Reality Check: 9 Things That Apple "Missed" Big Time
#4 Apple Didn't Think People Would Want To Watch Videos On iPods
It’s clear that the iPod has reached a plateau, with little room to add new features, but perhaps the only thing Apple failed to realize at that was whether its users would want to watch videos on iPods.
"I’m not convinced that people want to watch movies on a tiny little screen," said Jobs during a 2003 interview with Walt Mossberg. "To paraphrase Bill Clinton, ‘it’s the music, stupid, it’s the music!’"
As of now Apple apparently decided quite the opposite two years later, introducing an iPod with 2.7-inch screen that could display photos and play videos.
#5 Apple Thought People Weren't Interested in Tablets
Though Apple has some of the best tablets in store with its iPad series, did you know that the company was never interested to come out with one.
In a 2003 interview with Walt Mossberg, Jobs said, "There are no plans to make a tablet. It turns out people want keyboards. We look at the tablet, and we think it is going to fail."
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