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Oh they do admit mistakes.. They just don't say it: Steve Jobs on why the iPod color doesn't have video said something to the effect of "nobody want to watch v

Oh they do admit mistakes.. They just don't say it: Steve Jobs on why the iPod color doesn't have video said something to the effect of "nobody want to watch video on a tiny screen". a generation or 2 later the iPod (classic style) can play video. You can totally make do with html/javascript apps on the iPhone. Not long after there is an SDK/app store. cut and paste on iOS: It took a couple years but here is our version that is world beating. That round mouse they included with the original iMac didn't last long. I think a lot of projects were killed (Newton, Pipin, iPod, the motorola phone that used iTunes.) that just didn't work out. Not to mention 'ping' (social media for iTunes) and the cloud based infrastructure. I think the problem is Steve really liked the mac, and you could see that during his demos he was a power user and understood the product better.

erichocean 10y ago
> nobody needs cut and paste Said no one, ever, including Apple with the original iPhone.
- acomjean 10y ago
  I checked on it, Apple didn't say it, but it wasn't added as a feature to the device for a couple years. I edited the comment to reflect that.
dexterdog 10y ago
You're forgetting about the phablet market. Apple insisted that the puny iphones were the prefect size for all people. I bailed for a Note2 and never looked back.
- xj9 10y ago
  I wish people made more puny phones that work with my small hands. I'm really happy with iPhone SE, but I don't have high hopes that there will be a refresh.
scottmf 10y ago
I don't think they ever said copy/paste was unnecessary, although it mostly was in iOS 1.
wmil 10y ago
Newton is an interesting case. Apple made two big mistakes... They didn't realize how hard handwriting recognition was and they didn't realize how important syncing with a computer was. I think there's an alternate universe out there where Apple kept the Newton and it evolved into the iPhone.

erichocean 10y ago

> nobody needs cut and paste Said no one, ever, including Apple with the original iPhone.

acomjean 10y ago
I checked on it, Apple didn't say it, but it wasn't added as a feature to the device for a couple years. I edited the comment to reflect that.

dexterdog 10y ago

You're forgetting about the phablet market. Apple insisted that the puny iphones were the prefect size for all people. I bailed for a Note2 and never looked back.

xj9 10y ago
I wish people made more puny phones that work with my small hands. I'm really happy with iPhone SE, but I don't have high hopes that there will be a refresh.

scottmf 10y ago

I don't think they ever said copy/paste was unnecessary, although it mostly was in iOS 1.

wmil 10y ago

Newton is an interesting case. Apple made two big mistakes... They didn't realize how hard handwriting recognition was and they didn't realize how important syncing with a computer was. I think there's an alternate universe out there where Apple kept the Newton and it evolved into the iPhone.