With permission from Apple, senior software engineer Greg Christie recently spoke with The Wall Street Journal about the development of the original iPhone, disclosing some details ahead of a new patent trial involving Samsung. The original article focused on the iPhone's software features, while a follow-up report highlights the environment and hardware that was used in this software development process. Apple's hardware setup for testing early prototype iPhone software According to Christie, design decisions on early versions of Apple's iPhone OS were made in a drab, windowless room with Mac h
