[NTLK] Jobs on D8

[Maurice Sharp]

Interesting... that was what we were trying for at Newton... it started as a Tablet. The MP100 came out of that.

Maurice
ex-Newton DTS Engineer
On Jun 1, 2010, at 7:56 PM, Jon Glass wrote:

> Is anyone following the Steve Jobs interview in the D8 con? He was
> asked about developing the iPhone first and let slip an interesting
> tidbit. Apple actully developed the multitouch for a TABLET but when
> Steve saw some of the interface elements on it he thought "phone" and
> the tablet was scratched so they could create the iPhone! I guess the
> ipad comes out of that. ;-). I think you can read a transcript on
> engadget.
> 
> -- 
> -Jon Glass
> Krakow, Poland
> <jonglass at usa.net>
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