In the 1950s, uh corning which makes glass went to the head of research at the committee His name is will armistead and he goes glass breaks Why don't you fix that? You know, that sounds douchey, but it's a good point So there are many ways to kind of make glass quote quote stronger. But warning ended up creating a very strong glass They called the glass chemical yeah chemical so in the 50s and 60s they tried to take this really strong glass to market Uh a couple places I went to they tried to put it on phone blues phone booster thing Think about the tamma phone booth.
Trung does a deep dive on the 2007 iPhone launch. He discusses Apple’s design process, the iconic iPhone Keynote, what was the first killer app?, why Jobs hated the App Store, the history of multi-touch, Gorilla Glass and much more.
Timestamps:
(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:07:07) - The Convergence of Technology Theory
(00:09:58) - The Fragility of Ideas
(00:15:11) - iPhone Background
(00:18:51) - iPhone's Success by the Numbers
(00:21:06) - The iPhone Development Story
(00:27:40) - Multi-touch Story
(00:42:43) - Apple's Previous Phone Project?
(00:46:08) - The Grind of Building the iPhone
(01:04:22) - The Inside Story of the Iconic iPhone Keynote
(01:07:00) - The Carrier Deals
(01:07:57) - Why Steve Hated the App Store
(01:11:18) - How to build trust with you end-user
(01:13:29) - Gorilla Glass Story
(01:21:16) - Summarizing the iPhone Story
(01:27:42) - Awards and Biggest Lessons
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