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2007年 
iPhone問世
• Year: 2007
Inspired by a multi-touch display Steve Jobs encountered in the early 2000s, the first iPhone made competition like the BlackBerry (BBRY) look downright antediluvian with a striking industrial design that paired mostly aluminum and scratch-resistant glass. But perhaps more innovative was use of touch: no more trackballs or styluses. Instead, users swiped, pinched, and scrolled with their fingers, making for a more immersive experience. Such innovation cost Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) $150 million in initial development costs, according to one insider, a paltry figure given the company has sold well north of 250 million units since.
第一代iPhone的靈感來自于史蒂夫•喬布斯在21世紀初接觸到的多點觸控屏幕，它用令人驚嘆的工業(yè)設計、鋁制機身和防刮屏幕，讓黑莓（BlackBerry）等競爭對手看起來成了徹頭徹尾的老古董。不過，iPhone最創(chuàng)新的地方也許是對觸控操作的運用：再也用不著軌跡球或觸控筆了。相反，用戶可以通過手指的滑動、收縮以及滾動，獲得更加生動的體驗。據(jù)一位知情人士稱，這樣的創(chuàng)新產(chǎn)品讓蘋果公司（Apple）花費了1.5億美元的初始開發(fā)成本。而考慮到iPhone自推出以來已經(jīng)售出超過2.5億臺，這筆成本現(xiàn)在看來微不足道。
adv. 最初，開頭
