I have never owned an iPhone or an iPad or even a tiny iPod.Then why does Jobs' death affect me so much ? I find myself reading about his life and innovations everyday. After all that reading , here is my two penny's worth:
1. He was a true marketing genius - of course ! Otherwise who on earth would buy the iPad ? Think of it - it's pretty useless , does nothing which an ordinary laptop cannot do and is much smaller....nobody wanted a tablet PC till the iPad was released and then everyone wanted one. Hats off to Jobs , he created a demand where none had existed before and with something which contributed zilch to any advancement in computing. A true genius !
2. He raised the drool factor of everyday , ordinary gadgets. Even I ( the one of the passive , tech un-savvy , untrendy and homely gadget fame ) drool over the Macbook. WoW! How can anybody make a laptop that good-looking ? Every time I see one , I drool all over it and then get back to my ancient , Compaq workhorse notebook. Sheesh , do I love the looks. Hats off to Steve Jobs , who created beauty out of unsightly plastic and metal .
So now we come to the question , can anyone live in today's world without an Apple product ? Yes! I am a living example :
My phone : A rundown basic Nokia without even a camera
Music Player : None ( Yes, I am that boring)
Computer : A 3 year old Compaq notebook and a zillion year old desktop ( which I am using right now to write this . I think I told you already - I am ANCIENT )
Tablet : None
GPS : None
Pssst: My husband has an iPhone which we use as a GPS and invariably get ourselves lost :)
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