It ’s virtually impossible to imagine now , but back when the iPhone was launch in 2007 , Googlewasn’t provision to make Android for touchscreen devices .
Revealedin motor lodge documentsthat imprint part of the current Apple - Samsung legal argument , a Google study explains that Android “ was designed with the presence of discrete strong-arm buttons as an supposal . However , there is nothing rudimentary in the product ’s computer architecture that prevents the support of touchscreen in the future tense . ”
Elsewhere , the text file details many of the features of Android which endure — obliterable storage , third - party program sustenance , widgets , notifications and all the various Google services — but the thinking was that physical buttons would do just ticket . But then , the iPhone appeared , and touchscreens did n’t just need to be suffer ; multi - touch became a requirement . give thanks goodness . [ ScribdviaRecode ]
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