Friday, November 4, 2011
Jobs and Ford
Steve Jobs was said to be the technology maketing genius in the 21st century while Henry Ford contributed greatly to the automobile industry that made us the "nation of motorist". As I was googling Steve Jobs, it was interesting to see that people are not only comparing Steve Jobs to Henry Ford, but also to a great number of other pioneers in the history such as Thomas Edison and Walt Disney. The success Jobs achieved made personal computers and other personal electronic devices easier and more fun to use. Both Ford and Jobs hailed from middle class family and essentially reach the American dream that we have been talking about constantly Amcon. It is not the wealth they made that constituted the American dream but rather the innovations that improve daily life. Jobs, in my personal opinion, has great insights on market advertising and artistic vision, but was still less social effect than Ford. Jobs was smart on what people want. We always want new gadgets with sleek looks and multiple functions. So he made the ipods, iphones, and ipads. And there is multiple generations of these products. Customers were still super excited to buy the first generation ipad two years ago, even they still felt a little disappointed that a camera was not built in it. Apple had already had products like iphones with camera, why was it so hard to build a camera in the ipads? Of course the next generation of ipads came out, with cameras and 3G. Jobs was a better market strategist and he created products he knew we will buy. Ford, even though not the first one to invent cars with engines, made better models of automobile that we cannot live with out that substantially makes transportation easier.
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