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16 Years Ago Today, Steve Jobs Introduced the iPhone
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Google changed how they issue push notifications. Apple chose not to support them.
We aren't, but that's because of humans (how they behave on dating apps) are awful. Not because phones are inherently bad. People had the same social anxiety and concern of television (kids would get square eyes), gaming consoles (turns them into spree killers) and railways (traveling at 50mph will cause madness).
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I don't get it. All of the posts above had negative votes on them. I can't imagine why. Each of them are true.
I doubt we ever will again with Tim running the ship. He is about as charismatic as a goldfish. If you look up cringe in the dictionary you get;
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I remember being in the audience that day.
And remember that even then, Apple stock fell after the Keynote. So those that believe that the stock falls because they haven't announced something great, the reality is that the stock price ramps up before every Keynote and then falls after every one.
Minutes after the announcement, the MacWorld expo opened. People were going to booths asking, "Does your product support the iPhone, announced minutes ago?" No. "Well those guys at that booth over there said theirs does." Well, those guys are lying, because they just learned about it minutes ago and it won't even be release for another several months.
And remember that even then, Apple stock fell after the Keynote. So those that believe that the stock falls because they haven't announced something great, the reality is that the stock price ramps up before every Keynote and then falls after every one.
Minutes after the announcement, the MacWorld expo opened. People were going to booths asking, "Does your product support the iPhone, announced minutes ago?" No. "Well those guys at that booth over there said theirs does." Well, those guys are lying, because they just learned about it minutes ago and it won't even be release for another several months.
A masterful presentation. The product was ahead of its time but the way he introduced it - oh boy. He carefully prepared every single word of that keynote and it was perfect.
No, iPhone.
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Apple, Cisco settle iPhone trademark lawsuit
The agreement allows the two companies to use the iPhone brand on their own products.www.cnet.com
I was about to post that CNET article as well haha.
Regarding IOS (all caps), this is a suite of networking Ones used on various families of Cisco routers and switches and whatnot. Apple licensed the "iOS" name from Cisco.
ref: https://appleinsider.com/articles/1...ame_to_apple_screenshot_shows_iwork_on_iphone
I remember being in the audience… the palpable excitement, the complete inability of the event staff to keep the aisles clear, after hours standing downstairs waiting for them to open the doors.
I had talked my dad into going, last minute, and he and I were in complete awe. It was just incredible.
I had talked my dad into going, last minute, and he and I were in complete awe. It was just incredible.
Every Jan. 9th, MacRumors runs this article, and every Jan. 9th, I feel just a little bit older when I read it. 😅 It's like the circle of life!
At the time I was using a Nokia N810. This wasn't a phone, but a phone-sized Internet tablet—and I'd argue that it was a direct antecedent for the iPhone. There's no way Apple couldn't have been aware of it.
I think around the time of the iPhone's launch they introduced the Nokia N900, which included phone functionality.
But the N-series devices almost had it all. A touch-sensitive screen as big as the device itself. Web browsing, email, messaging. You could install apps including games.
EDIT: Forgot to add that, if you added-in a GPS receiver (small matchbox-sized thing), then it also became a pretty good satnav – again, years before that was a common thing. There was even a navigation app that let you download Google satellite imagery, which was just incredible at the time – I remember driving along and passengers being amazed that you could see the satellite photography of the area all around.
It's just that Nokia was already on the highway to destruction. They didn't realise what they had.
I think around the time of the iPhone's launch they introduced the Nokia N900, which included phone functionality.
But the N-series devices almost had it all. A touch-sensitive screen as big as the device itself. Web browsing, email, messaging. You could install apps including games.
EDIT: Forgot to add that, if you added-in a GPS receiver (small matchbox-sized thing), then it also became a pretty good satnav – again, years before that was a common thing. There was even a navigation app that let you download Google satellite imagery, which was just incredible at the time – I remember driving along and passengers being amazed that you could see the satellite photography of the area all around.
It's just that Nokia was already on the highway to destruction. They didn't realise what they had.
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I liked how he always focused on the saying, “an iPod” annnnnd they don’t make them anymore, I was rocking my iPod classic earlier today and I was getting looks like I was out of this planet. I still use my older i devices the best I can, you would be surprised how much you can get out of them still today.
What really cool to me is how it only became more complex over the years yet still only had one button (on the front), now zero.
That button even gained function while the face of the device stayed mostly the same - for a decade! It even still lives on today and is even preferred by many.
Now most devices are just a rectangle which is cool and could go on forever, but Apple getting their design right, right out of the gate, is truly impressive to me.
I still prefer the focus and clarity that old iOS puts around Music. Album Cover Flow, album art filling the screen. You can tell they had an obsession on music. I think Apple have lost that. Apple Music / iTunes is so messy and cluttered, various version of albums available, no clear way to distinguish between them and so on.
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One of those "holy sh***", "I'm witnessing a leap forward" moments in my life.
And what a great presentation by Steve Jobs.
I couldn't afford one at the time, and it wasn't until the 4s that I got an iPhone.
By that time however, Samsung was already doing (arguably) better things (for me) and that 4s became my first and last iPhone until my company-issued 12 that I still use.
In between, the Galaxy Note series was my heroin.
Thankfully, Apple got it's head out, sorted their product lines, and now I'm snug as a bug in the silky-soft blanket that is Apple's ecosystem of computers, phones, tablets, wearables, cloud services, and home devices.
And what a great presentation by Steve Jobs.
I couldn't afford one at the time, and it wasn't until the 4s that I got an iPhone.
By that time however, Samsung was already doing (arguably) better things (for me) and that 4s became my first and last iPhone until my company-issued 12 that I still use.
In between, the Galaxy Note series was my heroin.
Thankfully, Apple got it's head out, sorted their product lines, and now I'm snug as a bug in the silky-soft blanket that is Apple's ecosystem of computers, phones, tablets, wearables, cloud services, and home devices.
The one thing I don't like about Maps UI is that the POIs and street names don't zoom in when you zoom in. The whole reason I'm zooming to to be able to read the super tiny font. And I don't think it's just Apple. I almost sure Google does it too, but I haven't used Waze in foreverUI was years ahead of its time. Even today it looks great. Unfortunately, we don't have Cover Flow anymore
And Maps UI is way too cluttered in comparison to the original.
You don't need to delete it unless you can't resist. I only look at it once in a while, and I am much better at resisting arguing with strangers.
We're a lot worse off now than 16 years ago for sure, by far and large because of the social media platforms and the "need" for constant dopamine that came after it. It's difficult to blame the advent of the devices themselves intrinsically for the junk that eventually became available on those platforms, or for how people chose to use those devices and those services.
I'm also convinced my wife's actual right hand is an iPhone, organically tethered to the end of her forearm. We were at the mall on Sunday and had stopped for a couple of pretzels at Auntie Anne's. They needed 6 minutes to prepare them fresh. My wife could not stand there for those 6 minutes without checking her phone every 10 seconds. There are numerous excellent videos abound on the 'net about the psychological effects of social media, TikTok quite in particular, and the damage they do to one's attention span among other things. It's horrifying.
A few months back I purged my own existence from FB and IG. I was on FB since 2009. I downloaded my data from FB and IG both and requested they both be deleted and I cannot put into words just how liberating that detachment has been. What I can say is that my iPhone 11 Pro Max, with its 80% battery health, can chug along for nearly 3 days without seeing a charger. ¯\(ツ)/¯