"...the Apple products & services that Apple does well are the ones that Steve Jobs uses (or cares about) and the ones he doesn't use/care about are less good (or just plain bad)..."
"but I'm pretty sure Jobs never has had to schedule his own appointments with iCal so that program is less good"
Speaking of, one thing I know for sure Steve Jobs doesn't do is getting directions to his meetings from iCal on his iPhone: the appointment's location can't be tapped to open Google Maps. This is driving me crazy. Not only because I want to use it, but because it's so simple and has been begging for it since the iPhone came out.
Jobs does use Mail (on both the iPhone and the Mac – as can be seen from examining the headers of his widely publicized emails)... and plenty of people aren't exactly fans of that application.
This is also a reason why founders/CEO's of companies should use their own products. In many cases it doesn't seem like they do. If you wouldn't buy or use your own product, then something is wrong with it.
"...the Apple products & services that Apple does well are the ones that Steve Jobs uses (or cares about) and the ones he doesn't use/care about are less good (or just plain bad)..."
Seems about right. Funny.