That’s also why Ballmer doesn’t run Microsoft anymore. He was gently shown the door… but for the rest of the world he stepped down…
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15 Years Ago Today, the iPhone Went On Sale
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I agree. I miss Steve.
He was an ******* but in order to keep Apple innovative and in the best shape you had to be.
Cook is not a bad CEO, he is not trying to be Steve either (Steve was irreplaceable).
My first iPhone (and smartphone) was the 4, and I still have mine somewhere for exactly the same reason
It took some time for Apple to figure out how they would do things post-Jobs, but they've figured it out and are making some of their best products to date.
On your last note, I personally see it as a positive when a CEO supports human rights.
I’d wager the Apple Watch inches out the iPod. Especially being, the Apple was labeled a ‘flop’ before it even launched and now….it’s dominated the wearable market beyond anyones expectations over just being a glorified ‘notification device’.
I was at the keynote. When Steve said, it wasn’t 3 devices, that it was a single device, the two guys next to me whispered under their breaths “Sh*t” and “F*ck”. They were reps from Microsoft and Blackberry. I over heard the BlackBerry rep making a joke about how it didn’t a tactile keyboard. The Microsoft guy said to stop the prototypes and to throw them away.
I couldn’t help but smirk.
I couldn’t help but smirk.
The best thing about the iPhone is that you don't have to type at all. I dictate everything into it now, except one liners, and the voice recognition is brilliant - I'd estimate around 95% accurate. I also use it for work, as it's far better than the VR software we have installed.
Will never forget the fun I had that day waiting in line for this phone.
The horror that was the activation process. I believe it took them over 12 hours to finally get my phone activated.
The simplicity of the phone. No 3G service. The camera was awful. The web apps we were asked to use because "they were all we'd ever need." The endless calls the first few years to bring Flash to the phone!
The phone was far from perfect but it was amazing. I remember friends being in awe of how cool it was to pinch and zoom on a picture or watch YouTube on the phone.
At the end of the day it absolutely changed the phone world and I have great memories of the phone and the overall anticipation and excitement waiting for it to be released. I haven't been as excited for a tech product since.
The horror that was the activation process. I believe it took them over 12 hours to finally get my phone activated.
The simplicity of the phone. No 3G service. The camera was awful. The web apps we were asked to use because "they were all we'd ever need." The endless calls the first few years to bring Flash to the phone!
The phone was far from perfect but it was amazing. I remember friends being in awe of how cool it was to pinch and zoom on a picture or watch YouTube on the phone.
At the end of the day it absolutely changed the phone world and I have great memories of the phone and the overall anticipation and excitement waiting for it to be released. I haven't been as excited for a tech product since.
Ya, have to agree on Social Justice Part, it is good, but at the same time promoting it in their every space is quite irritating, like it's a tech company, not a charity organisation, at the same time Cook has also done a commendable job on making Apple a Trillion Dollar Company
In the "Losing The Signal" book about the rise and fall of BlackBerry, I remember that one of the thoughts that BlackBerry had re: the iPhone is that it wasn't as data efficient as the BlackBerry for messaging services so BlackBerries would have a key advantage. Then data plans got way cheaper overnight and that evaporated completely. A whole lot of confusion, mismanagement, and hubris.
Fixed the quote, and at the time he was right. Apple had to do a price drop within a month because it wasn't selling.
It was also very difficult and expensive to setup a Blackberry BIS server to access e-mails. It had certain security features Activesync didn't have, but most of the time those weren't even setup. If Blackberry immediately made a free basic option for e-mail, I think they could have lasted a bit longer.
I never technically had the original, just the very similar 3G model, but I definitely miss the design. Was so comfortable to hold and use compared to later iPhones (and much better looking than some of the aluminum brick monstrosities that we’ve had like the 6-8).
It's hard at this point to remember how good some of the original innovations were. One that comes to mind was the spring-loaded effect at the end of a scrolled list or page -- it was so elegant and natural, and helped us to think about finger-scrolling in a much more tangible way than would have been the case otherwise.
In a product with marquee innovations everywhere it's easy to overlook the little things, but they really added up.
Got this pair (2G and 3GS) for ~$150 on eBay a year or two ago. Really glad I found these near-perfect examples. Happy birthday, OG iPhone.
Oh, and they both power on and work fine - I guess with the exception of 2G/3G internet, now.
Oh, and they both power on and work fine - I guess with the exception of 2G/3G internet, now.
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I remember I tried it out in the apple store and typing was difficult and I wrote it off as a miss. Then my friend had one from work and he showed me how to use it. I was amazed. I ordered one and the rest is history. The iPhone 4 was also a monumental leap with the Retina display. Those were some exciting times... iPhone 14...who cares
I remember waiting in line at the AT&T store for this (we didn't have an Apple store nearby at the time). The person in front of me got the last 8GB one, so I had to get the 4GB. The person directly behind me then got the last 4 and everyone else got to leave empty handed. Still have my original lying around in it's box, but it's a lot worse for wear as I didn't use a case with it.