Steve Jobs's Big Miss: TV

Posted by samzenpus on Saturday March 14, 2015 @05:13AM from the blow-up-your-tv-throw-away-your-paper dept.

jfruh writes Steve Jobs was a well-known audiophile and music lover, which helps explain why Apple transformed the music industry in the '00s with the iPod and iTunes. But according to a new biography soon to be released, Apple may have failed to do the same for TV because of Steve Jobs's disdain for the medium. One of his first acts upon returning to the company was to kill the flashy, expensive 20th Anniversary Macintosh, in part because it had a built-in TV tuner. "Apple will never make a TV again," Jobs declared.

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Which explains the ATV. by UncleRage · 2015-03-14 05:17 · Score: 4, Informative

It's gotten lackluster support across the board. For a device with a lot of potential, it's got a lot of ugly bumps.

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Re:Breaking News by macs4all · 2015-03-14 07:47 · Score: 2, Informative

The Apple III should have been evidence enough of that years ago.
Really? Still brining up the Apple ///? That was 1979, man.

and according to Woz, the Apple /// was the result of "design by committee". Jobs was only one voice.