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Apple's strict dock connector rules nearly killed Square's early hardware ambitions
“And at the time, it was this big port at the bottom, and you had to pay Apple for access to that port. You had to pay Apple for a special chip that allowed you to build your hardware, and then you had to Convince them to let you do it, and at the time the iPho…”
OtterBox's Defender was the very first protective case designed for the iPhone
“The Defender was really what launched Otter, and that was the first case for the iPhone as well.”
Proto allows users to beam volumetric video using standard smartphones.
“So yes, you can beam into a proto right now Using your iPhone or any smartphone, you don't need to have a special camera.”
Testa: In 1997 I predicted handheld GPS devices optimizing park routing
“The first paper I ever wrote was in 1997. This is 10 years before the iPhone. I said, you know, one day we're going to walk through a park and we're going to have these handheld devices. It's going to have GPS and something's going to be feeding it the wait ti…”
Samantha Bee Proved Backyard iPhone Footage Was Broadcast-Quality to TBS
“We just started shooting stuff, and it really turned out to be a proof of concept to the network that we could shoot in our backyard, and that it would look good, and that it could be broadcast quality, even though it's shot on an iPhone.”