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Steve Jobs' Top 5 Innovations And Inspirations (VIDEOS)

The Huffington Post     First Posted: 10/07/11 03:54 PM ET   Updated: 12/06/11 05:12 AM ET

Steve Jobs' has been hailed as one of the top innovators of his time. Indeed, Apple under his guidance developed some of the most influential pieces of consumer technology: the Macintosh personal computer, the iPhone, the iPad. Among many other accomplishments, Jobs also helmed Pixar Inc., steering the company away from hardware and software development and into the movie business.

Take a look at the slideshow (below) to hear Steve Jobs talk about some of his greatest moments of inspiration and creativity.

Then, watch his most important moments at Apple (here) and read his most memorable quotes (here).

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Steve explains that Apple never intended to build the iPhone. Instead, Jobs and his engineers set out initially to build a tablet PC. But Jobs told Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher at AllThingsD's d8 conference in 2010 that he was inspired to go down a different path after he began playing with the user interface on the prototype tablet. "I thought, 'My god, we can build a phone out of this," he said. "And I put the tablet project on the shelf because the phone was more important."
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Steve Jobs' has been hailed as one of the top innovators of his time. Indeed, Apple under his guidance developed some of the most influential pieces of consumer technology: the Macintosh personal comp...
Steve Jobs' has been hailed as one of the top innovators of his time. Indeed, Apple under his guidance developed some of the most influential pieces of consumer technology: the Macintosh personal comp...
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wlknshadows
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02:34 PM on 10/08/2011
What is remarkably sad to me is that his genius remained in this one small area of entertainment. After all, the average human isn't using his computer to actually compute data streams. I wonder what he might have accomplished in other areas such as healthcare. His vision against cancer and cancer might be gone. He will be missed.
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10:14 PM on 10/07/2011
it's a shame he could have done so much - put an end to his products being made byslavelabor - admit he had AIDS and become an advocate - given all the tech away for posterity - what a shame - not the way to go
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07:28 PM on 10/07/2011
if people actually listened to his words no one would have worked for him
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LeroysMom
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06:36 PM on 10/07/2011
Steve Jobs apparently wasn't just a technology visionary. This commercial from 1983 shows a dog (a pit bull, no less) going to work with his owner, years before businesses started becoming dog friendly: http://www.ilovedogs.com/2011/10/steve-jobs-dog-friendly-visionary/
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03:11 PM on 10/07/2011
Sure, Jobs missed on some things, mostly when he was too far ahead of the curve (Newton anyone?). But when he was right, boy was he right. Looking back at that 2007 CNBC interview, it's almost comical how much the interviewer was underestimating the impact the new iPhone would have. Of course, he had no way of knowing. And we don't really have any way of knowing how sure Jobs was about this new product. But in hindsight, it looks like the guy is asking whether the wheel or fire would be important.
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