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Re:How to beat Apple by deidoe on Tuesday April 26, 2011 @01:41PM (#2486322)
An excerpt:

"...the Apple products & services that Apple does well are the ones that Steve Jobs uses (or cares about) and the ones he doesn't use/care about are less good (or just plain bad)..."

Seems about right. Funny.

Re:How to beat Apple by Timothee on Tuesday April 26, 2011 @02:10PM (#2486448)
"but I'm pretty sure Jobs never has had to schedule his own appointments with iCal so that program is less good"

Speaking of, one thing I know for sure Steve Jobs doesn't do is getting directions to his meetings from iCal on his iPhone: the appointment's location can't be tapped to open Google Maps. This is driving me crazy. Not only because I want to use it, but because it's so simple and has been begging for it since the iPhone came out.

Re:How to beat Apple by jonknee on Tuesday April 26, 2011 @03:44PM (#2486847)
People come to Steve for meetings. His direction needs are pretty simple.
Re:How to beat Apple by samg on Tuesday April 26, 2011 @04:01PM (#2486918)
This bugs me too. I put the location in the Note section, which is tappable.
Re:How to beat Apple by rbrown46 on Tuesday April 26, 2011 @02:46PM (#2486612)
Jobs does use Mail (on both the iPhone and the Mac – as can be seen from examining the headers of his widely publicized emails)... and plenty of people aren't exactly fans of that application.
Re:How to beat Apple by pimeys on Tuesday April 26, 2011 @03:33PM (#2486799)
Funny, I remember seeing a picture of re-designed Mail.app planned for the Lion release. Reminded me of the excellent Sparrow app.
Re:How to beat Apple by nextparadigms on Tuesday April 26, 2011 @01:47PM (#2486342)
This is also a reason why founders/CEO's of companies should use their own products. In many cases it doesn't seem like they do. If you wouldn't buy or use your own product, then something is wrong with it.
Re:How to beat Apple by joelrunyon on Tuesday April 26, 2011 @01:59PM (#2486398)
Interesting way to predict future Apple products -- find out what Jobs cares about
Re:How to beat Apple by joezydeco on Tuesday April 26, 2011 @02:44PM (#2486595)
Does he have a TV in his house? There goes the Apple HDTV rumor...
Re:How to beat Apple by lotusleaf1987 on Tuesday April 26, 2011 @02:12PM (#2486457)
Yeah I totally imagine Steve Jobs using Garageband and Final Cut Pro all the time.