Tableta iPad este unul dintre cele mai bune si mai profitabile produse ale companiei Apple, iar ieri v-am spus ca ea are o rata de crestere de 3 ori mai mare decat ce a iPhone-ului. Cu multi ani in urma tableta nu exista, insa Steve Jobs a fost motivat de un angajat al Microsoft sa o produca, totul dupa o discutie avuta la o petrecere. Angajatul Microsoft a inceput sa laude viitoarea tableta a companiei care va face utilizatorii sa uite de calculatoare si ii recomanda lui Steve Jobs sa licentieze software-ul care urma sa fie implementat in ea.
This guy badgered me about how Microsoft was going to completely change the world with this tablet PC software and eliminate all notebook computers, and Apple ought to license his Microsoft software. But he was doing the device all wrong. It had a stylus. As soon as you have a stylus, you’re dead. This dinner was like the tenth time he talked to me about it, and I was so sick of it that I came home and said, “Fuck this, let’s show him what a tablet can really be.”
Desigur ca tableta avea un stylus, era nepotrivita in opinia lui Jobs, asa ca a doua zi a intrat in sediul Apple si le-a cerut inginerilor sa ii produca o tableta capabila sa functioneze fara stylus, dar cu o tastatura virtuala. Dupa aproximativ 6 luni de dezvoltare, Steve Jobs avea tableta respectiva, insa dispozitivul s-a transformat initial in iPhone-ul lansat in 2007, iar abia in 2010 a ajuns pe piata in forma conceputa de la bun inceput.
