Steve Jobs reveals how he created the iPhone

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Steve Jobs recounts the origin of the iPhone, revealing that the project began with a focus on a tablet. The key innovation was a multi-touch glass display that eliminated the need for a physical keyboard, allowing for direct typing on the screen. This concept, initially explored for a tablet, was later adapted to create the iPhone.

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1Question about tablet vs. iPhone development
2Steve Jobs reveals the iPhone project started with a tablet concept
3Focus on the multi-touch glass display and eliminating the keyboard
4Demonstration of a prototype display with inertial scrolling
5Decision to pivot the technology to create the iPhone

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Steve Jobs reveals how he created the iPhone @techfoundersclub - Source: D8 Conference #stevejobs #entrepreneurship #technology #techstartup

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Did you consider doing a tablet when you did the iPhone? Or was it just a natural progression? The iPhone came out, it was a big hit. Oh, actually, I'll tell you kind of a secret. I actually started on a tablet first. And I had this idea of being able to get rid of the keyboard and type on a multi-touch glass display. And I asked our folks, could we come up with a multi-touch glass display? Then I could rest my hands on and actually type on. And about six months later, they called me in and showed me this prototype display. And it was amazing. And I gave it to one of our other really brilliant UI folks. And he called me back a few weeks later and he had an inertial scrolling and a few other things working. Now we were thinking about building a phone at that time. And when I saw the rubber band and inertial scrolling and a few of the other things, I thought, my god, we can build a phone out of this. And we went and took the next several years and did the iPhone.