Octobre 2001 : iPod - personal digital stereo ; previously the common name was walkman®, a genericized trademark.
April 2003 : iTunes - On-line music store ; the end of Napster® era.
January 2007 : iPhone - multifunctional telephone, much more than a Smartphone.
Before iPhone era, Symbian, Palm, Windows and BlackBerry were « preparing » the market.
September 2007 : iPod touch - digital touch screen stereo. A very attractive version of iPod
January 2008 : MacBook Air, extremely light and thin laptop
Juliet 2008 : App store Application downloading platform, essential for iPhone usage
Juliet 2008 : iPhone 3G
January 2009 : Apple boss goes on illness leave for six months
June 2009 : iPhone 3GS
January 2010 : iPad digital touchscreen
June 2010 : iPhone 4
August, 24 2011 : Steve Job’s resignation, replaced by Tim Cook
October, 5 2011 : Steve Job’s death.
Coming soon :
14 octobre 2011 : iPhone 4S
I think that Apple brand created a completely new market!!! Just like Bill Gates who created the software market and made costumers buy it, Steve Jobs made us addicts to iCulture. We can't wait for new iDevices to be released and when they appear, we can't wait to buy them, and then we can't even imagine how we travelled before without an iPad or how we could find the right road without out iPhone GPS, or how we could go running without our iPod touch!
RépondreSupprimerTrue! When a new Apple device is released, we run and buy it as soon as we can!
RépondreSupprimerBut concerning the market, i think it existed already, with telephones and computers. No?
New technology makes our life more convenient, but it also make our live more complicate. Nowadays, people can't live without a computer. It's very hard to keep our life as simple as before.
RépondreSupprimerWith the new technology, our life is getting better or worse? It's a amphibolous question.