Tuesday, 4 October 2011

#162 History of the Iphone


The first concept for an iPhone type device came about in 2000 when Apple worker John Casey sent some concept art around via internal email, he called it the Telipod - a telephone and iPod combination. However, this idea eventually evolved into the iPhone we know today.

It was Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs who directed Apple's engineers to develop a touch sreen mobile phone. Jobs at first was considering am Apple tablet computer, that desire eventually manifested in the iPad, and Apple had already produced a palm device with a touch screen, the Newton MessagePad.


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