TightWind is written by Kyle Baxter. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

iPhone: Beginning of a Mobile Age, and Apple’s Future — Dawning Valley:

I am not sure even Apple knew what they had when they announced iPhone in 2007, but consumers and developers certainly did. Many people’s first responses were, Wow, this is great — it runs OS X, so we can run the excellent applications Apple built and develop our own.

My first reaction was similar. I marveled at Safari, Photos, and the iPod interface, but I was most excited about what other developers could do with iPhone’s multi-touch interface, screen and networking. Whether Apple knew it or not, what they announced was not just a phone, internet communications device and iPod, but an entirely new mobile platform — the future of computer devices.

Excerpt from my first article for Dawning Valley.