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That picture of the "Wallabies" https://twitter.com/kocienda/status/880451736049139712 https://twitter.com/kocienda/status/880451736049139712 suggests that the
by leoc 5y ago
That picture of the "Wallabies" https://twitter.com/kocienda/status/880451736049139712 https://twitter.com/kocienda/status/880451736049139712 suggests that the often-repeated claim about the hardware and software teams working in mutual igorance is overblown. The Wallabies really seem not so far from final hardware, especially compared to (IIRC) some other devkits for old mobile devices. It would have been quite clear that the release hardware would be substantially thicker and lighter (assuming those things are fairly heavy, as well as bulky) and if you imagine them so you get something pretty close to the original iPhone (aside from the metal-case flash and sizzle).
- encoderer 5y agoSeems they were truly just touchscreens in a housing. https://twitter.com/kocienda/status/880522635112726529 https://twitter.com/kocienda/status/880522635112726529
- pfranz 5y agoI always heard things were almost always on a need to know basis. Designing a keyboard kind of requires an approximate form-factor. Like the sibling comment says, "Wallabies" were a touchscreen in a housing. It sounds like other developers were writing software for a generic grey box. To me, that makes sense if the hardware wasn't known even if they weren't trying to be covert.