So you think Apple made the very first iPhone... think again.

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[FONT=open_sansregular]The first iPhone was launched in 1998, not in 2007 when Apple launched its revolutionary smartphone. The InfoGear iPhone combined an advanced telephone with a touch screen and keyboard, allowing users to talk by phone and e-mail, as well as browse the Internet.[/FONT]
[FONT=open_sansregular]The iPhone had two separate phone lines so that the user can surf the web, send e-mail, or shop and bank online while talking on the phone. The iPhone recognised four different e-mail profiles so that a family of four could share the iPhone without sharing an e-mail address.


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http://www.ibnlive.com/news/tech/me...de-before-the-first-apple-iphone-1089281.html

 

[twoguns?]

I remember those......seems they didn't work very well
It was in an engineers office, he really disliked it.......ha

 

[cal7.62x39]

wow I miss technology of yesteryear sometimes

 

[ifishok]

We had really big pockets back then too.

 

[FamousAJ]

lawsuit sought in 2007, then settled. old news.

 

[SoonerP226]

Hell, Apple didn't even own the rights to the name iPhone when Steve announced the product--they were still negotiating with Cisco over it.

 

[dennishoddy]

I think we saw a kind of smart phone at HemisFair '68 at San Antonio. There was a booth that either Ma Bell, or AT&T had(can't remember which) that would allow users to talk and view each other at the same time just like face time on the current IPhone.

 

[Perplexed]

Old news...