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iPhone, 2007

Exhibit 001

Early iPhone reactions

Selected Hacker News posts and comments around the first iPhone launch.

First itemFeb 20, 2007
Public releaseJun 29, 2007
  1. story
    How Jobs played hardball in iPhone birth (WSJ)
    OriginalWayback
  2. story
    Why iPhone Will Win
    OriginalWayback
  3. story
    Why I Don't Think The iPhone Will Sell Very Well
    OriginalWayback
  4. story
    iPhone SDK: It's called Safari - (37signals)
    Original
  5. comment
    Not anymore. At least not until Apple opens the iPhone as a development platform. IMHO, the exciting possibilities would come from 3rd party software, which they apparently plan to keep out. I think market pressures will eventually force them to open the doors for developers but until then no thanks.
  6. comment
    I think the lack of a physical keyboard will have minimal impact on the success or failure of the iPhone. Consider that millions of users adapted to the clunky text message interfaces of their cell phones. They aren't going to balk at a virtual keyboard, especially when the tradeoff is that you get a much larger screen for viewing video. A consumer that wouldn't buy the phone for lack of a physical keyboard probably isn't in the target market anyway.
  7. story
    Walt Mossberg's iphone video review - "A beautiful and breakthrough handheld computer"
    OriginalWayback
  8. story
    How Apple Will Use The iPhone To Take Over The Wireless Industry (by making the network provider irrelevant)
    OriginalWayback
  9. comment
    I can't wait to see what they do to the hardware industry. I have had my iPhone for a day and already my macbook pro feels like an arcane instrument. I am so used to touching the screen that a trackpad feels distant and uncontrolled. I really think that what apple did is as big a ui leap as the the mouse. I don't think that multi-touch will stop at handhelds. Here's to hoping they change the cell industry too! (posted from an iPhone)
  10. story
    iPhone Hacked For Shell Access
    Original

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