Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone 17 years ago today

On January 9, 2007, in the shadow of the CES, Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone. You know that it was an extraordinary and flawless demo from the outside, but what you don't remember is everything else that was launched — nor how part of the keynote went wrong.Steve Jobs with the original iPhoneContext is everything. On Sunday, January 7, 2007, Bill Gates gave the keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Hammering home Microsoft's then buzz phrase 'Digital Decade,' he talked about how great hardware wasn't enough, that we needed connected experiences. 'Where people are being productive, doing new creative things, where they're mobile... that is the key element that is missing.'He said that, 'Vista and the PC continue to have the central role,' though he also claimed that Windows Vista was 'the highest quality release that we've ever done.' Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums