Ben Gilbert: belief

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…What do you think I’d do for a living? Amazing. Andy had already left danger and started Android. Which would be the very thing that would destroy their mobile business. But let’s get there. SO 2007 in January, the iPhone is announced. It won’t come out until July. The iPhone comes out. It’s the most spectacular technology demo since The Mother of All Demos, the old Doug Engelbart one way back in the day. Consumers are all in awe, the existing mobile industry people can’t really believe it’s real. The founder of Blackberry basically said, I think his exact quote is, “How did they do that?” Then later says, “We’ll be fine. ” You have Palm who was already saying things like, I believe the CEO even before the announcement said “The PC guys are not just going to figure this out. They’re not just going to walk in.” Famously, David, I know you have it, Steve Balmer has a quote after the announcement. Yes, and he says, “It’s never going to work at $500,” which is the full quote. You could totally see that phones at this point in time, flagship phones were costing like $100 with carrier subsidies. Steve’s like $500 that price? Who’s going to buy that?…

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