End of an era, dare I say, that was Oct 5 2011. I came to know about it, like most things these days, on twitter. I sent out a text to my friend, who too is a loyalist. And than it began to sink in. DAMN! No more awesomness, no more insanely great products, no more ‘one more thing’. In just the last ten years he brought us iPod, iTunes, Pixar, MacBook Air, iPhone, iPad, App Store… if he had ten more years, what insanely great things would he have dazzled us with. Can you imagine?

My previous blog was on his qutting Apple. At that time I thought that we was seriously ill, but didn’t expect this…

Steve Jobs for me, more than anything, will always be a master showman… selling was his calling… and boy did he sell. His product unveiling videos are epic… they leave you in awe of Apple! He manages to humanize cutting edge technology like no other…And even in his final moments he might have just brought Tony Stark’s personal assistant JARVIS, straight out of fiction to all of us – rechristened Siri

His created products that just worked… and this is how they change lives. And its no t just they change our lives, they become our second nature. Who wants arrow keys when you can just finger swipe!

Many analyst share a view that Apple will do just fine without the iconic Steve at its helm. And that it’s not just him for Apple’s phenomenal success. But then you saw the unveiling of iPhone 4s… what a bore that was… it dragged and dragged… and at some point there was slide mentioning f/2.8… what the heck… I happen to know what f/2.8 is, just because I recently got my self a Canon DSLR. I am sure Steve would never have put that number, and even if he did, he would have taken the effort to tell the world what a premium feature that is for a lens to have. The presenters pulled out slide after slide of sales figures… like they were making a presentation to attract investors. And the iPhone launch itself.. was well a disappointment… Not that its not a good upgrade… infact it’s a fanatastic upgrade… with cloud integration, iTunes match, and the very revolutionary Siri… it’s stupendous… but the presentation didn’t convey that.

Siri – Can you imagine how life would change if it does whats it supposed to do… you could find all the info in the world without ever swiping your phone. No more distraction when driving, no more fumbling to type some text, no more scrolling to find your favourite song, no more texting on a teeny tiny keypad… The presenters just didn’t get through to the millions of Apple fans. The Apple team will miss Steve, his onstage charisma will be extremely hard to replicate. To be fair to them, Steve was one of a kind. I am mighty lucky to have lived throuhg his times.

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