Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Jobs interview in D8 conference

Steve Jobs Interview with Kara and Walt on http://video.allthingsd.com/
(with some minor paraphrasing)
- "Takes 3 secs to sell an iPad"
- On ATT call quality, "Infrastructure improvements happening - Things get worse before they get lot better. You are in the former stage now and expect things to improve soon"
- On TV, "Apple TV is a hobby, since there is no good Go-to-market strategy that works with TV. Nobody is ready to pay for set-top-boxes"
- On iPhone's Origin, "I wanted a multi-touch display for a tablet first. The nice scrolling told me we should do the phone first."
- On Newspapers, "I dont want us to descend into a nation of bloggers. I think we need editorial more than ever right now."
- On Google, "We have some Google properties on the phone. Yes we compete. But that does not mean we have to be rude"

He continues to impress with his "Know your numbers" trait and "Be direct" attitude.