iPhone OS 1.0 Acorn builds
| Build of iPhone OS 1 | |
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| Compile date | 2005-2006 |
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iPhone OS 1.0 Acorn builds (known as AcornOS due to their boot screen) are early prototype and unleaked builds of iPhone OS 1.0. Photos of these prototypes were shown by Sonny Dickson in January 2017.[1]
Prototypes[edit | edit source]
Rumors claimed the classic prototype was designed by Tony Fadell, and the system prototype was designed by Scott Forstall.
P1 prototype (Classic)[edit | edit source]
The P1 classic prototype (based on OS X[2]) started developing in 2005, by then CEO Steve Jobs. He pitted executives Tony Fadell, who was head of the iPod division and Scott Forstall to make operating systems for the upcoming phones. Forstall won with his paired down version of OS X with a multi-touch interface, but Fadell took the iPod and created a prototype OS around it.
This prototype have a virtual set of buttons and a click wheel, and the system has a few additions such as a call menu and a diagnostics menu with stuff such as bluetooth testing and CPU clocking.[3][4]
P2 prototype (System)[edit | edit source]
The P2 system prototype has a touch based interface with a bunch of crude blue boxy buttons on a white background, omewhat similar to the design of the SkankPhone. It had developer jokes on the bottom similar to those also found in the SkankPhone.[5]
According to Bob Burrough, his team designed the prototype, and claimed that the OS was so secret that it required an approval from Steve Jobs.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Boot screen (P1/P2)
"Classic" Icon (P1)
"System" Icon (P2)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eJZH-nkKP8
- ↑ macOS, The Apple Wiki.
- ↑ Künzler, J. Glenn. Exclusive Video and Photos: The iPod-based interface that lost out to iOS for the iPhone, Sonny Dickson. 6 January 2017.
- ↑ Weintraub, Seth. Apple History: Acorn, a virtual click-wheel-based OS which lost out to iOS, shown in its 2006-era glory [video], 9to5Mac. 6 January 2017.
- ↑ Künzler, J. Glenn. The inside story behind P1 & P2: How Apple picked what came to be the iPhone, Sonny Dickson. 11 January 2017.