The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (612 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 031654616X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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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.
I highly recommend it. When I first heard of this book 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, 2007, to generate interest and sales.If you want *just* a history of the development of the first iPhone, this book may not. A brilliant study of product development Mal Warwick 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 manufacturing plants and the scavengers at Third World dumps where discarded iPhones are sometimes now found. Those topics b. 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 of us have never heard of. I'm sure those who contributed to the iPhone's success appreciate the credit, and those still a
You will never look at your iPhone the same way again."Dan Lyons, New York Times bestselling author of Disrupted"Brian Merchant has written a fascinating biography of the iPhone, the most important single product ever created. Brian Merchant sets off on a journey around the globe, from design studios in California to mines in South America to factories in China, to tell the human stories-the ruined marriages, the lost lives-behind this iconic device. Think of it as the manual Apple would never give you: required reading for anyone who wants to know how their iPhone really works."Claire Evans, author and member of YACHT"A thoughtful portrait of how a piece of reigning technology became ubiquitous in just a decade, for good and ill."Kirkus"Rivetinga globe-trotting history that lets us hear f
NATIONAL BESTSELLER"The One Device is a tour de force, with a fast-paced edge and heaps of analytical insight." -Ashlee Vance, New York Times bestselling author of Elon Musk"A stunning book. But before Steve Jobs introduced us to "the one device," as he called it, a cell phone was merely what you used to make calls on the go.How did the iPhone transform our world and turn Apple into the most valuable company ever? Veteran technology journalist Brian Merchant reveals the inside story you won't hear from Cupertino-based on his exclusive interviews with the engineers, inventors, and developers who guided every stage of the iPhone's creation.This deep dive takes you from inside One Infinite Loop to 19th century France to WWII America, from the driest place on earth to a Kenyan pit of toxic e-waste, and even deep inside Shenzhen's notorious "suicide factories." It's a firsthand look at how the cutting-edge tech that makes the world work-touch screens, motion trackers, and even AI-made their way into our pockets.The One Device is a roadmap for design and engineering genius, an anthropology of the modern age, and an unprecedented view into one of the most secretive companies in history. You will never look at your iPhone the same way again."