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How Steve Jobs snookered the cell phone industry

A really thorough analysis of how Steve Jobs played Motorola and Ed Zander to test the iTunes mobile market and put Apple in a position to reap significant rewards if the ROKR is even a moderate success.

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Hi, I'm Kareem Mayan. I co-founded eduFire, an online video tutoring company.

I've done time at ESPN and FIM.

I advise WorldBlu, helping them build democratic companies.

I moderated a council for Creative Good.

And, I helped bring Barcamp, a technology un-conference, to LA, ~~which is where I live.~~ I am now living and working in cool cities around the world.

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