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iPhone 1 - Steve Jobs MacWorld keynote in 2007 - Full Presentation, 80 mins

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What it is

The full 80-minute Macworld 2007 keynote in which Steve Jobs introduced the original iPhone. It includes the multitouch demos, visual voicemail and scrolling.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited as a landmark tech presentation, especially for the audience's astonished reaction to touch scrolling and demo moments like visual voicemail.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “That part of the initial demo still continues to blow my mind.”

    Original iPhone demo, especially visual voicemail, still impressive

    maneesh, 2020-08 · Strong recommendation · in “My startup validation process”

  2. “the greatest live tech event ever captured on film”

    Greatest live tech event ever, crowd reacting to new gestures

    redbell, 2025-04 · Strong recommendation · in “In Two Moves, AlphaGo and Lee Sedol Redefined the Future (2016)”

  3. “Steve Jobs Introducing at Macworld in 2007 is a classic for the ages.”

    Classic Jobs keynote introducing a major leap in phones

    Seanambers, 2023-09 · Recommendation · in “Why the Apple phone will fail, and fail badly (2006)”

  4. “A very interesting video take”

    Argues Vision Pro convincingly fools the mind into seeing it as real

    gcanyon, 2024-03 · Recommendation · in “Vision Pro: What we got wrong at Oculus that Apple got right”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: steve jobs, iphone, keynote, multitouch, apple, product launch

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