> The iPod also established credibility with the public that Apple could do great things beyond making shiny computers. The iPhone (and iPad) probably meant a good deal more to Jobs than the iPod, but I think it's clearly part of the lineage.
So are a great number of other things that we can draw conclusions about. We could argue that the Apple laptops were incredibly important, as they were the first steps in making OS X run under "mobile conditions". In fact, you could say that the introduction of OS X itself should be on display because it is what runs basically everything Apple does now from desktops to phones to tablets to apple tvs. I could actually make an incredibly academically interesting argument that Pixar was crucial to everything else that happened at Apple because in many ways it restored the credibility of Steve Jobs, and made him fabulously wealthy. However, if you are making a movie that focuses on just 3 events in Jobs life, you probably would not choose the moment he decided to invest in Pixar. Any number of events and devices were precursors to the iPhone.
Supposedly this movie is going to be about him preparing for these announcements. He will perhaps be reflecting or ruminating about the importance of what he will present. Prior to the iPhone announcement, Apple and Steve had everything at stake in a way unlike any other event since the Mac, and certainly moreso than the iPod. Had the iPod failed, it would have been just another forgotten Apple consumer electronic, like the Newton or Apple printers. Yes, perhaps that would have then indirectly lead to a domino effect of other products not being created, the iPhone included. But with the announcement of the iPhone, the very meaning and philosophy of the company were put on display. I was on the original iPhone team, and I can distinctly remember the way he would talk about the iPhone before it was released, it meant something more to him. And if you are going to make a biopic about Steve Jobs, the iPhone needs to be a part of that. Just watch him introducing the iPod, and then the way he introduces the iPhone. Think of it another way, if you could go back in time and talk to him before the iPod announcement or the iPhone announcement, which would you choose?
Again, I haven't read the script, for I know its covered in some other way. However, just from a surface understanding that it is just going to cover those 3 events in a vacuum, I don't feel very confident about this film. But I will of course reserve judgement until I see it.
Agreed that the iPhone announcement is clearly more significant than the iPod one. People forget that the latter was perceived as a dud on day one; the room was small, the fanfare was minor, and it was much more expensive than people were used to paying for music players. I was referring to the overall history of the product; the announcement itself does seem like a bizarre inclusion.
You're also spot-on about OS X. I'm excited that NeXT is going to be part of the film; Apple wouldn't have rebounded as powerfully without it. It's easily the most wildly successful flop in history.
So are a great number of other things that we can draw conclusions about. We could argue that the Apple laptops were incredibly important, as they were the first steps in making OS X run under "mobile conditions". In fact, you could say that the introduction of OS X itself should be on display because it is what runs basically everything Apple does now from desktops to phones to tablets to apple tvs. I could actually make an incredibly academically interesting argument that Pixar was crucial to everything else that happened at Apple because in many ways it restored the credibility of Steve Jobs, and made him fabulously wealthy. However, if you are making a movie that focuses on just 3 events in Jobs life, you probably would not choose the moment he decided to invest in Pixar. Any number of events and devices were precursors to the iPhone.
Supposedly this movie is going to be about him preparing for these announcements. He will perhaps be reflecting or ruminating about the importance of what he will present. Prior to the iPhone announcement, Apple and Steve had everything at stake in a way unlike any other event since the Mac, and certainly moreso than the iPod. Had the iPod failed, it would have been just another forgotten Apple consumer electronic, like the Newton or Apple printers. Yes, perhaps that would have then indirectly lead to a domino effect of other products not being created, the iPhone included. But with the announcement of the iPhone, the very meaning and philosophy of the company were put on display. I was on the original iPhone team, and I can distinctly remember the way he would talk about the iPhone before it was released, it meant something more to him. And if you are going to make a biopic about Steve Jobs, the iPhone needs to be a part of that. Just watch him introducing the iPod, and then the way he introduces the iPhone. Think of it another way, if you could go back in time and talk to him before the iPod announcement or the iPhone announcement, which would you choose?
Again, I haven't read the script, for I know its covered in some other way. However, just from a surface understanding that it is just going to cover those 3 events in a vacuum, I don't feel very confident about this film. But I will of course reserve judgement until I see it.