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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

CBS archives: Apple releases first iPhone

 

[VIDEO] I'm sorry I missed out on the original iPhone which was released in 2007. Then again at the time it was a little pricey for me and it was difficult to conceive of a phone that could send & receieve emails, text messages, use Google Maps, watch videos, resize photos, etc.

As for the photo thing, well I carried around the original Motorola Razr which was a camera phone. I liked taking pictures with it although the picture quality wasn't that great. It did receive text messages although what I needed it for was as a phone to make and receive phone calls.

What I see today is that the iPhone didn't have the cool factor it once did. The iPhone was the coolest thing in 2007, and perhaps most innovative. As happens overtime is that the competitors catch up. 

Have you see the recent comments of Google Pixel vs iPhone. It's almost as if they're buddies and yet the Google Pixel is the hero in most of them. The Pixel charged up the iPhone when it was low on battery. The Pixel seems better equipped to deal with hackers.

Another commercial from Samsung a few years ago seemed to knock Apple's dongels, especially once the iPhone eliminated the headphone jack which was after iPhone 7. There's an adapter (dongel) where you use the lightning port to connect your headphone to the phone.

This 2007 story from CBS is a fascinating look back.

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