Monday January 9,
Apple celebrated
10 years of the iPhone. 10 years, for the general public, but for Tony
Fadell, one of those responsible for the development of the iPhone project, is rather
12 years to celebrate, since in 2004, the mobile phone
Apple was already in the creation phase. Fadell also delivers, in a
interview conducted by BBC, some interesting facts that happened
inbehind the scenesof the arrival of the iPhone on the market, or this
device that still shook up the world of techsince its
released in 2007:
An iPod “plus”
Back in the early 2000s, Fadell, was the person recognized for
his work on the iPod, the device that made Apple's notoriety soar
to the general public.
Highly placed with Steve Jobs, he subsequently had the mission of
find a way to develop the potential of this iPod, that's what was born
the ideato use the device for cellular connectivity and
internet.
Moreover, one of the very first iPhone prototypes, says Fadell,
was built withthe iPod wheel as only
controller, or this toothed wheel quite innovative for the time, and
which continued on subsequent iPods. It did not survive on the iPhone side.
Between different tests and prototypes, Jobs quickly came tothe
desire to integrate a touch screen into the iPhone. Inexperienced in
the field, it is through world tours with suppliers that Apple
managed to transform the essay.
Fadell also reveals that it was during a visit to manufacturers in
Sweden that he and his team have beenvictim of a theft
documentsabout the iPhone during a restaurant meal, in the
frame of aprobable industrial espionage.
This was not the only fear of the person responsible in this matter, since this
the last one even had the clumsiness of almostlose a prototype
getting off a plane, getting my hands on it again a few hours later
late after certainly some good cold sweats.
Touchscreen and no stylus… or almost!
Jobs' desire to impose the touch screen despite the initial reluctance of
some engineers on his team were extremely assertive. Some
also thought that Jobs was wrong to persist in this way. The former CEO
I also didn't want this "BlackBerry" keyboard, nor a stylus.
Fadell did not hear it exactly the same way and specifies that he said
to its engineersto anticipate the use of the stylus by offering a screen
tactile compatible, just in case.
This was not the first time that the technicians worked in the
back of Steve Jobs, the iPod was for example made PC compatible without the agreement of
Jobs, with his validation given after the fact following the success of the reader
portable music.
In the exchange between Fadell and the BCC, there is also the reference to
the event which saw
Steve Ballmer criticizing the iPhonefollowing the presentation of the latter in
2007. At the time CEO of Microsoft, he had indeed laughed at the device during
of an interview calling him a "funny email sending machine".
But for Fadell and Jobs, provoking mockery among competitors
regard for a product was only the sign of striking a sensitive chord,
perhaps synonymous with worry or jealousy. Ballmer, moreover, would not have
Couldn't have been more wrong. He gotexpressed
about this latelyby validating its analysis error.
Regarding Fadell, he left Apple in2010to co-found
Nest, a company specializing in home automation bought by Google in 2014.
2016, he leaves Nest.
- The full BBC interview with Fadell isto be found here in version
original.
Also read:
- 10
years: Phil Schiller asked about the past, future and competition of
l’iPhone - L’iPhone
celebrates its 10th anniversary and “the best is yet to come”
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Editor-in-chief for iPhon.fr. Pierre is like Indiana Jones, looking for the lost iOS trick. Also a long-time Mac user, Apple devices hold no secrets for him. Contact: pierre[a]iphon.fr.
