We’re taking a load off in the Sands press room so I just saw Fred’s awesome article at Wired. If you haven’t read it, it provides many behind-the-scenes details of how the iPhone came to be. Most of the deets have been shared over the past six months in various places, but this is likely the best piece I’ve read that puts them all together.
If you had any doubt about Apple even considering a Mac tablet, this quote should squelch it:
"Apple’s hardware engineers had spent about a year working on touchscreen technology for a tablet PC and had convinced him [Jobs] that they could build a similar interface for a phone."
Of course, many research products never see the light of day or are put to use in ways not originally intended. Still, it’s good to know for sure that it’s a possibility. Anyway… a good overall read and highly recommended.
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