Thursday, October 27, 2011

Who invented the iPod then?

'Twas not Steve Jobs, it was Tony Fadell.

He took the whole concept from MP3 Player, iTunes etc. to Apple who bought it lock stock and barrel. Jobs clearly had a massive influence on the design and UX, but he wasn't the commercial brain behind it.

http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/news/2004/07/64286?currentPage=all

His greatness was picking it up and making it a success.

2 Comments:

At 5:50 pm, Blogger simonianson said...

And have you seen what he's gone on the do next?

www.nest.com

 
At 8:45 am, Blogger just.my2p said...

Yeah, I saw that, it is about time someone really addressed technology in the home.

 

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