If you were born in the 2000’s the iPhone and it’s related technology has likely always been a part of your life. But it’s important to understand what things were like before the iPhone in order to truly appreciate how far we’ve come today. So before the iPhone was released in 2007 many industries looked a lot different than they do today. And you may be surprised to discover how products worked and how certain tasks were accomplished without the use of modern technology that the iPhone popularized. And I want to start with the multitouch display, which was perhaps the most influential feature of the original iPhone.