‘InfoWorld’: iPhone one of the ‘Top 10 stories of 2007’
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Dec 14, 2007 at 3:15pm
The debut of the iPhone is one of the “Top 10 stories of 2007”, according to InfoWorld. Apple launched its second zeitgeist-defining product of the new century, the publication says.
Here’s InfoWorld’s take on the iPhone launch: “Some companies reinvent themselves. Apple, under the guidance of the mercurial Steve Jobs, reinvents markets. After redefining IT in the 1970s with the Apple II and then pushing the envelope in personal computing with the Mac in the 1980s, Apple stalled when its business model ended up giving the company a loyal—but tiny—user base. But the company started to ride high in 2001 after launching the iPod, and in 2006 breathed new life into the Mac by moving to Intel-architecture chips. Before the iPhone, there were many multifunction phones. But amid a June launch that had people lined up at stores from Tokyo to San Francisco, Apple proved its design mojo still works. The iPhone combination of cool design, phone functions, Internet connectivity, and multimedia features has raised the bar for any manufacturer of connected handheld devices. Apple’s revenue and share price have never looked better.”
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
