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| Apple's iPhone: the untold story |
| By Thom Holwerda, submitted by yoni on 2012-09-13 22:24:34 |
| "Apple is one of the most secretive companies on the planet, so the Apple-Samsung trial was fascinating in that it lifted the veil of secrecy that typically shrouds Apple's operations. From marketing budgets to photos of never-before-seen iPhone prototypes, the evidence introduced at trial gave the world an unprecedented glimpse into the inner workings of Apple." Lots of stuff we already knew, but Yoni Heisler ties it all together nicely. |
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| RE[3]: Comment by Laurence |
| By Laurence on 2012-09-15 13:12:09 |
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*know = now Just to add, I will concede that the iPhone's browser had the best interface at the time. |
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| RE[3]: Comment by Laurence |
| By MOS6510 on 2012-09-15 14:03:40 |
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You're welcome, anyone who has 11 iOS devices earns my respect! ;-) IIRC my Nokia E90 had Opera and the rendering was okay, but the browsing experience wasn't that good because it was slow, the screen was small and the pointer wasn't ace either. |
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| RE[2]: Journalism at its worst |
| By gsyoungblood on 2012-09-17 06:11:34 |
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To my recollection Apple did two things that proved significant with the introduction of the iPhone: capacitance touch screen, and masterful marketing. Those are the unique things Apple dropped on the world. Other phones were already converging on the basic shape/style of the iPhone, though in the splash and massive campaigns since much of the earlier details have been all but forgotten by a few. As they say, the winner writes the history. And like it or not, Apple is winning. Sure Android may "sell more" but Apple is the one making all the money off the market. |
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| RE[4]: Comment by Laurence |
| By gsyoungblood on 2012-09-17 06:14:04 |
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Today I say Android has the best browsing experience. I love how I can zoom in to make small text readable, quick double tap and the page column rewraps so I only have to scroll vertically to read the content. WP7 and iOS both fall way short, requiring panning left to right and vertically to read if you zoom in beyond natural column margins. |
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| RE[5]: Comment by Laurence |
| By henderson101 on 2012-09-17 08:57:22 |
| Personally, I find no difference between the way Chrome on Android and Safari on iOS handles zooming of text. They both do it slightly differently, but similarly enough for this to be a NOP for me. The legacy Android browser is no yardstick - it's effectively obsolete on the Nexus 7, and requires quite a bit of subtle hackery to install. |
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| Nice article. On Apple and innovation. |
| By siraf72 on 2012-09-18 17:44:40 |
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Enjoyed the Article. Sure there were other phones being tinkered about with, but Apple was willing to bet the farm on the iPhone and no other company had the guts to do something similar. Fortune favours the bold. |
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