Just set the time and date on my 3GS with the original thumb-wheels 😍
I guess we'll come full-circle and back to this look in another 3-5 years...
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Steve Jobs Announced the iPhone and Apple TV 18 Years Ago Today
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I guess we'll come full-circle and back to this look in another 3-5 years...
The iPhone Keynote is part of my Artistic Research as Communication Designer. Combined with Jobs openness to share Insights in Interviews over the years its the foundation of my practice. Incredible value.
The original abomination only had 4GB and was 500 bucks or similar. A few months later didn't Steve have to apologize for something and give early adopters a rebate. It was a PR disaster.
I used the Apple IIe (I think) in high school computer science class. That had been my only exposure to Apple. When a friend at work showed me the first iPhone I was out that day at lunch looking for one. Now I’m surrounded by Apple products. 🤓
I remember when I got "mocked" for having an iPhone because I could not just send photos over Bluetooth, had no copy / paste or how I had to use my finger instead of a stylus which everyone that hadn't even tried it, deemed "inaccurate".
How times change.
How times change.
First Apple TV looked so good.
Today marks 18 years since Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the original iPhone and Apple TV at Macworld Expo 2007.
Standing on stage, Jobs introduced the iPhone as a product that combined three revolutionary functions: "an iPod with touch controls, a phone, and a breakthrough internet communications device." He emphasized that these were not three separate devices, but one, and said, "Today, Apple is going to reinvent the phone."
This vision materialized as a device that broke away from industry conventions, featuring a sleek aluminum and plastic body, a 3.5-inch multi-touch display that precluded the need for a physical keyboard, a 2-megapixel camera, and iPhone OS—a mobile operating system that provided unprecedented functionality compared to the feature phones of its time. The iPhone consolidated multiple devices into one and laid the groundwork for future innovation.
While the iPhone dominated headlines, Apple also formally introduced the Apple TV, a product that had initially been previewed as "iTV" during a previous event in September 2006. Apple TV was presented as a set-top box designed to bring iTunes content to the television. The device allowed users to wirelessly stream movies, TV shows, music, and photos from their Mac or PC directly to their TV. It featured a 40GB hard drive for local content storage and supported 720p HD resolution, offering both HDMI and component video output, and was priced at $299.
Another notable announcement was Apple's decision to change its corporate name from "Apple Computer, Inc." to simply "Apple Inc." Jobs said that Apple was no longer just a computer company, signaling its intention to dominate multiple sectors.
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Say what you will about Jobs, his keynotes DESTROY Cook's.
The original iphone/2G never came out in Australia. We had to start with 3G
I wish I still had one new and sealed in the box! I could sell it and retire!!😂 Happy Anniversary iPhone!!
Didn’t realize the Apple TV was introduced at the same time as the iTV. The 80s into the 99s were certainly exciting time in tech. Innovation was abounding.
Today innovation is abounding but some have become so injured with it, they don’t really see it.
Skeuomorphism in iOS had its time, and that time has passed.
Today innovation is abounding but some have become so injured with it, they don’t really see it.
Skeuomorphism in iOS had its time, and that time has passed.
Does anyone else think that in hindsight the world and tech would have been a better if the iPhone had flopped? Lately I've been having this thought. Maybe the narcissism and ignorance of social media wouldn't have spread as fast without computers in our pockets. Maybe our privacy rights would be stronger, more physical media and ownership of our own products as well as right to repair. Not trying to sound like a luddite just a thought experiment. Perhaps a large segment of our population doesn't need to always be connected. The iPhone opened a door that led to the digital world absorbing the physical one, where as I believe it should augment the real world.
I remember being so damn excited and not wanting to wait to get it.
I agree with a lot of what you are saying, and I find that life before the internet was better overall than it is today. However, since pandora's box was already open regarding cell phones, the Internet, PDA's, etc. I am glad that the iPhone came about and changed the game.
I think that everyone of us who we had the luck to see at that moment the keynote and Steve Jobs introducing the iPhone for the first time, and then when we saw weeks or months later how the iPhone succeeded, I’m pretty sure we all miss Steve, his perfectionism and his always innovative and inspiring soul.
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Nah, if she was 'immortalized' by anything, I would know who she is.
I truly have no idea how you got a downvote on this
It's basically objectively accurate
I got a downvote from someone I've ignored. If only ignoring them meant they couldn't vote on comments as well.