Hype existed before iPhone. In the 90s and 2000s it was "here's what a hip web dev's desk looks like" and the transition to AJAX web apps. Before that, the swit

Hype existed before iPhone. In the 90s and 2000s it was "here's what a hip web dev's desk looks like" and the transition to AJAX web apps. Before that, the switch to Java and XML and delivery via applets. Before that the switch from minicomputers to desktops and access to the internet in your home. Before that switch from slide rulers and doing the math in your head :) They all came with style section articles and a feature on the cover of Newsweek.