On the 9th of January, 2007, Steve Jobs revealed a revolutionary product. The iPhone. I remember watching this presentation in 2007 and wanting one. I had no idea the iPhone would be so popular or be such a big part of Apple's revenue. It's amazing how many features the iPhone introduced that are now taken for granted. The first iPhone I ever owned was the iPhone 4.
A vet known as Combat Veteran gives a depression update on the state of the Army. It would be funny if it wasn't true.
https://www.youtube.com/c/ACombatVeteran/
Extensive Interviews with USS Liberty Survivors' - Audio tapes obtained by award-winning British filmmaker Richard Belfield prove what every USS Liberty survivor, former Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Thomas Moorer have said all along that Israel deliberately attacked an American ship. The plan was to sink it, blame Egypt, and draw the US into the Six-Day War on the Israeli side, but the heroism of the Liberty crew in fighting ship damage, often while wounded, prevented it from sinking with all hands. The tapes are featured in "The Day Israel Attacked America" by filmmaker Richard Belfield, whose previous production credits include National Geographic TV and Discovery Channel.
I received a couple of Star Wars items as gifts in December of 2015, but I was really wasn't interested in them. I decided to gift them to Chris Pirillo because he loves Star Wars, and he really appreciated it. In hindsight, I should have typed that short letter in Word and printed it. My handwriting is horrible.
https://www.youtube.com/c/ChrisPirillo/
https://www.twitch.tv/chrispirillo
It's interesting that Donald Trump was dismissed as a crazy racist conspiracy theorist when he blamed China for this virus, but now government officials are willing to admit China might be responsible for this virus. Steven Crowder was absolutely loving this segment of the Late Night Show.
By the way, Steven Crowder is on Rumble now!
https://rumble.com/c/StevenCrowder
The keynote for the 8 and 8+ was the first keynote in the Steve Jobs Theater. The iPhone 8+ was a big transition for me. I had a great deal on an unlimited plan with Sprint, but by 2014, I still wasn't able to be on a phone call and use cellular data at the same time with Sprint. That was unacceptable to me. I was able to do that with my first iPhone on ATT in 2010. I was also a bit put off by the fact that my 6+ seemed really sluggish. I didn't know that it was due to Apple releasing an iOS update that throttled the CPU for older batteries. When I had a new battery installed on my 6+, it ran like new and I kept it as a backup phone for a few years.
I didn't want to go back to ATT, and I wasn't interested in Verizon. T-Mobile had just opened a store in my city, so I decided to give them a try. Who knew that one day T-Mobile would buy Sprint? I spent more money to get an unlimited data plan with T-Mobile, but I got better coverage and faster speed. When I bought the 8+ from that T-Mobile store in November of 2017, I went with a black model. This was the first iPhone that had a haptic button instead of a real button that pressed down. It really impressed me how a little vibration can give the sensation of actually pressing a button. Apple also introduced augmented reality with the 8+, and I think it's a neat feature but I haven't used it very much. Wireless charging was something that I ignored as a gimmick until early 2022 when a friend let me try it with their charger. It wasn't until I saw it in action in person that I wanted a wireless charger.
During the same keynote, Apple introduced the iPhone X (Ten). I was so put off by the notch and the lack of a home button that I didn't want to give it a try. I wanted to stick with an iPhone form factor that I was familiar with, so I used my 8+ for almost 5 years. Having TouchID instead of FaceID during the China Virus mask mandate was nice.