THE VIDEO SHELF · iPhone origins
CHM Live | Original iPhone Software Team Leader Scott Forstall (Part Two)
Second half of a 2017 Computer History Museum live event in which former Apple software chief Scott Forstall is interviewed by John Markoff about creating the original iPhone. He tells stories about Steve Jobs and the team and the origins of the iPhone software.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters cite it for Forstall's firsthand anecdotes and his account of how the iPhone came about.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Computer History Museum
- Topic
- iPhone origins
- Format
- interview
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2025
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He also related this story in his interview with the Computer History Museum: [VIDEO] I'm still upset that, at 48:36, Forstall offered to give his thoughts on what we could be doing with AI that we're not, but Markoff decided to move on.
bangonkeyboard on Hacker News · 2020-05
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