Rolling Stone, during the NeXT era, Jobs discussed the importance software in the PC Wars of the time. And so, the big secret about Apple, of course - a not so big secret, maybe - is that Apple views itself as a a software company.' And if you look at what an iPhone will hopefully be, it's software. 'It's in a beautiful box, but it's software. It's software on the iPod itself, it's software on the PC or Mac, it's software in the cloud for the Store,' added Jobs. 'Because an iPod is really just software. ' kind of invented it, and own it -couldn't do the appropriate software -couldn't conceive of, or implement the appropriate software' 'If you look at the reason that the iPod exists, and that Apple's that marketplace, it's because these really great Japanese consumer electronics companies who kind of own the portable music market,' said Jobs. There was an interview Jobs gave at an All Things D conference in the late 2000s, around the time of the iPhone's arrival: Most of Apple's big introductions over the years came at Macworld, or at individual dedicated events.īut beyond that, while his legacy is very much intertwined with the Apple II, the iMac, the iPod and iPhone, Jobs was extremely vocal, throughout his career, about the importance of software, to both the products themselves and Apple's success. Jobs didn't have any special insistence on introducing hardware at WWDC. As with most 'if only Steve Jobs were still alive' arguments, this one falls apart under scrutiny.

The other implication, in some of the disappointment over the lack of WWDC hardware this year, is that we very specifically remember Steve Jobs introducing iPhones, Macs and other famous products the first week of June, so therefore something is somehow lacking when Tim Cook gets up and introduces only software updates. 'Apple views itself as a a software company' Apple made no hardware announcements at WWDC in 2014, 2015 or 2016. Software is what developers develop, and has always been the focus of the conference, even when Steve Jobs was in charge.įurthermore while many longtime observers remember the unveilings of iPhone models at the WWDC in 2007, 20, and a wide variety of products including the HomePod, new MacBooks, and a new iPad Pro at the 2017 WWDC, those were aberrations. We've already spoken at some length about this in response to wide complaints that the event didn't feature the unveiling of new Macs, iPads, or some other product category.īut, it bears repeating -WWDC is a conference for developers. But what it didn't include was the introduction of any new hardware. Apple's annual World Wide Developers Conference this year was highlighted by the introductions of new editions of iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS, all of which included notable new features.

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