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Apple Inc is one of, if not the most recognizable brand in the world. After early success in the 80's and early 90's, followed by a huge fall toward the end of the millennium, Apple dedicated itself to perfecting its products behind its innovative leader Steve Jobs. He and his company where able to make Apple the most powerful company in the world. By simply putting the letter "i" in front of a product Apple was able to drive up sales, and drive out its competitors.

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The first Apple take down started back in 2001 when the original iPod was released. Everything about this product was innovative and different from what people had seen. The CD industry was crushed by the iPod which could hold up to 5 - 10 GB's of songs, which at the time was almost unheard of. The ground had been broken on the mp3 player generation, and the other companies began the war on competing with Apple.

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Apple was doing all it could to blow away its competitors which lead to the launch of the 30 GB iPod with color. By this time CD's where being crushed by mp3's while mp3 players where being crushed by iPods. From 2005-now the iPod has evolved from the mini but spacious Nano to the the ful touch screen of the iTouch. The iPod has made Apple an extreme amount of money and helped in not only the "destruction" of the CD industry, but also brought down the mp3 players of the world, just ask Bill Gates and the Zune.

Apple was far from being done at the iPod stage however, in 2007 they released this madness on the world.

media type="youtube" key="6lZMr-ZfoE4" height="315" width="420" By this time Smart Phones where barely considered smart, it was almost unimaginable that phones could do some of things they do today. At this point of time BlackBerry was the dominating force of the cell phone world. All Steve Jobs and Apple did was come in and set the tone for the what the current smart phone needs to work like in order to compete. 5 generations of phones latter and now Apple has been able to conquer the cell phone world. BlackBerry has drastically fallen off and it looked like the iPhone might have found it's stiffest competition to date in the Android. Then the originally AT&T exclusive iPhone expanded out to the other providers such as Verizon and Sprint, and not only have taken over the cell phone world, but have put a serious dent in the Android armor.

So Apple has taken over both the mp3 player and cell phone world, however Steve Jobs and company decided they weren't done yet. This time instead of perfecting products already made, Apple to decided to show that innovation can cause revolution.

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Steve Jobs decided it was time to unleash something ground breaking and revolutionary to the world. The iPad was just that. An oversized iPod, and undersized camera, and a touch screen book all in one. The iPad has brought the world the newest craze in the technology world the tablet. The iPad has had many copies come off of it. But none of these tablets can compare to what the iPad and its ever changing "generations" bring. The tablet world is still so young but it looks like Apple is already prepared to run away with it.

When Steve Jobs passed away in October, the world lost one of its greatest and most brilliant people. However when looking back on his life it is remarkable to see the impact he made on this world. Not only with these 3 mentioned products but also everything he contributed too. Apple is the way to go with technology and as they years go by and the technology develops we can expect to see more and more domination in the world by Apple

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