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Quote: "Apple’s keynote message was loud and clear: iOS 5, Lion, and iCloud are not feature bumps — they are revolutions in how consumers are to think and use
by blantonl 15y ago
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"Apple’s keynote message was loud and clear: iOS 5, Lion, and iCloud are not feature bumps — they are revolutions in how consumers are to think and use computing devices."
My emphasis above highlights an amazing observation. Per this, Apple has now crossed over the line of "what people want" to "what people need."
- bane 15y agoI think Apple crossed this long ago with the iPod. "No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame."
- rimantas 15y agoAnd similar sentiments were repeated with iPhone and even more with iPad. Apple does not do focus groups research for a reason.
- leviathant 15y agoThe first iPod actually was pretty lame. Sales didn't take off until it was cheaper, used USB, and iTunes was Windows compatible - see also http://www.systemshootouts.org/ipod_sales.html http://www.systemshootouts.org/ipod_sales.html ... Apple's "focus groups research" involves selling a product, sometimes with absurd flaws (e.g. the headphone jack on the 1st gen iPhone) and selling an updated version a year later. This works out because there are people who have bought every iteration of the iPod and keep them in collections, and people who deny to this day that the iPhone4 deathgrip exists (bought my iPhone4 three months ago, when I hold it like I've held my 1st gen iPhone, I lose signal, but have a case now so that's moot), and it seems to work out for them. Why pay for focus groups when you can have the focus groups pay you?