Originally posted by PsychoPawn That's not true. Apple didn't invent the mp3 player. They just created a very popular one.
iTunes, and the ability to sync that content across devices is what made the pod/phone/pad (sounds like ingredients to a Chinese take away meal) such an enduring success. You didn't have to put up with all the DRM windows media player crap or Sony's insanity, when you embraced Itunes.
They used to say, the biggest name in the music biz was Jobs.
Apple was never one thing. And they were more often than not, not the first on the block with anything. But it is the way everything is integrated together into a total user experience, that even as a non mac user, I have to take my hat off to and praise the Jobs!
Originally posted by kmax87 iTunes, and the ability to sync that content across devices is what made the pod/phone/pad (sounds like ingredients to a Chinese take away meal) such an enduring success. You didn't have to put up with all the DRM windows media player crap or Sony's insanity, when you embraced Itunes.
They used to say, the biggest name in the music biz was Jobs.
Apple ...[text shortened]... ser experience, that even as a non mac user, I have to take my hat off to and praise the Jobs!
I'm not denying any of that.
Mp3 players and other media players were increasing in popularity and variety when the ipod came out and even if apple disappeared they still would have.
Apple did a great job of developing a great user experience that helped them produce the most popular mp3 player line. However, they did not create the market for mp3 players nor did they invent the idea of them.
There's no way of knowing what the downloadable music industry would be like without Apple, but it would exist in one form or another. That doesn't mean that Apple and Jobs weren't innovators in that arena, they just didn't build the arena or create the sport that they played.
Originally posted by PsychoPawn I'm not denying any of that.
Mp3 players and other media players were increasing in popularity and variety when the ipod came out and even if apple disappeared they still would have.
Apple did a great job of developing a great user experience that helped them produce the most popular mp3 player line. However, they did not create the market for mp3 ...[text shortened]... ators in that arena, they just didn't build the arena or create the sport that they played.
True. They did not create the arena or the sport, but they became so successfull at it that they spawned a cult of emulation and basically redisigned the arena's playing field in the process. My HTC Android would not be the product it is without Apple's success in the arena. Would it ever have been this good without them? I very much doubt it. But one thing is for sure, the pace and direction at which innovation has come to the personal IT space will forever be Apple's enduring legacy.
Originally posted by kmax87 iTunes, and the ability to sync that content across devices is what made the pod/phone/pad (sounds like ingredients to a Chinese take away meal) such an enduring success. You didn't have to put up with all the DRM windows media player crap or Sony's insanity, when you embraced Itunes.
They used to say, the biggest name in the music biz was Jobs.
Apple ...[text shortened]... ser experience, that even as a non mac user, I have to take my hat off to and praise the Jobs!
iTunes is horrible and no Apple product offers anything that you can't get for a much lower price and the same or better quality.
Jobs called on his followers to STAY HUNGRY STAY FOOLISH - this was intended to encourage innovation. Although his pay rates at Foxconn in China it had a more literal meaning!
However he was at deigning sexy, functional well priced products. He is responsible for a lot of economic growth.
Originally posted by KazetNagorra iTunes is horrible and no Apple product offers anything that you can't get for a much lower price and the same or better quality.
RIP Steve Jobs
07 Oct '11 00:241 edit
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