Comments on: Video: What’s Steve Jobs like in a meeting? http://counternotions.com/2007/10/26/sj-meeting-video/ Musings on strategic design by Kontra, a veteran design and management surgeon, perennially in search of complex problems to operate on. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:15:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jobs’ love of WiFi may lead to partnership with FON | Ars Technica http://counternotions.com/2007/10/26/sj-meeting-video/#comment-5654 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:03:19 +0000 http://counternotions.com/2007/10/26/sj-meeting-video/#comment-5654 [...] As you may know, one of the reasons given for the lack of 3G on the iPhone is Steve Jobs' belief (or perhaps wish) that WiFi would be readily available to everyone, everywhere. That tends not to be the case in many situations, and may be a hindrance to previously-rumored WiFi-based services. In order to spread the WiFi love, Steve Jobs has met with a company called FON to discuss WiFi sharing, and FON creator Martin Varsavsky has created a video describing the meeting. [...]

]]> By: kalendarze http://counternotions.com/2007/10/26/sj-meeting-video/#comment-4460 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:28:09 +0000 http://counternotions.com/2007/10/26/sj-meeting-video/#comment-4460 really interesting article, good and easy to read. Thanks!

]]> By: Ziad http://counternotions.com/2007/10/26/sj-meeting-video/#comment-2586 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:08:53 +0000 http://counternotions.com/2007/10/26/sj-meeting-video/#comment-2586 And here at last is Apple’s response: Guest Networking on the Airport Express and Time Capsule.

http://www.apple.com/airportextreme/features/security.html

A much more secure option for FON than through your Mac itself.

]]> By: No iPhone in Korea… « Waiguoren’s Weblog http://counternotions.com/2007/10/26/sj-meeting-video/#comment-845 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:30:47 +0000 http://counternotions.com/2007/10/26/sj-meeting-video/#comment-845 [...] of FON’s Martin Varsavsky (with Jobs) who had a business development meeting with him earlier (more documented here). 3) Korea is still a bit anti-U.S. or a little too protectionist and will sacrifice exposure to [...]

]]> By: No iPhone in Korea… « Living & Working in Korea Guide in English | The Real “South” Korea http://counternotions.com/2007/10/26/sj-meeting-video/#comment-835 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:55:04 +0000 http://counternotions.com/2007/10/26/sj-meeting-video/#comment-835 [...] FON’s Martin Varsavsky (with Jobs) who had a business development meeting with him earlier (more documented here). 3) Korea is still a bit anti-U.S. or a little too protectionist and will sacrifice exposure to [...]

]]> By: アップルは FON と組むか？ « maclalala http://counternotions.com/2007/10/26/sj-meeting-video/#comment-296 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:46:51 +0000 http://counternotions.com/2007/10/26/sj-meeting-video/#comment-296 [...] すでにご存知だと思うが、iPhone に 3G が欠けている理由のひとつは、誰でも、どこでもすぐ WiFi を利用できるべきだという Steve Jobs の「信念」（というか願望かもしれないが）のせいだ。現実にはなかなかそういかない。何度もウワサに出る WiFi ベースのサービスが登場しないのもそのせいかもしれない。WiFi に対する愛を広めるべく、Steve Jobs は FON という名前の会社とWiFi シェアリングについて話し合いを持った。FON の創設者 Martin Varsavsky は、ビデオを作ってその会議の&#27…。 [...]

]]> By: adamsAAPL http://counternotions.com/2007/10/26/sj-meeting-video/#comment-294 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:43:51 +0000 http://counternotions.com/2007/10/26/sj-meeting-video/#comment-294 If you want to see a great Steve Jobs interview, search for D5 on iTunes. It’s a free download with a 1 hour interview showing Steve Jobs & Bill Gates. Watch it at least 3 times. Jobs is the man.

]]> By: TenTimes http://counternotions.com/2007/10/26/sj-meeting-video/#comment-281 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:17:57 +0000 http://counternotions.com/2007/10/26/sj-meeting-video/#comment-281 Quite interesting Varsavsky – You are brave to post this video, but your FON company is worthy of such an innocent disclosure.

I think Steve is sizing you up to partner with a FREE worldwide WiFi network that he is dreaming up with Eric at Google.

Your model is correct. This would eliminate all the cell phone companies which have become stagnate over time.

iChat “for free” on the iPhone would be bigger than the iPhone times ten. We just need a couple 100,000 access points to make it work.

Be TOUGH with Steve… he will respect you more. So be planning/plotting an Apple router/ranger extender using your tech, and propose it to him.

You have the germ of the idea, and Steve flourishes with ideas like this. See Woz, PARC, Fadell…

Good Luck… buying a La Fonera+ with La Fontenna after I post this. (technically, the “La” name is bad however for the USA market, so you might want to call it “Free WiFi” or something similar)

https://shop.fon.com/FonShop/shop/US/ShopController

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]]> By: HG http://counternotions.com/2007/10/26/sj-meeting-video/#comment-280 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:11:19 +0000 http://counternotions.com/2007/10/26/sj-meeting-video/#comment-280 Varsavsky thinks it’s obvious that his presence is evidence that he’s into Apple. I’m sure Steve Jobs has had many visitors claiming the same thing, most notably Bill Gates.

Varsavsky obviously doesn’t know much about the history of the computer industry in the U.S. He didn’t even know that Apple is located at 1 Infinite Loop. Apple’s been at 1 Infinite Loop since the early ’90s, so Varsavsky hasn’t been into Apple that long.

Given how green Varsavsky is regarding matters concerning Apple, his confessional video comes off more like an opportunistic and self-aggrandizing effort.

]]> By: Bizarro Ballmer http://counternotions.com/2007/10/26/sj-meeting-video/#comment-259 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:29:37 +0000 http://counternotions.com/2007/10/26/sj-meeting-video/#comment-259 sounds like a cool idea, but you think FON.com would be able to have it’s maps work properly with safari. I can’t search for local Fon spots.

I thought the guy said he enjoyed and used Apple products. Does his iMac work with his FON website?

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