The iPhone was born from the corner of the screen iPad concept

Battle of the Apple / Samsung court is in full swing and this week saw Apple VP Phil Schiller and Scott Forstall testify. Lots of interesting information out of their testimony. Our biggest surprise was not the only Apple is working on a prototype iPad pregnant when they go on the iPhone, but the first iPhone UI concept was born in the bottom corner of what was then a prototype touch screen iPad.
Scott Forstall is Senior VP of IOS Software at Apple and he is one person responsible for the creation of all generations of iPhone, including the first.
In his testimony at the Apple vs Samsung trial earlier this week, Forstall went on to explain how the first iPhone was born.


Reportedly, the engineers at Apple have been working on the concept of the iPad in early 2003 - the first fours years before the iPhone was announced, and seven years before the iPad itself was announced and released. Back then, they've set out to build a "beautiful tablet with no keyboard, no hinges, where you have to fold it like a laptop."
In 2004, Apple executives were having a casual conversation on the phone and out they all hate their phones. So, with Scott Forstall said, that they've got to wonder ...
"Can we use technology that we have done with a touch tablet we've prototyping for this, and we can use for the phone ... So we took the tablets and take a small scrolling list ... We built a small corner of the contact list ... . You can tap on a contact, it will slide over and show information ... It is just amazing. We realize that the touch screen with a size that fits in your pocket would be perfect for this phone. "
Apple does not create a touchscreen mobile phone in any way. Windows Mobile phones have touched on the way. LG even got a name for the first phone to feature capacitive touch screen - LG Prada, announced the day after the iPhone was first released but long before the iPhone made it to market.
Yes, the iPhone is not the first touchscreen phone around but surely revolutionized the industry, eventually leading to death of the physical keys and keyboard. And the most amazing thing is that not only was born of a tablet prototype, but it is the iPhone eco-system that paved the way for the iPad, which along with the other tablet is now revolutionizing personal computing as we know it.