Unlike many other books that discuss bits and pieces from

various points of views this goes over it all, from how Jobs

was adopted all the way through the release of the iPad 2

and iCloud. The book begins with the early days of Jobs and

Woz cracking AT&T’s network with devices known as Blue Boxes,

helping lay the groundwork for the pair to begin Apple

Computers. It’s also very blunt and honest about Jobs,

including how he was almost entirely out of his daughter’s

life for years, his surprising sensitivity that went along

with his harsh, brash nature as well as his insistence that

doing drugs in his youth was one of the best experiences of

his life. One of the things that struck me was the incredible

cast of characters. Some of the well known tech giants of

today including Bill Gates were integral parts of the story

of how Apple came to be as well as the genesis of Microsoft.

Of course Jobs held nothing back in his opinion of Gates.

The book also goes into detail with Steve Jobs’ involvement

in Pixar and his ouster and eventual return to Apple to save

the dying company. He also talks about the origins of some of

the most popular Apple devices of today such as the iPod,

iPhone and iPad. For example, when designing the iPhone there

were two main models they were considering, P1 which would be

a phone based around the clickwheel and P2 which would use a

large multitouch display. While of course the final version had

a multitouch screen it would have been a sight to see how the

iPhone would have been with a clickwheel instead.

The Steve Jobs biography is a hefty 656 pages however I must

say I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it as I devoured the

book during the past few days. If you are interested in the

history of Apple or even just want a look back at the

incredible time that it was started in,

I highly recommend you give it a shot.