Ritchie reports, “The first one is fairly clear: Will there also be 3G models of the iPad released worldwide on the end of may or only the wifi models. Would be nice to know. Can’t wait.”
Jobs: Both models will be released at the end of May. Sorry for the delay
Full article, including Jobs’ “answer” to the question about whether iPad 3G US orders will be postponed as well, here.
MacDailyNews Take: Mr. Jobs, should we buy an iPad or a MacBook Pro? “Yes.”
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Too Hot!” for the heads up.]
maybe i should give it a try, too. getting an answer from the man must be amazing. though none of my friends would ever believe me. they’d probably say: are you nuts!
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@MDN,
Could you please tell me Steve Jobs’ email address?
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I think his answers are as minimalist as Apple designs.
But hey, it’ always fun to give it a try. He could reply
I am increasingly doubtful that these answers are coming from the man himself. I don’t know about your CEO, but my CEO has to many other more important things to do in a day (or night) than to respond to our clients’ inquiries (and I work for a medium-size pension fund). His inbox is handled by his secretary, who sifts through the customer inquiries and sorts them out. Most go to Client Services for action/response, while for some, she writes answers herself, in his name. There is NO WAY anyone could possibly tell that the answers aren’t written by CEO at his desk. Not only is Apple significantly larger company than mine, but also their famous CEO is significantly more involved with the core business of creating devices, software and services. Mac fans have already been accustomed to expecting very terse and short answers from Jobs, so anyone could easily step in and provide those responses in his stead without the risk of being uncovered as an impostor.
I know that this may be disappointing to many readers here, especially those who actually received a response purportedly from Steve Jobs, but realistically, the chances that the response was actually written by him are very, very slim at best.
These ARE NOT EMAILS, they are mini global press releases. Fire the PR do-nothings in Apple.
Steve certainly may want to consider getting a Twitter account.
He might already have one…
@ Predrag – part of the enjoyment we all get is that there is a good possibility that some of these responses come directly from Steve Jobs himself. We know he does not reply to all the emails or other forms of messages sent his way, and I am sure it would be impossible for him to. Perhaps though, he has decided to spend 15 minutes per day reading a handful of email and choosing a few to reply to – knowing full well the effect it will have on the masses. That being said, I seriously doubt that Mr. Jobs allows anyone to write a reply in his name… It seems very contradictory to the type of person and personality he is.
Sent him an email yesterday, I hope he answers!
I wouldn’t bother him with something as trivial as an e-mail from me.
I sent him one a few weeks back:
“For pete’s sake, can we have a standalone app or even better, a three finger swipe on the screen to quickly switch on/off combinations of wifi and 3G on my phone?
My battery and I will thank you for it dude”.
Got back an answer:
“Actually, your battery life won’t change much if you just leave them on”.
Maybe it was him, maybe it wasn’t. But I think ‘he’s’ wrong about the battery
Sorry, Predrag; I’ve had email a few times from SJ, and – judging by tone and content – they’ve definitely been from him. On those occasions when he didn’t reply, he took action to get my problems fixed, by those who can effect change ..instantly.
He’s very hands on (not when he was ill), curt – sometimes to the point of insult, cuts to the chase (think how much he deals with) implementing immediate action when necessary.
“..the chances that the response was actually written by him are very, very slim at best..” ..Nope, remember? ..he “lives in Mail”.
thsi is from apple’s web: Turn off Wi-Fi: If you rarely use Wi-Fi, you can turn it off to save power.
Sorry, I guess you’ve been punk’d!
Jailbreak and you can have that swipe to control your settings. So much out there that apple prevents you from doing. Tons of useful things like real multitasking, wireless hotspot tethering, font changes, and don’t forget all the apps that apple decided to remove from AppStore. Wifi finders, etc. I am pretty sure I’ll stay with jailbreak even after 4.0 is released. Nothing compelling there that I haven’t been doing for months.
And here we go: grown-up men, acting like if they’re writing letters to Santa (and hoping for an answer)….
Oh-my.
You argue pretty well, skydiver, but I’m still not convinced. To emulate writing style of someone who writes eloquent, lengthy messages would be somewhat difficult, but still doable. To emulate the (presumed) style of Steve Jobs would be quite easy, as the responses are, as I said, terse and fairly simple.
I’m sure he does live in Mail, but i still believe the mail that he deals with has been ‘vetted’ (sifted through) by someone before he got to it. It really makes little sense for Jobs to patiently go through tons of irrelevant messages, only to pick a few worthwhile ones to respond to personally.
@Predrag: Maybe he doesn’t go through them all. Maybe someone else does, and forwards him a few that he might like to respond to. I believe the emails are from him.
@Predrag,
I agree with Micro Me. Other people than Steve go through emails like in any big corp.
But it’s not impossible that he’s asked to be forwarded the most important ones.
Just notice the topics of the emails he answers… They’re not “irrelevant messages”!
Those are key questions everybody want the answer and none but Steve can answer.
Steve knows what’s going on. He admitted reading blogs like this one. He using apps etc.
And do you really think a low level employee would dare answering that way?
…”And do you really think a low level employee would dare answering that way?”
No way. But it is most certainly a fairly high level employee. I still don’t think it is Steve himself, though. Of course, I may be wrong.
Can some buddy give me mr. jobs email.
I have 2 question for him
1) when are the IPAD 3g gonna ship
2) Why is it taking so long to come out ????
Can some buddy give me mr. jobs email.
I have 2 question for him
1) When is the IPAD 3g gonna ship
2) Why is it taking so long to come out ????