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Origin of the iPhone - Posted By XeroCint (kai) on 11th Jan 08 at 8:39pm
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It was a late morning in the fall of 2006. Almost a year earlier, Steve Jobs had tasked about 200 of Apple's top engineers with creating the iPhone. Yet here, in Apple's boardroom, it was clear that the prototype was still a disaster. It wasn't just buggy, it flat-out didn't work. The phone dropped calls constantly, the battery stopped charging before it was full, data and applications routinely became corrupted and unusable. The list of problems seemed endless. At the end of the demo, Jobs fixed the dozen or so people in the room with a level stare and said, "We don't have a product yet."

The effect was even more terrifying than one of Jobs' trademark tantrums. When the Apple chief screamed at his staff, it was scary but familiar. This time, his relative calm was unnerving. "It was one of the few times at Apple when I got a chill," says someone who was in the meeting.


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Re: Origin of the iPhone - Posted By Nick (nickb) on 11th Jan 08 at 9:03pm
IPhone's Suck, IMO, I say the Razr 2 is way better, IMO.

Re: Origin of the iPhone - Posted By Grave (Grave) on 11th Jan 08 at 9:09pm
Both the iPhone and Razr series are overrated. Explosives are way better, IMO.

Re: Origin of the iPhone - Posted By XeroCint (kai) on 11th Jan 08 at 9:32pm
iPhone is okay
it'll be better soon enough {Tongue Out}
good article though

Re: Origin of the iPhone - Posted By Ryan (gimli10567) on 13th Jan 08 at 5:48pm
I would love to get an iPhone. Smiley

Just because I'm a tech geek. xD

Re: Origin of the iPhone - Posted By Virtualize (virtualize) on 13th Jan 08 at 5:54pm
I have a iPod touch. {Tongue Out} Would like a iPhone as well. XD

Re: Origin of the iPhone - Posted By XeroCint (kai) on 13th Jan 08 at 8:08pm
I just posted it cause I thought it was interesting really {Tongue Out}

Re: Origin of the iPhone - Posted By Graham (amusedtodeath) on 13th Jan 08 at 8:12pm
I'd be tempted to get one, but as they are only on O2 over in the UK, i won't be getting it.

Re: Origin of the iPhone - Posted By XeroCint (kai) on 13th Jan 08 at 8:38pm
 
I'd be tempted to get one, but as they are only on O2 over in the UK, i won't be getting it.


just unlock it {Rolleyes}

Re: Origin of the iPhone - Posted By ashkir (ashkir) on 13th Jan 08 at 10:00pm
My dad offered me one if I read the manual and teach him ten things he doesn't know about the iPhone. He'd pay the bill and all. I declined, but I did read the manual. =P

Imma gonna wait. See the next release of Apple, and if it's on another provider. Apple entered the cell phone world. Knowing them with past products its something like:

New product
Price drop
Popularity rise

2 - 3 years later
New product
Old product out of date.
Cheaper then last one

Re: Origin of the iPhone - Posted By Marc (cr0w) on 14th Jan 08 at 12:10am
Let's see how long it is before gPhone-bashing commercials come out. >.<

Re: Origin of the iPhone - Posted By Ryan (gimli10567) on 14th Jan 08 at 12:15am
 
Let's see how long it is before gPhone-bashing commercials come out. >.<


Apple wouldn't do that.

Re: Origin of the iPhone - Posted By Marc (cr0w) on 14th Jan 08 at 12:17am
 
 
Let's see how long it is before gPhone-bashing commercials come out. >.<


Apple wouldn't do that.


No, not at all...

*Finds a few hundred commercials bashing PC's on Youtube*

If Apple knows they've got competition, and are losing; they revert to cheap-shot, degrading tricks.

At least Microsoft can admit that it's full of jerks; Apple can't stop playing the innocent company that got screwed over. {Unsure}

Re: Origin of the iPhone - Posted By Ryan (gimli10567) on 14th Jan 08 at 12:18am
 
 
 
Let's see how long it is before gPhone-bashing commercials come out. >.<


Apple wouldn't do that.


No, not at all...

*Finds a few hundred commercials bashing PC's on Youtube*

If Apple knows they've got competition, and are losing; they revert to cheap-shot, degrading tricks.


They won't attack a free phone, {Tongue Out} Plus, they never attack companies directly. That is like, slander.

Re: Origin of the iPhone - Posted By Marc (cr0w) on 14th Jan 08 at 12:18am
 
 
 


Apple wouldn't do that.


No, not at all...

*Finds a few hundred commercials bashing PC's on Youtube*

If Apple knows they've got competition, and are losing; they revert to cheap-shot, degrading tricks.


They won't attack a free phone, {Tongue Out} Plus, they never attack companies directly. That is like, slander.


Read my edit. {Wink}

Re: Origin of the iPhone - Posted By ashkir (ashkir) on 19th Jan 08 at 8:01am
All in all, I have to hand it to Apple, they made a wonderful phone. I got the chance to play with it before, I actually get to play with one on a regular basis almost daily as my dad comes over for lunch. I may be getting one soon for myself.

Apple did a wonderful job, I love the features and the ease of the phone, and the auto lighting. Bravo Apple. They have wonderful products but they made a strong move into the celleur market, their first try and they sold over two million phones, amazing! Really amazing. Though the downside is that ATT isn't the best to rely on for their servers.