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If you watch different keynotes, you can see that he had different emotional ramps depending on whether it was a product he was totally into or not Probably th

If you watch different keynotes, you can see that he had different emotional ramps depending on whether it was a product he was totally into or not Probably the best known 2 minutes 30 seconds of 'not' https://youtu.be/jt7mbW8ov_U https://youtu.be/jt7mbW8ov_U

Daho0n 6y ago
And yet we wouldn't have had the iPhone without this, so good thing his dislike wasn't listened to.
- uniqueid 6y ago
  In the context of the full keynote it was pretty funny. The contrast between all the great announcements that preceded the Rockr was close to 'and lastly there's this phone. It's fine. Okay, good night, everybody!'
- yreg 6y ago
  Project Purple started in 2004, a year before Rokr was announced. They were aleady building the iPhone and Jobs was very much on board with the idea.
  - mentos 6y ago
    Yea honestly the Rokr seems like an intentional misdirection to throw people off the trail
    - moftz 6y ago
      It was a real product so no clue why they would come out with something to trick people. The Rokr was just a test of the market, could your phone replace your MP3 player? The Rokr wasn't a huge success mostly because the hardware sucked but it did show that people were interested in the idea of having their music on their phone. Once it was clear that the hardware was hampering the coolness of having music on your phone, that was a big green light for Apple to push forward with the iphone. If the Rokr had been more successful, maybe we would have seen more phones come out with iTunes integration and the iPhone would have taken longer to bring to market.
      - mentos 6y ago
        Of course. But I like to imagine Steve knew well in advance there was a huge market for an all in one device and feigned interest in this direction as a quick jab while he was building up the big left hook with the iPhone..
Jerry2 6y ago
Other than allowing them to use iTunes, Apple had nothing to do with Rokr phone.
gowld 6y ago
I don't see 'not' there?
- uniqueid 6y ago
  It's the brevity and the parts that are missing (eg: 'It just scrolls like butter' or 'isn't that nice? Would you like to see it again?') Instead he just rushes along, hitting the required bullet points. It's probably more noticeable if you get yourself into the mindset of the times (a couple years of anticipation of an iPod phone) and watch in the context of the entire preso.
jimbokun 6y ago
"100 songs!"
nostromo 6y ago
Your video stops before the best part: https://youtu.be/4--IoHXmj2U?t=1204 https://youtu.be/4--IoHXmj2U?t=1204 Steve clearly hates this fucking phone.
- uniqueid 6y ago
  Thank you! Also the clip I used seems to have pots and pans banging around in the audio.

Daho0n 6y ago

And yet we wouldn't have had the iPhone without this, so good thing his dislike wasn't listened to.

uniqueid 6y ago
In the context of the full keynote it was pretty funny. The contrast between all the great announcements that preceded the Rockr was close to 'and lastly there's this phone. It's fine. Okay, good night, everybody!'
yreg 6y ago
Project Purple started in 2004, a year before Rokr was announced. They were aleady building the iPhone and Jobs was very much on board with the idea.
- mentos 6y ago
  Yea honestly the Rokr seems like an intentional misdirection to throw people off the trail
  - moftz 6y ago
    It was a real product so no clue why they would come out with something to trick people. The Rokr was just a test of the market, could your phone replace your MP3 player? The Rokr wasn't a huge success mostly because the hardware sucked but it did show that people were interested in the idea of having their music on their phone. Once it was clear that the hardware was hampering the coolness of having music on your phone, that was a big green light for Apple to push forward with the iphone. If the Rokr had been more successful, maybe we would have seen more phones come out with iTunes integration and the iPhone would have taken longer to bring to market.
    - mentos 6y ago
      Of course. But I like to imagine Steve knew well in advance there was a huge market for an all in one device and feigned interest in this direction as a quick jab while he was building up the big left hook with the iPhone..

Jerry2 6y ago

Other than allowing them to use iTunes, Apple had nothing to do with Rokr phone.

gowld 6y ago

I don't see 'not' there?

uniqueid 6y ago
It's the brevity and the parts that are missing (eg: 'It just scrolls like butter' or 'isn't that nice? Would you like to see it again?') Instead he just rushes along, hitting the required bullet points. It's probably more noticeable if you get yourself into the mindset of the times (a couple years of anticipation of an iPod phone) and watch in the context of the entire preso.

jimbokun 6y ago

"100 songs!"

nostromo 6y ago

Your video stops before the best part: https://youtu.be/4--IoHXmj2U?t=1204 https://youtu.be/4--IoHXmj2U?t=1204 Steve clearly hates this fucking phone.

uniqueid 6y ago
Thank you! Also the clip I used seems to have pots and pans banging around in the audio.