Foreshadowing iPhone: Steve Jobs said this in 1997 not long after returning to Apple as a consultant. 1997! Ten years before iPhone.
To me, what I want is this little thing I carry around with me, it’s got a keyboard on it […] and you need to be connected to the net!
So if somebody would just make a little thing where you’re connected to the net at all times and you’ve got a little keyboard [...] God, I’d love to buy one. But I don’t see one of those out there.
You really get the sense that the drive behind Steve creating great products is simply his desire to use those products himself. And in the absence of other folks making them, well, as the adage goes, if you want it done right, you’ve gotta do it yourself. ♦
