Confirmed: Steve Jobs Worked on Apple Until His Last Day
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#2I appreciate passion, but I was more heartened by the reports that during the last few years he devoted himself more to family.
Re: Confirmed: Steve Jobs Worked on Apple Until His Last Day
#3I appreciate passion, but I was more heartened by the reports that during the last few years he devoted himself more to family.
From everything I've seen of Jobs' private life, it was all about his family. Up until the end he spent his time on the two things he loved the most: his family and Apple.
We should all be so lucky to find a job that we love doing 'til our last breath.
Re: Confirmed: Steve Jobs Worked on Apple Until His Last Day
#4"Son didn't elaborate on which product Jobs discussed with Cook, but given this new information, the speculation that next year's iPhone 5 will be Jobs' final master stroke of product innovation now seems far more credible. " :(
Re: Confirmed: Steve Jobs Worked on Apple Until His Last Day
#5The word 'Confirmed' in the title makes me cringe.
Re: Confirmed: Steve Jobs Worked on Apple Until His Last Day
#6Son didn't elaborate on which product Jobs discussed with Cook, but given this new information, the speculation that next year's iPhone 5 will be Jobs' final master stroke of product innovation now seems far more credible. You can check out the video here.
Hardly. The incredible company that Jobs built can handle the iPhones 5, 6 and 7 just fine. The iPhone 5 is probably already being tested on the Cupertino campus, and doesn't need any of the last 24 hours of Steve Jobs' attention.
The "next product" is more likely to be a new product category, like the iPad, iPhone and iPod were when first announced. Based on current rumours, that could be the "iTV" or something altogether different... What Steve Jobs was almost certainly not fretting about on the day before he died was the iPhone 5.
As a unique visionary, I'm sure Steve Jobs was very well aware that Apple's future for the next few years is assured, but what isn't is its future in 10, 20 years. My guess is that phone call was about a product that we'll first hear about in a decade.
Re: Confirmed: Steve Jobs Worked on Apple Until His Last Day
#7Isn't it far more likely that the meeting was about jobs' health, and the least suspicious story to tell a business partner to avoid speculation would be to say it is a meeting about the next iPhone?
Re: Confirmed: Steve Jobs Worked on Apple Until His Last Day
#8Son didn't elaborate on which product Jobs discussed with Cook, but given this new information, the speculation that next year's iPhone 5 will be Jobs' final master stroke of product innovation now seems far more credible. You can check out the video here. Hardly. The incredible company that Jobs built can handle the iPhones 5, 6 and 7 just fine. The iPhone 5 is probably already being tested on the Cupertino campus,…
The incredible company that Jobs built can handle the iPhones 5, 6 and 7 just fine. The iPhone 5 is probably already being tested on the Cupertino campus, and doesn't need any of the last 24 hours of Steve Jobs' attention.
You underestimate Steve Jobs. He was involved in all sorts of product and marketing detail, and certainly wouldn't have wanted to fixate on his own death when there was work to do.
Re: Confirmed: Steve Jobs Worked on Apple Until His Last Day
#9Isn't it far more likely that the meeting was about jobs' health, and the least suspicious story to tell a business partner to avoid speculation would be to say it is a meeting about the next iPhone?
Unlikely that Steve would have wanted to sit around and kvetch about his health. He probably did want to talk about the iPhone 5.
Re: Confirmed: Steve Jobs Worked on Apple Until His Last Day
#10I appreciate passion, but I was more heartened by the reports that during the last few years he devoted himself more to family.
From everything I've seen of Jobs' private life, it was all about his family. Up until the end he spent his time on the two things he loved the most: his family and Apple. We should all be so lucky to find a job that we love doing 'til our last breath.
Indeed. I've heard the adage "when you're on your death bed, are you going to wish that you spent more time in the office?" and I tend to agree with it.
It's not easy to find a job (or purpose) so great that we wish to stay on this earth a little bit longer because of it.