Re:VisiCalc: Information from Its Creators, Dan Bricklin and...
by EricE on Thursday August 19, 2021 @10:28AM
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Internet in your pocket.
Go watch the original iPhone launch keynote with Steve Jobs. Before the iPhone "mobile internet" was a completely separate version of the 'net - if a site even bothered to create a WAP version of themselves to render on phones. Before the iPhone the only thing consistently useful on a mobile "smart phone" was email. Having a real web browser that rendered real web pages was a watershed moment!
Go watch the original iPhone launch keynote with Steve Jobs. Before the iPhone "mobile internet" was a completely separate version of the 'net - if a site even bothered to create a WAP version of themselves to render on phones. Before the iPhone the only thing consistently useful on a mobile "smart phone" was email. Having a real web browser that rendered real web pages was a watershed moment!