Comments on: Some of the iPod and iPhone ideas were mine! http://www.chadupton.com/blog/2008/05/some-of-the-ipod-and-iphone-ideas-were-mine/ Technology Geek Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:07:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: spielmanmj http://www.chadupton.com/blog/2008/05/some-of-the-ipod-and-iphone-ideas-were-mine/comment-page-1/#comment-92 spielmanmj Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:28:11 +0000 http://www.chadupton.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/31/some-of-the-ipod-and-iphone-ideas-were-mine/#comment-92 Dudes!!! Leave Chad alone you hate-filled, self-loathing bitter people! You sound like my grandpa! Good on Chad for writing to Apple with his ideas, that's how good companies figure out what people want. I'm sure he knows there were a million other people with ideas similar to his but who cares. The more feedback Apple gets, the more they make products that work. There haven't been too many technology companies that have hit the mark when it comes to user-friendly products. Get a life! Dudes!!!

Leave Chad alone you hate-filled, self-loathing bitter people! You sound like my grandpa! Good on Chad for writing to Apple with his ideas, that’s how good companies figure out what people want. I’m sure he knows there were a million other people with ideas similar to his but who cares. The more feedback Apple gets, the more they make products that work. There haven’t been too many technology companies that have hit the mark when it comes to user-friendly products. Get a life!

]]> By: Paul http://www.chadupton.com/blog/2008/05/some-of-the-ipod-and-iphone-ideas-were-mine/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Paul Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:18:45 +0000 http://www.chadupton.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/31/some-of-the-ipod-and-iphone-ideas-were-mine/#comment-70 It seems possible that they looked at your work, but I'm sure that you were not the only person to think of many of these. It seems possible that they looked at your work, but I’m sure that you were not the only person to think of many of these.

]]> By: jacob http://www.chadupton.com/blog/2008/05/some-of-the-ipod-and-iphone-ideas-were-mine/comment-page-1/#comment-69 jacob Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:09:05 +0000 http://www.chadupton.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/31/some-of-the-ipod-and-iphone-ideas-were-mine/#comment-69 well at least that was when I presented it as a touch screen model of a different thing with discription of being usefull as a phone well at least that was when I presented it as a touch screen model of a different thing with discription of being usefull as a phone

]]> By: jacob http://www.chadupton.com/blog/2008/05/some-of-the-ipod-and-iphone-ideas-were-mine/comment-page-1/#comment-68 jacob Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:07:28 +0000 http://www.chadupton.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/31/some-of-the-ipod-and-iphone-ideas-were-mine/#comment-68 I invented the IPHONE while in my use and useablity class at CU BOULDER. ASK my classmates. I invented the IPHONE while in my use and useablity class at CU BOULDER. ASK my classmates.

]]> By: skram http://www.chadupton.com/blog/2008/05/some-of-the-ipod-and-iphone-ideas-were-mine/comment-page-1/#comment-67 skram Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:58:33 +0000 http://www.chadupton.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/31/some-of-the-ipod-and-iphone-ideas-were-mine/#comment-67 pft, you fail horribly. pft, you fail horribly.

]]> By: Chad Upton http://www.chadupton.com/blog/2008/05/some-of-the-ipod-and-iphone-ideas-were-mine/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Chad Upton Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:23:05 +0000 http://www.chadupton.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/31/some-of-the-ipod-and-iphone-ideas-were-mine/#comment-66 Thanks for your feedback everyone. I fully admit that there is a small chance that my ideas were actually used, but you have to admit some of them are a big coincidence. For example, the back light setting on the iPhone is completely different from the setting on the 5G iPod and in fact in makes more sense on the iPhone (in a menu) but on the 5G iPod it was done exactly how I suggest, even though there was probably a better place for it. As an enterprise developer, I am aware of how long it takes for ideas to get into production... frankly, there are times it doesn't really take that long (weeks) -- other times it takes years. @AK. Wow, if that's your attitude about customer feedback then I hope I never own or use anything you are involved in... whatever it is you do surely sucks if you don't get feedback from real-world users outside of your test groups. As for the guy pretending to be Steve Jobs... I can hear your Australian accent all over that post (or at least your Australian IP address). - Chad Thanks for your feedback everyone. I fully admit that there is a small chance that my ideas were actually used, but you have to admit some of them are a big coincidence.

For example, the back light setting on the iPhone is completely different from the setting on the 5G iPod and in fact in makes more sense on the iPhone (in a menu) but on the 5G iPod it was done exactly how I suggest, even though there was probably a better place for it.

As an enterprise developer, I am aware of how long it takes for ideas to get into production… frankly, there are times it doesn’t really take that long (weeks) — other times it takes years.

@AK. Wow, if that’s your attitude about customer feedback then I hope I never own or use anything you are involved in… whatever it is you do surely sucks if you don’t get feedback from real-world users outside of your test groups.

As for the guy pretending to be Steve Jobs… I can hear your Australian accent all over that post (or at least your Australian IP address).

- Chad

]]> By: AK http://www.chadupton.com/blog/2008/05/some-of-the-ipod-and-iphone-ideas-were-mine/comment-page-1/#comment-65 AK Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:18:48 +0000 http://www.chadupton.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/31/some-of-the-ipod-and-iphone-ideas-were-mine/#comment-65 Congratulations, you were 1 of the 10,000 people who all thought the same thing. The only thing you did was make the design team waste their time reading one more annoying letter from idiots thinking they have unique/creative ideas. Leave the design work to the engineers. Congratulations, you were 1 of the 10,000 people who all thought the same thing. The only thing you did was make the design team waste their time reading one more annoying letter from idiots thinking they have unique/creative ideas. Leave the design work to the engineers.

]]> By: bill http://www.chadupton.com/blog/2008/05/some-of-the-ipod-and-iphone-ideas-were-mine/comment-page-1/#comment-64 bill Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:39:13 +0000 http://www.chadupton.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/31/some-of-the-ipod-and-iphone-ideas-were-mine/#comment-64 Do you really think that these ideas were not already being investigated/implemented when you submitted your ideas? Do you have any idea how mong it takes to integrate functionality into a SW feature's set? Let alone adapt the HW? I bet these feature upgrades were already part of the Long Range Plan, and I seriously doubt you "inventions" impacted what was already in the works. Not to mention I think Jobs HAS to have his name on the patent because it is under Apple. Do you really think that these ideas were not already being investigated/implemented when you submitted your ideas? Do you have any idea how mong it takes to integrate functionality into a SW feature’s set? Let alone adapt the HW? I bet these feature upgrades were already part of the Long Range Plan, and I seriously doubt you “inventions” impacted what was already in the works.

Not to mention I think Jobs HAS to have his name on the patent because it is under Apple.

]]> By: Steven P. Jobs http://www.chadupton.com/blog/2008/05/some-of-the-ipod-and-iphone-ideas-were-mine/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Steven P. Jobs Sun, 01 Jun 2008 09:43:59 +0000 http://www.chadupton.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/31/some-of-the-ipod-and-iphone-ideas-were-mine/#comment-63 Hey Chadster, If you agree all ideas become Apple's, then WTF are you complaining about? Also how do you know you were first to send these ideas to Apple? How do you know Apple didn't already have these in train LONG BEFORE you sent them? You sound like a whiner, dude. Oh, Apple stole my ideas, cry cry cry... bwahahahahah... I didn't see YOU inventing any iPhones, buster. Ah well. There's always a "Chad" out there somewhere trying to ride on the coattails of the great Steven P. Jobs. Cheers Steve Hey Chadster,

If you agree all ideas become Apple’s, then WTF are you complaining about?

Also how do you know you were first to send these ideas to Apple? How do you know Apple didn’t already have these in train LONG BEFORE you sent them? You sound like a whiner, dude.

Oh, Apple stole my ideas, cry cry cry… bwahahahahah… I didn’t see YOU inventing any iPhones, buster.

Ah well. There’s always a “Chad” out there somewhere trying to ride on the coattails of the great Steven P. Jobs.

Cheers

Steve

]]> By: Butcher http://www.chadupton.com/blog/2008/05/some-of-the-ipod-and-iphone-ideas-were-mine/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Butcher Sat, 31 May 2008 13:13:02 +0000 http://www.chadupton.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/31/some-of-the-ipod-and-iphone-ideas-were-mine/#comment-62 liar!!! liar!!!

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