Re: No Convergence of iOS & OS X

I think there are several reasons Apple acts (or acted) the way it does.

After reading Walter Isaacson's book, it appears that Jobs would frequently dismiss an idea only to do a complete 180 on the concept. Even to the point of believing it was his idea.

It also appears that Apple works on concepts that don't always make it to market, at least not right away. I thought that the iPhone grew out of a tablet concept that wasn't moving forward. So, at that time, you could probably say Apple wasn't interested in tablets, which may have been due to the fact they didn't care for the initial concept.

Apple is also what I believe to be the most secretive company when it comes to what it's doing. Not only do they not want anyone knowing what their doing, they don't want their employees to know what their doing. They have no tailgating (or did) rules in their facility. If you aren't authorized to enter an area, you can't get into that area.

When Apple talks to anyone outside of Apple, I'm sure they take the view they are talking to their competitors.

So I'm not surprised when Apple says one thing and does another. Whether it was the original plan or not.