The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone: Library Edition
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.38 (986 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1478949600 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 565 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A remarkable tale the story it tells is compelling, even addictive--almost as addictive as the iPhone itself."The Wall Street Journal"Apple's culture of secrecy is no match for Brian Merchant in The One Device."the New York Times Book Review"Like the best historians, Merchant unpacks the history of the iPhone in a way that makes it seem both inevitable in its outline and surprising in its details."The Guardian"Merchant tells a far richer sto
John K. Lin said I highly recommend it. When I first heard of this book. I have mixed feelings on this book. But overall, I highly recommend it.When I first heard of this book, I was really interested in reading it and pre-ordered it on Amazon – since I like to ready and study the history and development of technology and Silicon Valley. I read The One Device over the course of a few days. No doubt, this boo was released a week before the 10th anniversary of release of the first iPhone - Friday, June "I highly recommend it. When I first heard of this book" according to John K. Lin. I have mixed feelings on this book. But overall, I highly recommend it.When I first heard of this book, I was really interested in reading it and pre-ordered it on Amazon – since I like to ready and study the history and development of technology and Silicon Valley. I read The One Device over the course of a few days. No doubt, this boo was released a week before the 10th anniversary of release of the first iPhone - Friday, June 29th, 2. 9th, "I highly recommend it. When I first heard of this book" according to John K. Lin. I have mixed feelings on this book. But overall, I highly recommend it.When I first heard of this book, I was really interested in reading it and pre-ordered it on Amazon – since I like to ready and study the history and development of technology and Silicon Valley. I read The One Device over the course of a few days. No doubt, this boo was released a week before the 10th anniversary of release of the first iPhone - Friday, June 29th, 2. . Mal Warwick said A brilliant study of product development. Other Silicon Valley observers have written about the development of the iPhone—but it's unlikely that anyone else has delved as deeply into the subject as Brian Merchant or will ever do so in the future, for that matter. Merchant's brilliant new book, The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone, tells the tale from the mining of the minerals from which the phone is crafted to the oppressive working conditions in Apple's Chinese ma. Highly recommend this book for those interested in the story of iPhone's development Neil Isenberg Review for: The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhonePROS:------I highly recommend this book for those interested in the details of the topic promised in the title.The author offers a great deal of detail into the history of iPhone development and the early development of technologies before the iPhone development that directly (and indirectly) made the product possible. He gives us the names and contributions of many individuals most
But packed within its slim profile is the fascinating, untold story of scientific, technological, and business breakthroughs--global in scope, sometimes centuries in the making, and coming from vastly different disciplines--that enabled Apple to create the most profitable product in history.For all the time we spend swiping, tapping, and staring at iPhones, you think there would be few things we didn't know about these gadgets. We know the iPhone as the device that transformed our world, changing everything from how we talk to each other and do business, to how we exercise, travel, shop, and watch TV. But think again.The One Device is a Magic School Bus trip inside the iPhone--traveling into its guts, peeling back its layers, and launching explorations that take us to the driest place on earth and a Mongolian lake of toxic sludge, down the Silk Road, into 19th cent
His work frequently appears on the front pages of Reddit, Digg, and Slashdot. . Brian Merchant is the senior editor of Motherboard, VICE's science and technology outlet, the founder/editor of Terraform, its online fiction outlet, and his work has appeared in the Guardian, Slate, VICE Magazine, Salon, Fast Company, Discovery, GOOD, Paste, Grist, and beyond