A review by tlockney
The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone by Brian Merchant

4.0

Fascinating story with tons of great detail and background. The history of what became the iPhone goes back much further than you expect. Despite Jobs' claim of Apple inventing multitouch, the story is deep and lengthy and worth reading. There's also a long journey connecting from Vennevar Bush's Memex through Kay's Dynabook to the iPhone. No, the iPhone is not the spiritual progeny of either of those visionary devices. It is something else entirely. But seeing the history of ideas and inventions that led up to it is fascinating and informative. Merchant's book gives an engaging view of how this all came together.