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“We believe that we’re on the face of the earth to make great products and that’s not changing. We’re constantly focusing on innovating. We believe in the simple, not the complex. We believe that we need to own and control the primary technologies behind the products that we make. And participate only in markets where we can make a significant contribution. We believe in saying no to thousands of projects so that we can really focus on the few that are truly important and meaningful to us. We believe in deep collaboration and cross-pollenization of our groups which allow us to innovate in ways that others cannot. And frankly, we don’t settle for anything less than excellence in every group in the company — and we have the self honesty to admit when we’re wrong and the courage to change.”

Tim Cook, speaking on an Apple earning call in January, 2009, after Job’s last medical leave. (Via SplatF)

Posted on Wednesday, August 24th 2011

Tags apple

Reblogged from Drewbot  Source splatf.com

“

To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:

I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.

I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.

As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.

I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.

I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.

Steve

”

Steve Jobs - resignation from apple.

Posted on Wednesday, August 24th 2011

Tags apple

The new Nano

The other day I realized that I have been migrating away from Apple products. I sold my iPad on ebay because I enjoy reading on my Kindle more. I switched back to a Blackberry because I was dropping calls constantly on AT&T. I still love my Mac and know that I am not switching to a PC anytime in the foreseeable future.

Today Apple announced updated Ipod’s and they were interesting, but I am not buying any of these products either.

I use my older iPod Nano every time I run and I like it a lot, but the new Nano seems like it would be a pain to use when running - I can’t imagine navigating a touch screen interface while running. I am constantly skipping songs or tweaking the volume on my Nano and I can do this all without looking at the screen because the buttons provide me with some tactile feedback, but this touch screen won’t be able to do that (unless I am missing something). I would have considered this iPod if they built the Nike+ receiver into the Nano, but they didn’t.

Furthermore, I think it is kind of ugly (see below). It reminds me of one of the knock-off ipods that surface in foreign countries - they look like a rough approximation of an iPod but run a generic software application and feature far less features. This seems like a step in the wrong direction. I hope that thick black border does not become standard in the design of new Apple products. It’s already present in the iPad and now the Nano.

Apple launched a new Ipod Shuffle today too…they realized people like actual buttons and rolled back to the design featured in the previous iteration of the Shuffle - just a little smaller. I never really understood the appeal of the last version of the Shuffle, so this makes a lot of sense to me.

Finally, they launched a new iPod Touch with a bunch of new features including two cameras, a better screen, updated software and more. The new Touch seems like a really solid device and I can think of plenty of reasons to buy one. I am sure they will sell a ton of these this during the holiday season.

What do you think about the new apple products launched today? Anything you are dying to get your hands on?

Posted on Wednesday, September 1st 2010

Tags apple ipod shuffle nano touch ipad