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Events on Tuesday 9 January 2007 3
2007Apple launches iPhone — Nokia misses the shiftSteve Jobs unveils the iPhone on 9 January 2007. Nokia's internal response is dismissive: the iPhone has no keyboard, poor battery life and an unproven touchscreen. Nokia executives note that the iPhone costs $499 — far too expensive to threaten Nokia's mass-market dominance. They are correct about the price and wrong about everything else. Nokia has no credible touchscreen smartphone in development. Its Symbian operating system cannot compete with iOS. The beginning of the end.
2007iPhone launchedApple reinvents the mobile phoneSteve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone on January 9, 2007, combining a phone, iPod and internet device in one touchscreen device. It transformed the smartphone industry and modern life.
2007iPhone launches — Sony misses the smartphone revolutionApple launches the iPhone in January 2007. Sony, which had pioneered portable music with the Walkman and had years of experience combining music players with mobile phones through Sony Ericsson, is perfectly positioned to lead the smartphone era. It does not. Sony Ericsson's response to the iPhone is slow, its Android devices undifferentiated, its music and content ecosystem fragmented. The company that invented the Walkman watches Apple create the device that kills it.