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

The full 80-minute Macworld 2007 keynote in which Steve Jobs introduced the original iPhone. It includes the multitouch demos, visual voicemail and scrolling.

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Why HN readers recommended it

Cited as a landmark tech presentation, especially for the audience's astonished reaction to touch scrolling and demo moments like visual voicemail.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Protectstar Inc.
Topic
iphone launch keynote
Format
talk
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
4
HN mentions in dataset
8
Recommendation years in dataset
2020–2025

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • Phone, music player, and internet communicator in a single device, that enabled worldwide communication reliably. Just the original phone solved voicemail (with visual voicemail) once and for all in one fell swoop. It was just echelons better. That part of the initial demo still continues …

    maneesh on Hacker News · 2020-08
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  • I consider AlphaGo - The Movie [1] to be a timeless classic that will never feel outdated.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 …

    redbell on Hacker News · 2025-04
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  • 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. [VIDEO]

    Seanambers on Hacker News · 2023-09
    In Why the Apple phone will fail, and fail badly (2006)

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