Hasta La Gadget!

There’s something about the idea of Steve Jobs just “dropping by” on an Apple earnings call that I really appreciate. As though the multi-billionaire world-famous executive just sort of crashed the party because he had a few things that he really wanted to get off his chest.

What makes the whole Jobs’s appearance on last night’s Apple call really strange is the fact that the Apple chief is notorious for not really do doing a heck of a lot of talking outside of choreographed keynotes and the occasional ill-advised e-mail to an Apple customer or irate journalist.

“Hi, everybody,” Jobs told the press, apparently just sort of crashing the event. “As most of you know, I usually don’t participate in Apple earnings calls, since you’re in such capable hands with Peter [Oppenheimer] and Tim [Cook]. But I just couldn’t help dropping by for our first $20 billion quarter. I would like to chat about a few things, and stay for the rest of the Q&A, if that’s all right.”

I mean, um, I guess it’s all right, if you think it’s all right, Steve.