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Inside the Room Where Apple Developed the Original iPhone Software
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It's still nice.
I'm still a sucker for all that clear stuff Apple made back in the day (I do know the speakers are Harmans). I like to see the working parts.
From the article:
"This is a system Apple rigged together to run early prototypes of its iPhone software in 2006. It tethered a plastic touch-screen device code-named Wallaby to an outdated Mac to simulate the slower speeds of a phone hardware."
Obviously it's not an iPhone4. It's a test device for the development of the iPhone touch screen.
Also, I had the same Harmon-Kardon soundsticks and subwoofer that I bought with a Quicksilver G4.
I still have my B&W G3 that I put a G4/500 cpu into. It's still running OS 9.2.2 with some orphaned PCI cards in it.
"This is a system Apple rigged together to run early prototypes of its iPhone software in 2006. It tethered a plastic touch-screen device code-named Wallaby to an outdated Mac to simulate the slower speeds of a phone hardware."
Obviously it's not an iPhone4. It's a test device for the development of the iPhone touch screen.
Also, I had the same Harmon-Kardon soundsticks and subwoofer that I bought with a Quicksilver G4.
I still have my B&W G3 that I put a G4/500 cpu into. It's still running OS 9.2.2 with some orphaned PCI cards in it.
Maybe because you have a serious problem with your eyes?Right... so why do I see an iphone 4 on the table then?
Are they pretty decent? I was thinking about getting the Bluetooth wireless set, but I hung back at the last second because I hadn't heard anything about how good they sound.
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Right... so why do I see an iphone 4 on the table then?
That's because the first iPhone prototype looked a lot more like the 4 than what they ended up first releasing.
I started looking for a replacement for mine. Nothing sounds better. Still using them.
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They are very good. It kind of bothers me that they seem to produce better sound detail than my living room speakers.
I loved mine! They finally stopped working recently but they lasted over 10 years! I had the USB model. The subwoofer, when placed properly, made a big difference. But, as is typical with a good subwoofer, you didn't realize the difference until it's gone (or off).
Reminds me of the iPad prototype, which used an off-the-shelf developer board:
![2005_ipad_prototype.jpg]( "2005_ipad_prototype.jpg")
And of course, who can forget the first Windows Mobile phone prototype from around 2000 or so:
![first_wm_phone.jpg]( "first_wm_phone.jpg")
And of course, who can forget the first Windows Mobile phone prototype from around 2000 or so:
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Wonder if that was a cocky little stab at some of their competitors, at the time?
Either that, or maybe a daily dose of self-motivation, with a reminder to remain focused and stay on track?
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Thanks to the Eagle Eye
We see, from the FACT that there's an iPhone 4 on that table, that this is a FALSE FLAG OPERATION, people! This is intended to be a so-called exhibit showing that Apple invented the iPhone, when the facts are that Samsung did it, and Apple stole the whole thing from the other guys!
Or, wait. Could it be that this is a room that fulfilled that function, but it isn't a museum yet, nor will it ever be -- that it doesn't have a curator, just maids that don't clean up spare room, and they can't touch the stuff the engineers leave around -- and somebody left that iPhone 4-era phone there? In the sacred iPhone shrine? It looks like just what I thought: a room where the dirty business of wireless protocols was done is not an interesting room. Jony Ive has the nice office. This is where the grunts go. Make the damn phone work.
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Seriously, that's the same model of Harman-Kardons I got way back with the Bondi Blue iMac. Still working. With my fifth iMac. That's 15 years now.
We see, from the FACT that there's an iPhone 4 on that table, that this is a FALSE FLAG OPERATION, people! This is intended to be a so-called exhibit showing that Apple invented the iPhone, when the facts are that Samsung did it, and Apple stole the whole thing from the other guys!
Or, wait. Could it be that this is a room that fulfilled that function, but it isn't a museum yet, nor will it ever be -- that it doesn't have a curator, just maids that don't clean up spare room, and they can't touch the stuff the engineers leave around -- and somebody left that iPhone 4-era phone there? In the sacred iPhone shrine? It looks like just what I thought: a room where the dirty business of wireless protocols was done is not an interesting room. Jony Ive has the nice office. This is where the grunts go. Make the damn phone work.
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Seriously, that's the same model of Harman-Kardons I got way back with the Bondi Blue iMac. Still working. With my fifth iMac. That's 15 years now.
I'm pretty sure that is just a prototype touch panel, it just happens to look similar to the iPhone 4. I'm pretty sure that even though Apple may have been using an older powermac to simulate the slower speeds of a phone's processor they won't still be using a powerpc mac and maintaining a separate set of developer tools for it. This picture is from well before the iPhone 4.