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10 years ago today, Apple and iPhone changed our world
iMore ^ | June 29, 2017 | BY RENE RITCHIE

Posted on 06/29/2017 12:16:50 PM PDT by Swordmaker

Ten years ago today Apple shipped a wide-screen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone, and a breakthrough internet device. But it wasn't three products. It was one product. And we got it, Steve. We got iPhone.


On June 28, 2007, Apple shipped the original iPhone. People had been waiting outside for days in lineups that ran for blocks. Anticipation was off the charts. Competitors were nervously dismissing it as a over-reaching and over-priced. Media was calling it the Jesus Phone.

Steve Jobs had put sneaker to stage only six months earlier to introduce it. The most incredible keynote presentations of his life—a life filled with incredible keynote presentations—and in the history of consumer electronics, he'd taken a moment before he started to assemble the team and tell them to remember the moment: The moment before iPhone. Because, in the next moment, everything would change.

(Excerpt) Read more at imore.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; History
KEYWORDS: anniversary; applepinglist; history; iphone
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion

It’s a Truism for all products- not just specific to smartphones.


21 posted on 06/29/2017 2:17:52 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: BBB333
I, personally, had a HTC Touch at the time - the worlds first touch screen smart phone.

The HTC Touch, which could be used with a finger, but came with a stylus, was not a "smartphone," nor was it the first touch phone. At best, the HTC Touch was a feature phone, with according to its specs, could select at a finger or "stylus-free touch, a music player, a photo album, a video player and a picture-based contact book." It had 64MB of on board storage, plus additional SD card storage for content, but no additional storage for apps.

There were resistance touch phones available prior to the iPhone but they used styluses.

The first actual touch screen phone was made in 1992 by IBM for landline handsets: The IBM Simon:


The $799 Prada (LG KE850) was the first capacitance touch screen cell phone because it was released a month before the Apple iPhone, but it was only a single touch capacitance screen, unlike the multi-touch capacitance screen of the iPhone.

As for the HTC Touch, unless you were living in Great Britain, your memory is most likely faulty because you could not have had an HTC Touch when Apple was shipping the iPhone. The HTC Touch was only available in Great Britain where HTC announced it on June 7, 2007 and actually released for sale there in August/September; it was not released elsewhere until November of 2007, when they finally made it available in the US on T-Mobile.

"HTC Touch Review: An iPhone It Is Not
Reviewed Jun 11, 2007 by Vince Veneziani

With Apple’s iPhone quickly approaching its release date, HTC and Microsoft knew they had to squeeze something out to compete. Granted, they’ve been working on this concept for years before they even knew about the iPhone — that’s how the industry works. That said, HTC’s Touch looks to offer big features in a small package that relies heavily on a touch-interface. It uses Windows Mobile 6 combined with an overlaying GUI called “TouchFLO” that provides a similar experience to that of the iPhone. But can it compete with the #1 product that isn’t even out yet?

No, but it’s still an interesting phone. See, the HTC Touch won’t even be out in the US until Q4 of this year and will most likely see its way to T-Mobile. Recently released in Europe, the Touch has nice features that are becoming more commonplace on HTC devices." — TechCrunch Review of HTC Touch, June 11, 2007


22 posted on 06/29/2017 2:19:06 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: SamAdams76
There’s a new book I just bought called “The One Device - The Secret History of the iPhone”. Thought I’d get your opinion on the book if you have read it. I’m through the first few chapters and it seems good so far.

I haven't seen it. Let us all know how it goes when you finish it.

23 posted on 06/29/2017 2:21:00 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: RayChuang88
In fact, it caused such a revolution that it even affected the Wrigley Company. Why? Because while people in supermarket checkout lines in the past would be tempted to buy chewing gum in the checkout display, today those same people waiting in line now using their touchscreen phones instead, which has hurt sales of any item on the checkout line.

Now THAT'S a different take! I wonder if anyone has done a study to document the change? How much has it cut the sales of the National Enquirer? Enquiring minds want to know.

24 posted on 06/29/2017 2:23:58 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: Vendome
I still use Samsung.

Samsung's phones are completely derivative of the iPhone. . .

26 posted on 06/29/2017 2:26:39 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: Crusher138

It’s like walking by chained dogs on these threads LOL!
You know your rant had nothing to do with my post.
Well, bark on. That’s all these threads are ever for.


27 posted on 06/29/2017 2:32:32 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Crusher138
As I remember it the HTC Touch came out just a couple of weeks before the iPhone. Some functions could be done by touch, but others required a stylus.

HTC announced the HTC Touch in a big reveal on June 7, 2007 in London. However, they were not to go on sale in quantities until September in Great Britain, and were not available in the US and the rest of the world until October/November.

As the June 11, 2007 TechCrunch review unequivocally stated ". . .the HTC Touch won’t even be out in the US until Q4 of this year and will most likely see its way to T-Mobile."

28 posted on 06/29/2017 2:39:18 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: mrsmith
I adopted Apple when I couldn’t stand the insecurity of Windows. I found myself falling for a phishing attack because I was so afraid of viruses. So I adopted an industrial-strength OS - Unix - which is what OS X sits on top of.

I’m not exactly an early adopter; I was slow to get a cell phone, and only now have been gifted an iPhone.

29 posted on 06/29/2017 3:05:55 PM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (The idea around which ‘liberalism’ coheres is that NOTHING ACTUALLY MATTERS except PR.)
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To: Swordmaker
Titanic shift....
ping
30 posted on 06/29/2017 3:35:41 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: doorgunner69
Still using a variation of the classic flip phone and never felt the need for more than that. Of course, I do not Twit, facefarque, browse or graze, either.

It's OK, gramps. My mom couldn't figure out this scary new world either. Don't worry. We got it.

31 posted on 06/29/2017 3:43:49 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68

Ah an Apple fanboy, no doubt. Some of us work in this world just fine without electronic crutches. Or want anything to do with gen-xyz social networking, that you no doubt are a heavy user.


32 posted on 06/29/2017 3:55:02 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: doorgunner69
Some of us work in this world just fine without electronic crutches. Or want anything to do with gen-xyz social networking

If it wasn't for our gen-xyz social networking, you'd be talking about President Hillary.

Fortunately, some old people get it.

(He has an iPhone as well.)

33 posted on 06/29/2017 4:02:44 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68

Posts like that make me wish for a “Like” button on FR!

So both Rush and Trump would be gay fan boyz?

Bwahahahahahahah!


34 posted on 06/29/2017 4:09:53 PM PDT by Crusher138 ("Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just")
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To: Swordmaker
Hi Swordmaker,

I continued to use little LG VX5500 flip-phones for many years after the iPhone came out. It made phone calls and did texts, which was all I required. I thought smartphones were a luxury for the uber-connected. I was not uber-connected, nor did I wish to be.

But after having to go on eBay twice to get spares for the LG, I started thinking about maybe I should get a smartphone when the LG quits the next time. As I recall that was in late 2013, not sure exactly.

As it happened, the iPhone 6 was about to become the rage, and Verizon put the iPhone 5 series on special. I copped a 5c, the low-end unit. I've been very happy with it ever since. It's finally run its course on OS version updates, but it continues to work flawlessly.

I got a similar 5c for my new wife, who previously had no mobile phone. We immediately discovered texting. It facilitated our budding relationship. We have a joint plan (also including my old iPad2 w/cell) for 3GB/month, which we never even come close to exceeding. We occasionally use them as portable WiFi hot-spots for our non-cell computers, which is way cool, when needed.

I may be an iPhone user, even an Apple fan (some of the time), but I wouldn't say it "changed my world".

I would say it made my world much more connected, which most of the time is a good thing. Spam phone calls aside. :-)

35 posted on 06/29/2017 4:17:50 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: BBB333
It was a smartphone - smarter than any iPhone until the iPhone 4.

Firstly, according to its specifications it doesn't meet the definition of a smartphone. Less than three months after its introduction, HTC had to double its internal storage capacity and its SD capability because it was limited. A "smartphone" that can just phone, browse the internet, allows just TWELVE contacts with photos from a limited contacts list, music & video player, picture album, and do emails, and messaging, and apparently has widgets, with only 64MB of storage for apps does not define a "smartphone," it defines a limited "feature phone." These are industry definitions, easily found. The HTC Touch meets the feature phone definition, not the smartphone definition. Where am I lying?

Secondly, It certainly was not the first "touch screen" phone. Touch screen phones, especially resistance screened single touch which is what the HTC Touch phone was, had been around for a number of years. . . most using styluses, with which the HTC Touch came equipped. The first was IBM's Simon, first developed as a wireless handset for a wired system, later for a cell phone. Where am I lying?

Thirdly, I showed with contemporaneous reviews that that model HTC phone was simply NOT available in the USA in June for you have owned one when the iPhone was released on June 29, 2007. . . and in fact was NOT released in the USA until the 4th Quarter of 2007. These are HISTORICAL FACTS. You have not asserted you were in Great Britain, so you did not have one as you claimed when the iPhone was release ten years ago today. You may have read reviews, but you could not have owned one if you were a resident of the USA unless you bought it in the UK or had a time machine. This is history. It's easily found. I provided Links to the review with the proof. Again, where is the lie?

Finally, the iPhone 3G was released just a year after the original iPhone, far exceeding the specs of the original iPhone and the HTC Touch feature phone, and two years before the iPhone 4. . . and included the bands included in the HTC except for the CDMA which was the band used on Version. However, there was no purpose in doing a CDMA phone until the AT&T exclusive contract expired. The iPhone 4 included the CDMA bands because Apple was expanding to include other carriers including Verizon with the conclusion of the AT&T exclusive contract.

It looks as if the only one telling untruths here is you.

By the way, when you lack facts to back your argument, it's bad form to resort to insults. . . as you did.

36 posted on 06/29/2017 4:48:39 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion

I resemble that remark . . .(Idiots are great customers)

Me, two


37 posted on 06/29/2017 6:42:30 PM PDT by Imnidiot (This space for Rent)
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To: Drew68

We were late adopters, got a 5s in 2013. A 6 in 2015. Now I run my home business from my iPhone. I just got my red iPhone 7 today. It’s sleek and gorgeous like me :-D

It’s amazing to me how this has impacted the way I do business, communicate with my kids, my husband...

I had an iPad and a Mac Mini before I got the iPhone. When I understood how everything integrated, I dived in headlong. Dragged my husband with me!


38 posted on 06/29/2017 6:42:41 PM PDT by Marie Antoinette (:)
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To: RayChuang88; Swordmaker
During the 1960's to 1980's, science fiction novels talked of a personal communications device where you can communicate by voice and video and get the latest news wirelessly. While the Palm Treo and Windows Mobile devices got there first, it was the iPhone that made to usable to everyone.

In fact, it caused such a revolution that it even affected the Wrigley Company. Why? Because while people in supermarket checkout lines in the past would be tempted to buy chewing gum in the checkout display, today those same people waiting in line now using their touchscreen phones instead, which has hurt sales of any item on the checkout line.

I noticed that recently at my local supermarket. The rack on the left of the register entry is devoted to gum and mints, to the right, to candy bars. What's no longer visible on either rack is rolls of Lifesavers candy. I don't know if the iPhone had any effect on that or not. It's funny.

39 posted on 06/29/2017 6:47:22 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: Swordmaker

I’ll stick with apple , iPhone, iPad, Mac Pro laptops due the quality of the build ...... never have had an issue during my travels . Keep Flash / Java off and a good VPN on they’re as near bulletproof I can get for my needs .

Do not like the location of the on/off button on the 6 & 7 iPhone .... press it an your “squeeze” turns the volume up/down on the other side. So I carry a 5 with the on / off accessible from the top of my shirt pocket to silence ring or text easily. My lone gripe after the learning curve of the OS.....


40 posted on 06/29/2017 9:27:02 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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