Countless stories have been written about the origin of the iPhone. But due to Apple and Samsung's trial, this time we get to hear the unadorned truth straight from one of the company's higher-ups. According to All Things D, Apple's senior VP, Phil Schiller, testified today that after the success of the iPod the company had some room to play and "Apple was looking for another category it could reinvent."
From All Things D:
Schiller said the company had been working on the tablet computer that would later become the iPad, but decided to shift its attention to the phone.
We're still waiting on the Apple car. Ina Fried breaks down Schiller's entire testimony, head to All Things D to see what he had to say about the first time he saw Samsung's Galaxy S.
[via All Things D]
