I remember, the most disappointing thing about that keynote was people's facial expressions when Steve said the word 'AT&T'. 
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Seven Years Ago Today, Steve Jobs Introduced the iPhone
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The myth is, that it is only a myth. That there were smartphones with touch screens well before the iPhone. And that the iPhone owes its success merely to good marketing, better design and a cult of mindless followers buying everything with a bitten fruit logo on it. No matter how many people testify under oath what a profound impact the iPhone and the Macintosh had on the way computers were build from then on, you are not supposed to believe them, because they are all iSheeps.That's a really good chart. I used to teach this myth in my presentations. Oops!
That's a pretty superficial way of looking at a computer.
I have many of my files silo'ed by app and I find that it works pretty well for me. Work-related documents in pdf format stored in notability to easy viewing. Notes / planning documents in evernote. Spreadsheets in numbers etc. When you only need one app to open a file with, I find it doesn't really matter whether you have a file system or that those files are "locked" into a certain app.
Yup. I haven't seen any mention of LG Prada here so that's a surprise. Although I see the usual naysayers still busy telling us how Apple wasn't innovating with the iPhone and/or is doomed.
But as with the iPod, although unfair and petty, it's hilarious to read the reaction to the original iPhone's introduction from today's point of view.
In fact in 2007, one of resident Macrumors Apple skeptic/naysayers present in this very thread even predicted Apple doesn't have much time left with the iPhone because Windows Mobile will catch up in "less than a year" and become "extremely touch and user friendly" in with "excellent hardware".
Why? Of course it's because Windows Mobile is customizable. You know how being customizable would've made Windows Mobile user and touch friendly within a year of the iPhone introduction in 2007. And yes I'm trying to suppress laughter hard here. With the benefit of the hindsight, that prediction was just amazingly so wrong and misinformed that I don't even know what to say. The same person is still busy telling us how Apple isn't very successful in innovation 7 years later in 2014. You have to love the persistence and unwavering dislike of Apple.
More than anything else it's a good reminder that how much of a disturbance the iPhone was to the industry as a whole and how underrated it was by many. It really became the dividing line where the modern mobile operating system as we know it today shows up in the scene and made the likes of Symbian and Windows Mobile old and cranky.
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I guess the only people that underrated it were tech nerds. Nobody that I showed the iPhone or iPod touch didn't have their jaw dropped simply by seeing the pinch to zoom in the photo app.
After all these years, I still watch that video and find myself impressed. There will never be another showman like Jobs. There will never be applause like that, or anticipation like that again. At least not in the foreseeable future. I miss these keynotes every time a new one is presented.
Or rather Blackberrys concept of smartphone, copied by Samsung. And before that Samsung copied Nokia and Motorola.This was Samsung concept of smartphone in 2007 ...
The support for other languages is there and it works very well ...
There is nothing better in wp8 and Android stock keyboard, but you know, fandroids will tell you is better no matter what ...
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SAMEsung always been samesung ...
That's a pretty superficial way of looking at a computer.
I have many of my files silo'ed by app and I find that it works pretty well for me. Work-related documents in pdf format stored in notability to easy viewing. Notes / planning documents in evernote. Spreadsheets in numbers etc. When you only need one app to open a file with, I find it doesn't really matter whether you have a file system or that those files are "locked" into a certain app.
They will never agree with you. They will forever repeat that you don't have file system access, that you can't use another launcher, that you don't have SD cards ..... and so on.
No matter if you don't need any file system access to actually USE AND ELABORATE your data, no matter if typical android user out of geek forums doesn't know what a launcher is and he is just using the stock UI provided by Samsung/lg/HTC/whatever including tons of bloatware pre-installed on most of their devices, no matter if sd card support is awful in many cases .... They will always point out things you can't do on you iPhone ....
Of course they, and myself, won't agree because it's true...
I've actually switched back from Android to a 5S but there is no getting around there is no file level access. You cannot easily share files between different apps.
I have never had a need to share files between different apps. Do you have any examples?
You have never needed to attach a file to an email you are replying to? i.e. you download a pdf from one email and want to attach to a email you are replying to
In Android the app can find and pick the file it wants to use. In iOS it's typically open the file then use it.
Not sure if I mentioned this earlier, but I usually just link to Dropbox ( which the mailbox app does from within the app). Either way, I don't need to do this very often. Other times, there are more efficient ways to share a file, from iMessage to airdrop, to simply getting the job done from my Mac.
I concede that this does represent a real limitation for some users. It just hasn't had significant impact on me yet as a teacher.
Actually I don't understand your example.
First: I tend to have ONE application for each type of file (I.e. iBook for PDF, Pages for docs, Numbers for spreadsheets, iPhoto for photos and so on ...).
Every app could send contents via Mail, with no more than two clicks.
I download a PDF, save it in iBook and then send it via Mail or Gmail ...). I really don't see the need for browsing through /whatever/hidden/in/my/phone/sdcard to attach a file to an email.
Also with Dropbox, where I store most of my files, it is very easy.
Btw we are going off topic ....
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I've used android and iOS and this is what I have to say to the detractors.
I never used another launcher in the 2 years that I used android. I use SD cards and it is nice to expand your memory, however they often get corrupted and not everything can be stored on the SD card. The whole thing gets messy after a while, parts of an app stored on the SD card and parts on the phone. However since many android phones come with small internal memories and it's not that easy to get hold of 64GB or even 32GB variants it's better to have the option of an SD card. However the best solution is to just get as much internal storage as you need and with apple you can, with ease. I'd like to have a filing system but I can live without it.
Android suits some and apple and windows will suit others. It's nice that we have the choice.
That's a new one and certainly never had that with the 20 or so Android phones I've had. I'm sure it's happened to some people though just like iPhone's crash too.
I would also say "often" is you exaggerating heavily.
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Ok cool, I just tried this and this seems to work just like every other iOS app regarding email. You can do the same thing with Acrobat.
The limitation is you cannot save that PDF to iBooks then attach it to a email you are replying to. Unless there is a method I can't see.
This is done all the time in my job and is a BASIC function of email for business.
I'm speaking from my own experiences. I've had 2 become corrupted in my galaxy tab and 1 became corrupted in my boyfriends galaxy S3. I do have one that I've been using for close to 2 years and it's still going strong. I don't think I'm exaggerating. Even if you look on the reviews on places like Amazon you will see people talk about SD cards becoming corrupted and there are plenty of threads over at android central.
From iBooks you can send any PDF to Mail, you just have to insert the contact .... is it so difficult to do that instead of replay, if you have to attach a PDF ?
If this is the bigger limitation, well, I can live with it.
Apple could fix this if they allowed you to attach documents within the mail app and I'm not sure why they don't.
You would think they would have this for iCloud at least and have some sort of API for dropbox etc.
I've gone back to the iPhone mainly because of the email system at my work. I've had to download a 3rd party app to get it to work in Android but my work uses iPhones. Now that I have a management jobs there are so many more meetings etc I just need it to work properly.
Things I miss though:
Being able to schedule the mail client. My 8 year Nokia could do this!
Attaching files as mentioned above.
T9 dialer, Sony's contacts and T9 dialer was fantastic
Bigger screen although I think I would be happy with just a little bigger.
I'm Apple throughout the house with the exception of the iPhone until recently. As much as I like Apple I just don't get caught up in the Apple is perfect brigade and can see value in other brands and OS's
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Yes because it's starting a new email? It's a problem when you trying to maintain an email chain.
Depends on the job I guess, I often deal with things that must be put in writing and sometimes I can't wait until I'm near a computer to respond.
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I think you are exaggerating, a lot in fact. It's probably more like one in a million chance than often.
It's not only that .... In android when you start using sd you'll finish with a mess: part of app in the internal memory, part in the sd. And you can't move any app to the sd .....
I read an article on ars technica where the speak about problem with KitKat and sd support.
lol a mess...why do you need to move any apps to the SD card?
In earlier Android phones I've had to do this but not in anything in the last two years.
Most modern Android phones have plenty of room for onboard apps in the internal memory.
Name one 64 Gb Android phone ....
Well, enough is enough ... I'm say hallo to this thread. You are going to defend android anyway, so discussion is a waste of time.
This thread is about iPhone and the missing Steve Jobs. Whatever Android is or can do, I don't like it and this is the reason why I'm posting on MACrumors forum and not on Android Central ...
HTC One
Samsung Note 3
That was off the top of my head.
It's not so much about defending Android as much I object to people making up nonsense and lies. No phone or vendor is perfect but to make up stuff to bad mouth them because it's not your phone of choice is just poor.
It's not practical for most people to have access to a file system, especially windows. Why do you think core sections, actually the majority of the file system is hidden in osx and windows. iOS allows most of the world to have safe, easy access to computer aided international social interaction, photo taking and management, music portability and management, portable gaming of a huge range of choices without the limits and prices of other systems, and other non nerd related goals and services. The asby's and tinkerers can find ways of accessing stuff they want or need in iOS or they can use somewhat less pocketable laptops or desktops. Just because the ability to wreck your computer with ignorance has been greatly curtailed doesn't mean it's not a computer. If you recall, it is running a modern version of unix, applications can be loaded and removed and has many levels of user interaction, so it's not just embedded.
While it still has some frustrating limitations that you mention, it's still a friggin computer, erm...ok.
Ok by your definition then every Symbian or Windows OS phone was a computer too correct?
Nice sales spiel on the file access too haha. Funny how a limitation can be turned into a positive...
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lol what?? Job's is the oracle of all things called Smartphones? The term smartphone was around long before the iPhone was introduced.
A Windows OS, Symbian or Palm phone at the time was rightly called a smartphone.