Un iPod Shuffle (a 4-a generație) semnat de Steve Jobs, după cum susține posesorul, a fost scos la licitație pe eBay unde cea mai mare ofertă ajunsese la 10.000 de dolari.
Deținătorul iPod-ului susține că niște colegi au fost invitați la un eveniment Apple unde au avut inedita ocazie de ai cere lui Steve Jobs un autograf. El susține că dialogul de mai jos a fost purtat între prietenii săi și Steve:
“I hear you’re not really one to give autographs, but I just gotta ask…. will you sign my iPod? It’s fine if you don’t want to. I’m not normally one to even ask for autographs.”
Steve: *chuckling* “It’s quite alright. You heard that about me? Well I wouldn’t say that I don’t like giving autographs, I guess I was never comfortable with the idea solely taking credit for something, which is to me what an autograph might imply. To be honest, I think I’m the last person who should sign something. A writer signing a book I can understand, but I think if anybody within our company should sign something, it should be members from our R&D team and all the others responsible for product innovation. It’s unfortunate that they all can’t receive the same level recognition. But I suppose it’s easier this way though?….you would need a pretty big iPod to fit all those signatures”
Cât despre veridicitatea autografului … lasă de dorit, mai ales că licitația a fost scoasă de pe eBay.
