I was just a kid early in my career as a geek, but I remember being so excited to see the news on CNet.com's front page: Apple announced a phone! I knew it was

I was just a kid early in my career as a geek, but I remember being so excited to see the news on CNet.com's front page: Apple announced a phone! I knew it was going to be a big deal after two events, first: my dad, a lifelong Windows diehard, bought one. Second, we were at a friend's house and the need to travel somewhere else came up and he instantly pulled up a turn by turn nav to that location. I have a distinct memory of thinking "huh, that really is going to change a lot about life." Of course, you couldn't actually run turn by turn nav without the phone being plugged in to power - remember the days of toggling off GPS anytime you weren't driving to save juice? Also, remember how much importance was placed on physical keyboards? I remember seeing R&D projects brought to CES that could make 3D buttons emerge from a screen but ultimately everyone just got used to touch keyboards and swipe-style input became a thing.