Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple has just been granted a medical leave. In 2004, he was supposedly cured of cancer, but he announced a year ago that he would be taking a six-moth leave for medical reasons. During that time, he had a liver transplant. Though we do not know how long he will be out this time, we do know that he sent this email to all Apple employees:
Team,
At my request, the board of directors has granted me a medical leave of absence so I can focus on my health. I will continue as CEO and be involved in major strategic decisions for the company.
I have asked Tim Cook to be responsible for all of Apple's day to day operations. I have great confidence that Tim and the rest of the executive management team will do a terrific job executing the exciting plans we have in place for 2011.
I love Apple so much and hope to be back as soon as I can. In the meantime, my family and I would deeply appreciate respect for our privacy.
Steve
From the letter, it sounds like Jobs will continue his job as CEO of Apple, but will make Tim Cook (Chief Operating Officer of Apple) responsible for day-to-day operations.
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January 17, 2011
January 15, 2011
My letter to Apple
I have just sent a letter to Apple explaining to them why they shouldn't have made the iPod Nano. I'm not going to bore you with the whole letter (which was about 1.5 pages), but in a nutshell, here's what I said:
I'm a huge Apple fan and always thought you've made the right moves, that is, until you made the 6th generation iPod Nano. CNET reviews also says that the iPod Nano is "perhaps the first misstep by Apple within the Nano line." It takes away the speaker, the video camera, the video watching ability and the scrollwheel just to achieve a jogger-friendly size, but the Shuffle is the perfect iPod for joggers, and the buttons are easier to press while jogging than on a touch-screen Nano. It also makes the least expensive video-capable iPod the iPod Touch, which is $230. And if you like the multitouch and iOS feel, an 80 dollar upgrade brings you to the Touch. I have faith that you can realize and correct your mistakes, because you've re-added buttons to the iPod Shuffle after realizing your mistake there, and even put two cameras on the iPod Touch after your CEO said "The iPod Touch doesn't need a camera; that's what the iPhone is for." Therefore, you should make the 7th gen Nano more like the 5th gen Nano, but upgrade the camera to make it be able to take still images. Hoping to hear back from you soon with your thoughts on this letter.
Obviously, that's a much shortened version of my letter, and because the letter is getting sent, I only had my outline on hand while writing the above. Certainly leave a comment telling me what you think about this topic.
I'm a huge Apple fan and always thought you've made the right moves, that is, until you made the 6th generation iPod Nano. CNET reviews also says that the iPod Nano is "perhaps the first misstep by Apple within the Nano line." It takes away the speaker, the video camera, the video watching ability and the scrollwheel just to achieve a jogger-friendly size, but the Shuffle is the perfect iPod for joggers, and the buttons are easier to press while jogging than on a touch-screen Nano. It also makes the least expensive video-capable iPod the iPod Touch, which is $230. And if you like the multitouch and iOS feel, an 80 dollar upgrade brings you to the Touch. I have faith that you can realize and correct your mistakes, because you've re-added buttons to the iPod Shuffle after realizing your mistake there, and even put two cameras on the iPod Touch after your CEO said "The iPod Touch doesn't need a camera; that's what the iPhone is for." Therefore, you should make the 7th gen Nano more like the 5th gen Nano, but upgrade the camera to make it be able to take still images. Hoping to hear back from you soon with your thoughts on this letter.
Obviously, that's a much shortened version of my letter, and because the letter is getting sent, I only had my outline on hand while writing the above. Certainly leave a comment telling me what you think about this topic.
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