(teve)

 

[rorschach]

Whenever I look at Apple now, or any of their product, I can't help but remember Steve Jobs is no longer with us.

I think it'll always be like this.

It's going to be even odder when 15 or so years down the road we start encountering kids who are using Apple products but never lived while Steve was around.

 

[kingcobra2010]

my house has macs iPads running it. now my car

 

[Dr Kevorkian94]

This is good news, well not good news but o! you know what i mean. Hopefully the roadmap steve set up will be there for a while.

 

[albertc]

The next phone: Apple iPhone 4s^2

 

[TsMkLg068426]

Apple is REALLY going to suck now. Tim Cook walks and talks like every other high-tech CEO. We're screwed...

Please do us all a favor and just **** while we are still dealing with someones death and we are not in the mood for trolls.

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Apple had a special place in Steve's heart and that cannot be replicated. We're left with tools with MBAs like Tim Cook who get into unnecessary and distracting pissing matches with major suppliers. They will mortgage Apple's long term brand for a short term uptick in their bonus in a heartbeat.

Tim Cook just became CEO and Steve Jobs just passed away and you are already jumping the bandwagon that Tim Cook is going to screw up Apple? WOW! Really, some of you people need to learn something called respect.

 

[THE JUICEMAN]

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He actually has the next 20 years set. Apple will be fine. Jobs will continue to do the keynotes as iRobot, or iJobs.

Lol that would be amazing.

 

[MacTheSpoon]

I would draw parallels with Disney. Many might have thought that when Walt Disney died the studio could not continue, but it did, and whilst never being exactly the same, has, mostly, held onto a strong ethos and company DNA that has seen it carry on and still produce great products long after its initial visionary left the world.

Actually, I was just reading a newspaper article describing the problems Disney had after Walt died in 1966 and presenting it as a cautionary tale for Apple. Disney Co. actually floundered and started going down. The reason was they idolized Disney so much that after his death they kept asking, "What would Walt do?" instead of thinking for themselves. Things only started turning around when they hired a CEO with his own strong vision.

As the article says, if the mantra at Apple similarly becomes, "What would Steve do?" then Apple is definitely screwed. And I'm afraid they are set up to do exactly that--I'm sure that's what Tim Cook is thinking. Steve set the company up with people who were brilliant, yes, but they were also loyal soldiers to him above all else, people determined to think along his lines. Yet Steve didn't get Apple to where it was by thinking, "What would so-and-so do?" Like an artist, he asked, "What would I do?" If Apple is to succeed after him, they will need someone who can ask that same question and answer it well. There's no way that person is Tim Cook. He doesn't have a creative, original bone in him. He is an implementer.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/t....html?hp&gwh=4ADE328282F0FCCFC7484750F43F201B

 

[racer1441]

Apple had a special place in Steve's heart and that cannot be replicated. We're left with tools with MBAs like Tim Cook who get into unnecessary and distracting pissing matches with major suppliers. They will mortgage Apple's long term brand for a short term uptick in their bonus in a heartbeat.

Not a chance. I don't believe for a minute that Steve Jobs would have had someone who he knew would be there after he was gone in that role if he didn't believe in him.

Steve was right about so many things over the years. Why wouldn't we believe that he was right about the people he decided to leave his legacy to?

 

[rorschach]

Actually, I was just reading a newspaper article describing the problems Disney had after Walt died in 1966 and presenting it as a cautionary tale for Apple. Disney Co. actually floundered and started going down. The reason was they idolized Disney so much that after his death they kept asking, "What would Walt do?" instead of thinking for themselves. Things only started turning around when they hired a CEO with his own strong vision.

As the article says, if the mantra at Apple similarly becomes, "What would Steve do?" then Apple is definitely screwed. And I'm afraid they are set up to do exactly that--I'm sure that's what Tim Cook is thinking. Steve set the company up with people who were brilliant, yes, but they were also loyal soldiers to him above all else, people determined to think along his lines. Yet Steve didn't get Apple to where it was by thinking, "What would so-and-so do?" Like an artist, he asked, "What would I do?" If Apple is to succeed after him, they will need someone who can ask that same question and answer it well. There's no way that person is Tim Cook. He doesn't have a creative, original bone in him. He is an implementer.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/t....html?hp&gwh=4ADE328282F0FCCFC7484750F43F201B

I do have to agree with the caution against getting into a "What would Steve do?" mindset. Cook and the folks at Apple should learn from the principles Steve believed in and use those to create new products their own. Nobody is Steve Jobs, but they don't have to be to do well.

 

[BassPlayer]

Actually, I was just reading a newspaper article describing the problems Disney had after Walt died in 1966 and presenting it as a cautionary tale for Apple. Disney Co. actually floundered and started going down. The reason was they idolized Disney so much that after his death they kept asking, "What would Walt do?" instead of thinking for themselves. Things only started turning around when they hired a CEO with his own strong vision.

As the article says, if the mantra at Apple similarly becomes, "What would Steve do?" then Apple is definitely screwed. And I'm afraid they are set up to do exactly that--I'm sure that's what Tim Cook is thinking. Steve set the company up with people who were brilliant, yes, but they were also loyal soldiers to him above all else, people determined to think along his lines. Yet Steve didn't get Apple to where it was by thinking, "What would so-and-so do?" Like an artist, he asked, "What would I do?" If Apple is to succeed after him, they will need someone who can ask that same question and answer it well. There's no way that person is Tim Cook. He doesn't have a creative, original bone in him. He is an implementer.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/t....html?hp&gwh=4ADE328282F0FCCFC7484750F43F201B

Hence why the biography and the Apple University. They won't have to ask what Steve would do. They'll know because he laid it all out for them.

 

[twitter]

super lame that this story is on here right now. At least take the darn day to honour Steve Jobs and leave the original post as the feature.

i totally agree with that!
but even worse was to put up the sprint preorder post just right above the post honoring Steve this was just tasteless!

 

[rdowns]

Jobs and Apple have been planning for life after Jobs for years.

We knew there is a thing called Apple University, but, honestly speaking, we didn't have the slightest idea what it is all about or what is its goal.

Now, thanks to a Fortune article, the veil was lifted. It turns out that the internal university, which was created back in 2008, teaches Apple employees, which, presumably, are touted to be future senior execs at the company, to learn making the "right things", i.e. the decisions that Steve Jobs would make in a particular situation.

This may sound pretty hilarious to some people, but it's a fact that many big corporations have similar programs. Just one example is McDonald's one, which is called Hamburger University, though we are not sure that the guys enlisted there are learning the McDonald brothers way of thinking.

All these things aside, Apple seems to be pretty serious about its university - it's managed by Joel Podolny, formerly a Yale professor, while other notable minds - like Andy Grove (of the Stanford Business School) and Richard Tedlow (of Harvard Business School) - are writing thesis on "significant decisions in Apple’s recent history". It's said that the pupils at this university are learning directly from senior Apple executives like Tim Cook, COO and, at the moment, acting CEO of Apple, and Ron Johnson, Senior Vice President of Retail Operations at the company.

However, it seems everything in this particular university is based around the decisions and thoughts of Steve Jobs:

"Jobs is ensuring that his teachings are being collected, curated, and preserved so that future generations of Apple’s leaders can consult and interpret them."

We don't know about you, but in our minds this sounds a bit like Chairman Mao's (so-called) Little Red Book - the teachings of one man expressed with the single goal to guide the future leaders of the revolution (in Apple's case - the mobile one).

Whether you think so or otherwise, it's a fact that Steve Jobs' return to Apple has been the second coming of the company. Moreover, his achievements have been widely recognized, including by the current US President Barack Obama, who said the Apple CEO is "a symbol of the American Dream" and Market Watch, which proclaimed him "CEO of the decade".

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Appl...d-on-Steve-Jobs-decisions-and-methods_id18694

https://www.macrumors.com/2011/05/07/steve-jobs-reaction-to-mobileme-launch-and-other-anecdotes/

 

[AppleDroid]

i totally agree with that!
but even worse was to put up the sprint preorder post just right above the post honoring Steve this was just tasteless!

This isn't a church for Steve, it's a rumor site. As sad as it is the world keeps turning. I don't understand the worship , calm down.

Anyhow I agree that as long as their 5 year plan stays on track Tim and his partners are more than suited to hold down the fort. My concern lies in the ability to make strategic changes if the industry suddenly changes. Tim is a brilliant man but he isn't a product visionary that Jobs was. No one currently in the industry is.

 

[Tiger8]

RIP Steve The world will not be the same without you. It feels like I've lost someone in my family. I'm seriously buying a iPhone 4S (4 Steve).

ME TOO! Yesterday I was going on saying I am not getting it, but changed my mind later.

I think Steve has left plans and visions for the next several years, Apple is full of smart people and hopefully they will do his vision justice!

 

[Moonflow]

So what's the implication here? Once the product development cycle for which Jobs was involved has passed, Apple is going to start producing crap? Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Apple the company it is today because Jobs hired the best and groomed them to create stunning consumer products?

It's the other way around buddy. After they re-hired Steve, he had brought the company to what it is today... So without him, is a big question mark.

 

[KPOM]

In fairness to Cook/Forstall/Schiller...they clearly knew Jobs was about to die at any moment when they announced the 4S.

True, and that's probably why there was no Q&A. They would have been asked the obvious question and been in the awkward position of not being able to answer it.

One part of me likes to think that Steve gather up his strength to hold out one more day after the announcement.

I think that Apple is in good hands for now. They might think about bringing back Jon Rubenstein (who can't be liking things at HP right now) before Amazon can get a hold of him. Cook is a supply chain genius and the reason the MacBook Air is so far ahead of the "Ultrabooks" in terms of market penetration and profit margin. He's also a good administrator and negotiator. Jonathan Ive is a brilliant designer. What they need is someone who can

It won't be one person who replaces Steve Jobs, but a good team of people, including some outsiders, can help them avoid going the route of HP. IBM has set a good example of a company that can keep reinventing itself and stay relevant for over a century. Under Jobs, Apple invented itself, and reinvented itself two other times (Mac, then iPod>iPhone>iPad).

 

[ViperDesign]

This is going to sound callous, but why not just keep refreshing the big thread from last night? You didn't know him. People die every day. It's sad, but life goes on. Some of us want to keep staying up to date today. Why come to the front page if it's only going to upset you?

You know I feel this way as well. Maybe it is because I lost my mom two months ago and I am a little bit colder or worn out when it comes to death, I dont know.

All I know is I have never met the guy, I buy his products, they are made over in other countries, he was a billionaire, lived a great life. People pass away every day, life sucks.

I guess I don't understand people crying for someone they don't know just because you purchased "his" products.

 

[KPOM]

I do have to agree with the caution against getting into a "What would Steve do?" mindset. Cook and the folks at Apple should learn from the principles Steve believed in and use those to create new products their own. Nobody is Steve Jobs, but they don't have to be to do well.

Agreed. What Apple needs now is a truly independent board. They have a fairly weak board, which was fine when Steve was there to set them straight. But they need look only down the road to HP to see the damage a directionless board can do to a once-great company.

 

[threemcs]

The difference between the two departures...

Has no one stopped to think that this departure is obviously totally different than his first departure? The first time that Steve left Apple he was "booted" out of the board room and basically "fired" by sculley. This time, Steve left maybe not when he wanted, but he knew his mortality and made necessary plans for the future of the company after his death. I'm not worried about Apple in the least. To try and equate the two departures and say that Apple is in trouble, is to truly not understand any of the facts of the history of this great man or this great company. Apple will be fine. Stop attacking Tim Cook and stop denigrating this company with ignorance.

 

[KPOM]

You know I feel this way as well. Maybe it is because I lost my mom two months ago and I am a little bit colder or worn out when it comes to death, I dont know.

All I know is I have never met the guy, I buy his products, they are made over in other countries, he was a billionaire, lived a great life. People pass away every day, life sucks.

I guess I don't understand people crying for someone they don't know just because you purchased "his" products.

The difference is that unlike many CEOs who come in, wreck a great company (e.g. HP), or ask for bailouts when times get tough (e.g. GM or the banks), Steve Jobs took a company that was dying and transformed it into the most valuable company in the world in 14 years. He not only led Apple, he was Apple, and was a big reason why the company is so influential and well-admired.

People got the sense that he was the real deal. He didn't need his name on a hospital wing or university arena. His actions spoke for him.

 

[dexthageek]

.....There's no way that person is Tim Cook. He doesn't have a creative, original bone in him. He is an implementer.

How can you possible know this? As others have suggested, Tim just STARTED, give him some time before you start bashing him.

 

[Gregintosh]

The true test will be not to see where Apple takes existing products like iPhone, iPad, MacBooks, etc.

They will undoubtably continue making them better. Its an easy thing to do: make them thinner, lighter, faster. The engineering is tough, but its easy to judge if the next generation is better than the last. Any half competent CEO or leadership team can improve on existing things.

The TRUE test will be to see how Apple handles NEW product categories. Will they just stick with what they have or will they create entirely new products (the way the iPad created the modern tablet market or the iPhone made smartphones mainstream).

And once they do come out with something, like say an Apple Television set or something else we havent even thought of, will that innovation be "Apple like" in being the best in its class and desired (i.e. it was a good choice to enter that market and they read the desires of people correctly) or will it flop (i.e. they lost their pulse on what people want).

If this test goes well, Apple will be fine for a long time to come. If they start coming out with some commercial failures, then Apple will sink to mediocrity over time and become just another vendor for stuff.

That'd be too bad. I love Apple stuff as it is now, but nothing can last forever, not even their market dominance (high end market, of course not necessarily mainstream). Maybe 10 years from now we'll all be fanboys of some company that hasn't yet been founded selling products we can't live without that haven't yet been invented. Thats just life.