Iphone anniversary Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

The iPhone doesn't have the power to ruin (or rescue) everything

by TJ Luoma (Jul 1st, 2012)

In five short years, the iPhone has managed to go from being a complete failure with no chance of making a significant impact on the cell phone market to literally ruining our lives. That final conclusion comes via Kevin Roose in a New York Magazine story with the completely un-linkbaitish ...

Daily Update for June 29, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jun 29th, 2012)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

iPhone 5th Anniversary: A video retrospective

by Steven Sande (Jun 29th, 2012)

Talk about a trip down memory lane! After blogger Mike Grothaus mentioned the low quality of his personal photos of the 2007 launch, I dug around on my iMac and found a video I had created on June 29, 2007 for a new blog I was running at the time. The video ends rather abruptly -- I had to ...

iPhone 5th anniversary: I stood in line all day for an iPhone and I also got this lousy t-shirt

by Steven Sande (Jun 29th, 2012)

Five years ago today, on June 29, 2007, I spent the entire day sitting in front of the Aspen Grove Apple Store in Littleton, Colorado. My mission? To be one of the first people to own an iPhone. I got the iPhone, and also a little souvenir that fortuitously appeared in my dresser this ...

iPhone 5th anniversary flashback: Welcome to 2006 and the height of Apple Phone predictions

by Erica Sadun (Jun 29th, 2012)

Happy 5th birthday, iPhone. Looking back, 2006 was an awesome time to be rolling in predictions. The drumroll for the iPhone was steady, furious, and demanding. As the tempo grew as Macworld 2007 grew near, everyone was hoping for something amazing, and Apple delivered. Five years after the ...