Yes. iPhone is a big deal.
Its operating system software is a slimmed-down version of Mac OS X
An embedded version of Mac OS X could conceivably show up on any kind of wireless handheld device in the future, providing the guts to drive whatever newfangled user interface Apple comes up with for a given market. A wireless phone may be only the first step of a longer-term strategic thrust into all manner of consumer electronics devices, some more sophisticated and involved than the iPhone, some less so.
Arik Hesseldahl | "The Future of Apple" | BusinessWeek (10 Jan 2007)
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Among the interesting factiods to emerge, thanks to Dan Farber, is that the iPhone's touch-screen technology originated in Alan Kay's work at Apple on a tablet-type PC -- back when tablets were a gleam in Bill Gates' eye.
Dan Farber | "Could the Mac Tablet be far behind the iPhone?" | Between the Lines (10 Jan 2007)
Lev Grossman | "Apple's New Calling: The iPhone" | Time (9 Jan 2007)
Look for a tablet from Mac and other interesting technology, the R&D of which will have been subsidized by the development of iPhone.
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