Steve Jobs on iCloud: Library Anywhere
What Jobs talks about
Jobs briefly presents iCloud as a way to make your iTunes library available wirelessly wherever you are. The emphasis is on convenience and freedom from being tied to one computer.
The transcript frames the moment as a return from medical leave, with the service apparently working on users’ devices right away. It suggests a product built for seamless multi-device access.
Jobs speaks throughout; the transcript begins with a narrator-style intro.
In his words
“It gives you basically your iTunes library wirelessly wherever you are”
“On more... Multiple devices.”
“No more being chained to one computer source.”
Key points
- iCloud is about making your music library available wirelessly.
- Users can access it wherever they are.
- It works across multiple devices.
- The goal is to end being chained to one computer.
Full transcript
In the Bay Area today, Apple founder Steve Jobs took a break from his medical leave, entered a company conference to I feel good by James Brown. And in addition to his health, the big news today was the new iCloud, which before he was finished talking, users found fired right up and already works on their devices. It gives you basically your iTunes library wirelessly wherever you are and on more... Multiple devices. No more being chained to one computer source.
Transcribed from the audio by speech recognition (Deepgram). Timestamps link to the video above. Errors are possible.