iPhone 1 - Steve Jobs MacWorld keynote in 2007 - Full Presentation, 80 mins

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Steve Jobs's full Macworld 2007 keynote introducing the first iPhone, running about 80 minutes. It shows the multitouch interface live, with scrolling, pinch to zoom and visual voicemail, and frames the phone as three devices in one.

HN regards it as the benchmark product launch, a moment when multitouch interaction felt like magic to the audience.

“Steve Jobs' 2007 iPhone presentation [2] is the greatest live tech event ever captured on film.”

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@redbell2025 · in “In Two Moves, AlphaGo and Lee Sedol Redefined the Future (2016)”
I consider AlphaGo - The Movie [1] to be a timeless classic that will never feel outdated. In my opinion, it surpasses even Hollywood productions, despite being based on true events and filmed live with real people. I'm ranking it as #2, though, because I still believe Steve Jobs' 2007 iPhone presentation [2] is the greatest live tech event ever captured on film. Hearing the crowd screaming when seeing some tricks and techniques ( eg. slide to unlock, pinch to zoom and scrolling up) on how to use the phone does really triggers some haptic feedback in my heart because we are now so used to these tricks that were pure magic back then. ______________________________ 1.link 2.▶ this video
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@pfarrell2020 · in “Ask HN: What are some great posts or articles about history of computing?”
Top of my head, here are some books on specific histories I enjoyed. All old, but there are timeless nuggets in them. Soul of a new machine, previously mentioned. Where I first learned about mushroom management. Just for Fun: the story of an accidental revolutionary [0] was fun bio on Torvalds from 2001 The Mythical Man Month [1] offers some insight into the management and thinking that went into OS/360 Masters of Doom [2]: offers an enjoyable history of the shareware years and the rise of id software The multicians site [3]: is a collaborative history of Multics, one the most influential operating systems. The Mother of All Demos [4]: even better than Steve Jobs keynotes Steve Jobs iPhone introduction [5]: I’m not a huge fan of Mr Jobs, but this is one of the best presentations ever. It’s not history, per se, but very interesting through our eyes. 0: link 1: link 2: link 3: link 4: link 5: ▶ this video
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@retskrad2025 · in “Steve Jobs introducing iPhone in 2007 [video]”
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@simonebrunozzi2025 · in “Steve Jobs introduces iPhone in 2007 [video]”
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@gcanyon2024 · in “Vision Pro: What we got wrong at Oculus that Apple got right”
A very interesting video take: ▶ this video tl;dw -- reviewers are understandably focusing on the technical specs, but ignoring the much more simple metric: conceptually, does the device fool the mind into accepting what it sees as "real"? And the answer for the Vision Pro is yes. It will get lighter, better, cheaper, but even now, it's important to realize that the AVP can transport you to another realistic reality in a way no other device has managed. I've only done the in-store demo, but I understand what the video is saying, and it resonates for me.
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@FirmwareBurner2024 · in “iPhone 1 Launch – Steve Jobs keynote – 2007 [video]”
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@bko2023 · in “Humane, a startup full of ex-iPhone talent, trying to make phones obsolete”
Jobs did a great job showing off the first iPhone. iPod + phone + Internet. And of course iPod was 1000 songs in your pocket. This is what made it successful. Not bs. We think about jobs as very head in the clouds and saying things like computer is really like a bicycle, but he was very practical and clear ▶ this video
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@Seanambers2023 · in “Why the Apple phone will fail, and fail badly (2006)”
It's hard to overstate just how big of a leap the iPhone was. Critics only focused on the shortcomings but neglected to see what it really was. Steve Jobs Introducing at Macworld in 2007 is a classic for the ages. ▶ this video
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@mcenedella2022 · in “Steve Jobs Introduces iPhone in 2007”
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@senttoschool2022 · in “Meta and the Innovator's Dilemma”
>It wasn't "so much more advanced", it used a heavily power constrained ARM SoC with limited memory running a software stack ported over from desktop and gosh could you ever feel it. ▶ this video I highly recommend watching this.
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@vparikh2022 · in “Ask HN: How to show a not “so perfect” MVP to potential customers?”
If you want to se the ultimate MVP demo of a product look no further than the 2007 introduction of the Apple iPhone - ▶ this video It was not a finished product and the dev team was terrified that the system would crash. In fact you could argue that the first iPhone was an MVP released to the public. These would help: - Be upfront that this is an MVP. Do not try to sell it as a product that is a finished product - Create a script that shows the core working functionality - rehearse the script and make sure the feature list demonstrated and that you can run through the script - In your case, is it possible that you can dictate (you need to control the variables)? - Ask for feed back. Listen. Do not try to defend the product. Hope this helps
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@simonebrunozzi2022 · in “Steve Jobs Introducing the iPhone at MacWorld 2007”
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