The iPad turned 10 yesterday since its launch and, though its history seems shorter in the market, it has become one of the key pieces in the Apple ecosystem. For the 10th anniversary, two engineers who worked on the first iPad project Give them a survey full of important topics.
This is Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno, two of the well-known iPad people, who founded a new and mysterious technology company called Humane, who met while working at Apple and got married soon. During their time at the Curertino company they worked on iPad and related projects With this device. Input I did an interview where they revealed some specific details I could look at.
IPad from within
In this type of discussion you can extract some very interesting details from the device itself and how Apple worked then.
The iPad is older than the iPhone
Yes, we all know that the iPhone was introduced in 2007 and that the iPad didn't arrive until 2010 the iPad project came before the iPhone within Apple: a project called Q79. Here is what Imran is saying:
"We always understood exactly when we wanted the iPad to be in people's lives. The history of the iPad goes back a long time before the iPhone. It started as a a project called Q79, which was developed when testing multitouch. At the time, we were thinking, “How can we really improve information technology? What happened to Mac? And what prevents it from becoming more real, more accepting and more understanding? At the time, we were looking for a way to bring a touchscreen to many on a Macintosh laptop. ”
"It turned out that it was an effort it is very expensive and we understood that Apple would not succeed with this expensive computer after introducing the Cube, which was not working properly. We came away from that effort and focused on the smallest thing, which was the iPhone. When we awakened the iPad, we knew that it was always designed as a computer and a suitable multitouch playground. ”
Jobs wants the iPad to also be a photo frame
There they named the iPad one of Imran and Bethany's main works find different tools and activities on the iPad and create custom hardware and software.
"One of the things Steve was really passionate about Use the iPad as a photo frame. So when put in a drawer in your kitchen or living room, it looks like a picture. Photos can be transferred to the iPad and people can use it extra if the device is useless".
"The fact is that it was Therefore, I spend more time in your bag, next to your bed or next to your bed than in a photo booth, and those are things you don't understand until you see what people really do with it. ”
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Cameras on iPad
Original IP he had no cameras, from the beginning they understood that it was not necessary because no one would use such a large phone to take pictures, but also the fact completely changed their initial prospects.
"In fact We didn't think people would go with their iPad in hand and take pictures. It was an interesting internal conversation when we first saw people taking their iPad and taking holiday pictures. I don't think we really would have thought that people would use it that way, and eventually they did"
The Apple Pencil was never in your imagination at the time of the original iPad launch
The Apple Pencil is now a compatible accessory for all iPad models, but in 2010 Apple and its developers they only thought through their fingers As a means of use.
"At no point do we consider a stylus as an option. We always felt that honesty of communication would always be enough for you to do what you want to do".
What are they most proud of?
Finally, it is shown by Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno they take great pride in their work to make a device like an iPad.
Bethany "I will say that my biggest pride is that, you know, the iPad team was a startup within the startup. We can accomplish something nice but not impossible with a very small computer with hardware that, at the time, had very little energy for what we needed. We had a lot of engineering problems that we had to overcome as a joint team between design and engineering in order to make it happen and I think that as one of the last projects Steve was really involved in, I'm very proud of being able to capture his vision and what he wants. That is something I hold on to as something I am proud of".
Imran "I think the team worked on the feat in an impossible way. It is not easy to create a new computer platform and especially one that means many different things to many different people. And I'm really proud of the fact that we can get that started and that this campaign continues to this day and that this particular product means a lot to many people. It's the way people communicate with one another. For families with children who suffer from autism, it allows their children to experience a certain level of comfort, and a certain level of communication. It's how we communicate with our families remotely. An amazing learning tool. There are so many things for so many people".
Yes an interesting conversation with the two most important people in the design of the original iPad, a device that turns 10 years old and still has a long way to go.
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