History of iPhone

The history of the iphone line of phones began with Steve Jobs, direction that Apple Inc. engineers investigate touch-screens. At the time he had been considering having Apple work on tablet Pc's, which later came to fruition with the iPad. Many have noted the device's similarities to Apple's previous touch-screen portable device, the New Messager Pad  Like the Newton, the iPhone is nearly all screen. Its form factor is credited to Apple's head of design, Jonathon Ive.