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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Safari7" data-source="post: 16747746" data-attributes="member: 502608">Not the first touch screen. But probably the first move to take out the physical keyboard and provide an all-touch interface."Steve Jobs, then CEO at Apple Inc., conceived an idea of using a multi-touch touchscreen to interact with a computer in a way in which he could type directly onto the display, essentially removing the physical keyboard and mouse, the same as a tablet computer. Jobs recruited a group of Apple engineers to investigate the idea as a side project.[13] When Jobs reviewed the prototype and its user interface, he conceived a second idea of implementing the technology onto a mobile phone.[14] The whole effort was called Project Purple 2 and began in 2005"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_(first_generation" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_(first_generation</a>)They said that their original idea was to have it running 24/7 to eliminate the need of any physical buttons. But then later it changed to have one single button which is the round shape home button...</blockquote>

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