The Untold Story: How the iPhone Blew Up the Wireless Industry

aryayush · 10-01-2008, 10:02 PM

The Untold Story: How the iPhone Blew Up the Wireless Industry
By Fred Vogelstein

01.09.08 | 9:00 PM

Photo: Landov

The demo was not going well.
Again.

It was a late morning in the fall of 2006. Almost a year earlier, Steve Jobs had tasked about 200 of Apple's top engineers with creating the iPhone. Yet here, in Apple's boardroom, it was clear that the prototype was still a disaster. It wasn't just buggy, it flat-out didn't work. The phone dropped calls constantly, the battery stopped charging before it was full, data and applications routinely became corrupted and unusable. The list of problems seemed endless. At the end of the demo, Jobs fixed the dozen or so people in the room with a level stare and said, "We don't have a product yet."

The effect was even more terrifying than one of Jobs' trademark tantrums. When the Apple chief screamed at his staff, it was scary but familiar. This time, his relative calm was unnerving. "It was one of the few times at Apple when I got a chill," says someone who was in the meeting. Read more...

[Via Wired]

It is a huge article but is one of the most fascinating ones I've read in quite some time. Don't miss it if you're even slightly interested in the iPhone.

drgrudge · 10-01-2008, 10:17 PM

Amazing article. A must read. You don't need to have an interest on Apple or iPhone.

contactpraven2001 · 11-01-2008, 01:35 AM

it's cool .........I m an apple fan and the story is realy cool and well written ......i like it . Must read .............

NucleusKore · 11-01-2008, 07:42 AM

Just read it, very nice story, he sure turned the marketing strategies of the wireless carriers upside down. Good for US consumers.

DigitalDude · 11-01-2008, 09:23 AM

wow such a long and interesting article nice read

mostly long articles will be boring.. this isnt

this one reminded me of this book http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Confiden.../dp/188641128X

ray|raven · 11-01-2008, 09:37 AM

Nice Article.
Reminds us, that a lot goes behind the scenes.

Regards,
ray

x3060 · 11-01-2008, 01:49 PM

nice looong but good read...

hailgautam · 11-01-2008, 07:47 PM

read the story, very interseting..

iMav · 11-01-2008, 08:40 PM

no wonder the fone misses basic features jobs was leading the fone design

i dont have hair i will make sure i make u pull out urs ... so we can both be bald

naveen_reloaded · 11-01-2008, 11:13 PM

I really liked the part in which iphone changed the way carrier were using phone..to lock customers into their company..
Into something were people decided what they wanted even though its costly..
Nice read..