Comments on: Jon Rubinstein to Helm Palm

By: Eytan

Eytan — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:27:23 +0000

You apologize for the confusion, yet you neither changed the article to be correct nor added a comment at the end, all you did was agree with me here. Not everyone reads comments — fix it!

By: Patrick Fitzgerald

Patrick Fitzgerald — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:19:28 +0000

Everybody is making such a big deal about the emergence of newer and better smart phones to “challenge the iPhone” and how they’ll “erode the iPhone market”. OK… I’m a rabid Apple fanboy and if Apple makes it, chances are I’ll buy it. That being said, I’m all in favor of the ‘other guys’ coming out with the best they can offer and am truly impressed to the levels Apple has driven them. I’m ecstatic to see Apple being challenged, because I firmly believe that the #1 thing driving Apple innovation is the challenge of being the underdog and exploring new niches. The more players we see start coming out with more products as good (if not better) than the iPhone, iMac, iTunes, and iPod, the harder and more creatively the boys (and girls) in Cupertino are going to work to blow our minds. Based on their track record, I’m looking forward to an incredible next couple of years.

Next time you scoff at the iPhone as being a “has been” or mock Apple for the “Apple tax”, consider this question: “Where would smart phones be without the iPhone… desktop computers without the iMac… portable MP3 players without the iPod… online media sales with iTunes?”

By: Chris Ryan

Chris Ryan — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:23:58 +0000

Eytan

You are absolutely correct. Technically Rubinstein retired from Apple and eventually became involved in Palm a year later. I apologize for this confusion.

By: Eytan

Eytan — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:18:47 +0000

Rubinstein did not leave Apple for Palm. He left Apple. He was recruited after he left Apple on amicable terms and had built himself a retirement house in Central America on the beach. Saying he left Apple to join Palm paints a completely different picture and this misinformation really needs to be corrected.