Apple Matters reminds us that on today, April 30th, exactly two years ago in 2004, Steve Jobs himself said he saw no reason for the iPod to have video playing capability. Now, we all know this turned out to be a big fat lie, but let’s take a look at Steve’s quote regarding do-all devices:
You know, our next big step is we want it to make toast, I want to brown my bagels when I'm listening to my music. And we're toying with refrigeration, too.
Ha. Ha. You’re so funny Steve. Why are you working for Apple? You should be doing standup comedy somewhere. In any case, just remember that no matter what Steve says, the complete opposite could very well turn out to be true, just as we learned on October 12th, 2005.
How about the marketing swicheroo on Intel Intergrated Video? I think that's more of an about face than the ideo iPod.
But not as many people out there actually know the difference between the things that run their computers. More people can notice that Jobs said no video, and now there is video on their iPods.