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Follow us @oddsontechnology_ for more tech archives and tech videos. This may be the most famous bad prediction in tech history. When Apple unveiled the first iPhone in 2007, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer dismissed it as a $500 phone without a physical keyboard, arguing it wouldn’t appeal to business users or make a good email device. Instead, he backed Windows Mobile phones like the Motorola Q, which already offered email, internet, music, and instant messaging for a fraction of the price. At the time, it was a reasonable take. BlackBerry, Nokia, and Windows Mobile dominated the smartphone market, and keyboards were considered essential. What Ballmer underestimated was that Steve Jobs wasn’t building a better phone—he was reinventing personal computing. The iPhone, iOS, and the App Store went on to transform the smartphone industry and permanently change consumer technology. #Apple #iPhone #SteveJobs #SteveBallmer #Microsoft