BREAKING THE NORMS

Iphone, iphone, iphone. The word continuously echoed through my auditory faculty as I stepped out of the electronic ‘fish’ market where the only device that the visiting customers craved for was the attention-grabbing machine called the “I-phone”. Certainly, the multimedia smartphone produced and developed by Apple Inc, has bewitched the masses with a spellbinding effect. This marvelous piece of creation, or innovation I must admit, has definitely captured the cell phone market at large (consumers and re-sellers alike). Although, devices by other known giants of the industry such as Nokia and Samsung do have their own distinct class and continue to have a deep impact on our grey matter in terms of usage and user-friendliness, the monopoly enjoyed by them has evidently experienced a steep decline in recent years, since the Iphone meteor entered the global  atmosphere of cellular gadgets and commenced grabbing its share of the market, instantaneously. Since the release of the first generation iphone on June 29, 2007 in the US of A, the development that followed was by leaps and bounds, as the latest generation of this awe-inspiring device (i5) is imminent. Beware ! The i5-tsunami is expected to hit the cellular shores any day. 

Enough of this inspirational talk praising a dumb servant merely following cutaneous and vocal instructions (although indubitably an extremely intelligent software). Let me throw some light over the commendable works of an individual pioneering the i-technology, who really deserves the credit and laid the foundation not only for the future mouth-watering i-products but also the astounding era of next-generation graphical animation. Yes ! you are already aware of the notable name of Steven Paul Jobs, the co-founder of Apple, Inc who recently passed away, depriving Apple Inc of such a valuable treasure and leaving the i-fraternity in a melancholy state. Perusing the biography of this unique individual, I was taken by surprise when my ocular senses came across the fact that Steve Jobs dropped out after the first semester of his graduation and travelled to India to study eastern religions.  After about seven months harsh and hectic journey through the roughshod  Indian plateau, a spiritually cleansed and soul-hardened Jobs returned to the USA. Upon his return, Jobs rekindled his friendship with high school mate Steve Wozniak who was working at Hewlett-Packard then. Together, the two Steves launched a startup called Apple Computer from Jobs' garage in Palo Alto, California, which was to later become Apple, Inc and conquer the world of graphical animation and cellular technology.

But lets not digress from our topic, as a plethora of his biographies are available on the internet with easy access. The crux of this composition is to honor the achievements that Jobs attained starting from a very young age. It would be very pertinent to mention one of his famous quotes here;

“I was worth over $1,000,000 when I was 23, and over $10,000,000 when I was 24, and over $100,000,000 when I was 25, and it wasn’t that important because I never did it for the money.”

Another quote which definitely serves as a source of inspiration is as under;   

“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.” as quoted in The Wall Street Journal (Summer 1993)

Despite a chronic ailment which lasted for several years, Jobs led Apple with a perseverant determination and continued to inspire the world with his innovative ideas. The life achievements  of a person of this magnitude has indubitably left an indelible mark on the present generation of cellular and graphical technology and would continue to do so for the next several hundred centuries.

Tehsin Shah, Karachi - Pakistan