100% skeuomorphic design is not in favor these days. Touches here and there, sure.Am I the only one who wants the original design of iOS back? That look is simply amazing and could easily hold up today if they'd ditch the horrible flat design.
100% skeuomorphic design is not in favor these days. Touches here and there, sure.Am I the only one who wants the original design of iOS back? That look is simply amazing and could easily hold up today if they'd ditch the horrible flat design.
I vividly remember watching this keynote and being amazed. At the time I had a clamshell phone with a tiny screen.
The biggest surprise for me was that it ran Safari, not a scaled-down feature-poor imitation diet version of Safari.
Funny you mentioned that.
During the presentation Jobs showed the Nokia E61 which used the second generation of the Apple mobile browser that Apple and Nokia collaborated with when it was first introduced on the Nokia N80
Apple seems to make small moves when it comes to software, what we all forget to take in is the first release is actually a beta and gets continually refined.
When I feel really down I just queue up. The WWDC announcement and I get so damn fired up .... for once Apple looked like a true underdog.
at that time I was on S60 primarily bounced back n forth to blackberry OS (work), and knew eventually it’ll be worth it.
when the 3GS debuted I was down! After the 5S never looked and never switched to any other mobile device/OS.
I think the 1983 announcement and 1984 Super Bowl commercial for the 128k was probably as memorable. 😀
The Apple ][, the Mac, and the iPhone were the game changers for Apple. And the announcements of the latter two were iconic (plus the 1984 commercial).
Don't forget too it's the only iPhone to ever come with a cleaning cloth as well.
As someone who keeps a micro fiber cloth with me at all times, this stood out.
I had the Moto Q at the time and held out until like early 2008 to get the original. I instantly fell like a fool for waiting that long.
I played with Android from like 2011 - 2013 but came back with 5s and have been back since.
Honestly, no hyperbole... There's the world before iPhone and the world after iPhone.
THANK YOU APPLE AND STEVE!!!
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OMG I remember the scaled down web interface my clamshell phone used. It was absolutely horrendous. One of the many reasons I was amazed by the iPhone.