The iPhone only exists because Steve Jobs 'hated this guy at Microsoft'
by Samuel Gibbs from Technology | The Guardian on (#2THKQ)
Former head of iOS, Scott Forstall, opens up about how Apple's iconic device came from late CEO's dislike for the husband of one of his wife's friends
If it wasn't for one particular executive at Microsoft, whom Steve Jobs seemingly hated with a passion, Apple may never have created the iPhone or iPad.
Recounting the story of the birth of the iPhone at a talk at the Computer History Museum in California, former Apple iOS chief Scott Forstall said: "The iPhone had a very circuitous route. We'd been working on a tablet project.
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