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Steve Jobs Announced the iPhone and Apple TV 18 Years Ago Today
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By the way, this year will also be the 20th anniversary of the video iPod being released. To this day one of my favorite Apple products ever.
I also have an old iPod mimi, but I can’t get it to turn on. It says it’s charging, but there’s an error message with a face when I try to turn it on. I’m guessing the hard drive is dead.
I also have an old iPod mimi, but I can’t get it to turn on. It says it’s charging, but there’s an error message with a face when I try to turn it on. I’m guessing the hard drive is dead.
This gets said a lot, but it’s not a fair statement because there are no small offerings to choose from!
When they go years and years with nothing that is even remotely small it’s really difficult to say the market is speaking
People need new phones so they buy what is available from the options
That doesn’t mean those are their preferences
We were exhibiting our product EarthDesk at MacWorld Expo that year. We had bought a MacWorld kiosk at the Apple Developer Conference and got super lucky that it was positioned directly across the aisle from Apple. We flew to San Francisco from Thailand (where we were living at the time) and my wife and I ran the booth. With a rented iMac and several heavy boxes of brochures, it was a struggle to run that all day by ourselves.
After the first day, we needed another print run of brochures (yay Kinkos at midnight!) and it was all pretty crazy.
Hard to believe that was 18 years ago.
After the first day, we needed another print run of brochures (yay Kinkos at midnight!) and it was all pretty crazy.
Hard to believe that was 18 years ago.
Yes. They were partially right in that if the iPhone flopped, Apple had so much invested in it that there was no other product to pivot to. Steve Jobs bet the company on the iPhone and won BIG.
Not quite new.. been a Mac user since 2005..
an issue or two yes, and it’s also normal and acceptable.. now there are one or two things without issues..
I always imagine how much more awesome Apple would be if Steve was still alive. What a truly remarkable individual.
I was there... but not at the Keynote. I was in Cupertino the week before for my training as an Apple Store manager and took a few extra days to stay in CA and attend the Expo. It was a pretty exciting few days.
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.
Article Link: Steve Jobs Announced the iPhone and Apple TV 18 Years Ago Today
Mannn. I miss when iOS looked like that. Same with macOS (or should I say OS X).
Well I’d suppose that brands drive market research studies before designing new products to predict if them will be well received by the consumers or not. The fact that people is buying bigger screen smartphones year to year give us a clue that are being well received by the public, if not were this way, sales would stagnate as happened with the Mini (no offense and said with all respect).
What if they aren’t doing any research and they simply are optimizing for whatever makes them the most money with no regard for what customers may want?
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.
Article Link: Steve Jobs Announced the iPhone and Apple TV 18 Years Ago Today
I remember getting up early and standing in line to get into the keynote.
I also remember getting shoved aside by the crowd and ending up in the very back squinting to see what was happening. Should have brought binoculars.
But, I was there.
Still have some photos from that MacWorld.. Should figure out what external drive they're on..
Back when iOS had style. What a visual treat!
A small screen cost less than a bigger one. So if they would want to optimize and make the most money with less, this would be done by using small screens instead of bigger ones, don't you think?
I think it costs less to design around much more similar components
The screen cost itself is not a big deal
Making only these huge phones has also allowed them to get pretty lazy about battery life and OS efficiency
iOS has become a totally bloated pig
Well, I think it depends upon each person. Since I am a middle-aged man, my 52 years old eyes’d like the chance to use a larger screen even to read my messages, my email or to navigate easily through Safari. And yes, of course that I could set a bigger font, however, it’s still not the same. In the other hand, the issue is that definitely I don’t like to have in my pocket a large phone like the PM, thus why I went with a regular-sized 16 Pro.
To me, quite a solution would be an iPhone with a large screen and a small footprint. Both features could co-exist only with a flip iPhone, so to me an important improvement would be to have that, a flip iPhone.
Also I think that a lot of people (millions) would like to have large screens in a very pocketable phone.
I agree with those that like large screens.
That’s why I have an iPad and a Mac
For how I use a phone, I want it to be as small, light and pocketable as possible
That’s why I have an iPad and a Mac
For how I use a phone, I want it to be as small, light and pocketable as possible
Up for debate whether the offensively large screens of today are an improvement.
Not all. I loathe foldable devices; I don't care who makes them.
Oh man, the old interface was so much better. Easier on eyes too.
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Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined at the time that the introduction of revolutionary computing devices like this one would culminate in the resurgence of fascism, science denialism, and disinformation.
Prometheus brought fire to the people to improve their lives and instead we used it to burn everything and each other to the ground.
It is saddening to look back at these events and remember how full of joy and wide-eyed optimism I was back then.
Prometheus brought fire to the people to improve their lives and instead we used it to burn everything and each other to the ground.
It is saddening to look back at these events and remember how full of joy and wide-eyed optimism I was back then.
I miss the days of Serlet, Forstall, and Tevanian. Forget the skeuomorphic angle, it is the other stuff. The whimsy, the thoughtfulness, and sweating the details. Above all, consistency. Glad the lifeless and bland monochromatic (Jony Ives running amok) design is being countered in recent years, but it is a far stretch from where it should be. iOS 18 mail and Journal only on iPhone are great examples. Music on the Mac and iOS is terrible, for a company that created the iPod and iTunes. There are flashes of old school here and there, but with current leadership they are a far cry from where they could have been in terms of software quality, and hardware imagination. The “mature platform” meme is getting stale. RIM and Microsoft thought in those terms. Financially they are a behemoth, but it is clear the leadership needs a shakeup. The iMac and iPod went from concept to shipping products in less than a year, while the Magic Mouse 3 will take until 2026, maybe. The Apple Intelligence (oxymoron) ads say everything about modern Apple. They need to “Think Different” once again.
The state of Mac hardware is awesome as well as Silicon. However macOS is grossly neglected, and when live wallpapers and screen savers are your lead in to announcing new features at WWDC, on the platform that is the foundation of everything you create around it, you have a glaring issue.
The state of Mac hardware is awesome as well as Silicon. However macOS is grossly neglected, and when live wallpapers and screen savers are your lead in to announcing new features at WWDC, on the platform that is the foundation of everything you create around it, you have a glaring issue.
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Only one I have issues with is "Apple Pay - struggling".
And how is this struggling?, at least in the UK, a massive amount of contactless payments that I personally notice are by phone, usually Apples and then the odd Androids. I haven't carried a wallet with me since 2015 when Apple Pay was introduced.
Apple Pay is a massive success.