Kind of close. Here was the relevant portion of the actual iPhone announcement by Steve Jobs saying all you needed to write great native apps for iPhone was aja

Kind of close. Here was the relevant portion of the actual iPhone announcement by Steve Jobs saying all you needed to write great native apps for iPhone was ajax and web 2.0. There was no mention of "app store" in the speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1nwLilQy64 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1nwLilQy64