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Steve revealed at D10 that the iPad actually did get prototyped first. IIRC, he tasked a team with creating a keyless keyboard tablet thing (forgive my terrible

Steve revealed at D10 that the iPad actually did get prototyped first. IIRC, he tasked a team with creating a keyless keyboard tablet thing (forgive my terrible paraphrasing). They came back with a tablet. When Steve scrolled up and saw the rubber band effect, he said "oh my god we can make a phone with this" and they went the phone first. Edit: Below is the interview. He "had an idea of being able to type on a multi touch glass display" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5f8bqYYwps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5f8bqYYwps @ 37:00

nashashmi 9y ago
He called the iPad at the time a glass keyboard. Because he didn't want to give it away. And let's not forget that a Microsoft guy provoked him into creating a tablet called the iPad.
- peterkelly 9y ago
  "This guy badgered me about how Microsoft was going to completely change the world with this tablet PC software and eliminate all notebook computers, and Apple ought to license his Microsoft software. But he was doing the device all wrong. It had a stylus. As soon as your have a stylus, you’re dead. This dinner was like the tenth time he talked to me about it, and I was so sick of it that I came home and said, “Fuck it, let’s show him what a tablet can really be." Jobs went into the office the next day, gathered his team, and said, "I want to make a tablet, and it can’t have a keyboard or a stylus." https://www.cultofmac.com/126116/steve-jobs-created-the-ipad-to-show-one-microsoft-employee-what-a-tablet-really-can-be/ https://www.cultofmac.com/126116/steve-jobs-created-the-ipad...
  - tambourine_man 9y ago
    Do we know who this guy from MS is?
  - adamson 9y ago
    Who really won though? Does anyone buy tablets anymore? I feel like I haven't seen one since 2015.
    - layoric 9y ago
      They seem to yes. https://www.macrumors.com/2018/02/05/4q17-ipad-vs-other-tablet-sales-idc/ https://www.macrumors.com/2018/02/05/4q17-ipad-vs-other-tabl...
    - pjmlp 9y ago
      Yes they wiped out the netbooks. Now at the old netbooks price range you can only find hybrid/detachable keyboard laptops.
    - scarface74 9y ago
      Apple publishes how many iPads they sell every quarter. This is another example of the old internet trope "Do people still watch Tv? I haven't had a TV in 10 years".
  - TeMPOraL 9y ago
    Microsoft was designing a tool for work. Apple went with a toy for entertainment. In retrospect, it's no surprise the latter won out.
tantalor 9y ago
By no means a new idea: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/09/how-star-trek-artists-imagined-the-ipad-23-years-ago/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/09/how-star-trek-artist...

nashashmi 9y ago

He called the iPad at the time a glass keyboard. Because he didn't want to give it away. And let's not forget that a Microsoft guy provoked him into creating a tablet called the iPad.

peterkelly 9y ago
"This guy badgered me about how Microsoft was going to completely change the world with this tablet PC software and eliminate all notebook computers, and Apple ought to license his Microsoft software. But he was doing the device all wrong. It had a stylus. As soon as your have a stylus, you’re dead. This dinner was like the tenth time he talked to me about it, and I was so sick of it that I came home and said, “Fuck it, let’s show him what a tablet can really be." Jobs went into the office the next day, gathered his team, and said, "I want to make a tablet, and it can’t have a keyboard or a stylus." https://www.cultofmac.com/126116/steve-jobs-created-the-ipad-to-show-one-microsoft-employee-what-a-tablet-really-can-be/ https://www.cultofmac.com/126116/steve-jobs-created-the-ipad...
- tambourine_man 9y ago
  Do we know who this guy from MS is?
- adamson 9y ago
  Who really won though? Does anyone buy tablets anymore? I feel like I haven't seen one since 2015.
  - layoric 9y ago
    They seem to yes. https://www.macrumors.com/2018/02/05/4q17-ipad-vs-other-tablet-sales-idc/ https://www.macrumors.com/2018/02/05/4q17-ipad-vs-other-tabl...
  - pjmlp 9y ago
    Yes they wiped out the netbooks. Now at the old netbooks price range you can only find hybrid/detachable keyboard laptops.
  - scarface74 9y ago
    Apple publishes how many iPads they sell every quarter. This is another example of the old internet trope "Do people still watch Tv? I haven't had a TV in 10 years".
- TeMPOraL 9y ago
  Microsoft was designing a tool for work. Apple went with a toy for entertainment. In retrospect, it's no surprise the latter won out.

tantalor 9y ago

By no means a new idea: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/09/how-star-trek-artists-imagined-the-ipad-23-years-ago/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/09/how-star-trek-artist...