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2008 in review: The iPhone comes of age (Macworld.com)

 

Published 12/30/2008 at Yahoo! News: Personal Technology

Macworld.com - If 2007 was Year Zero in the life of the Phone That Changed Everything, then 2008 skyrocketed forward to the year that the device truly came of age. A lot has changed in the world of Apple’s handset since our first glimpse of it almost two years ago at Macworld Expo 2007, and while the iPhone has climbed to even greater heights of success in the past year, the road hasn’t been without its fair share of pitfalls and potholes along the way. (link)

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