The iPhone and the Apple TV were born together. Sharing the same stage at MacWorld 2009, both products were an attempt to extend the reach of products they already had, the iPhone growing on the iPod and the ROKR, and the Apple TV growing on the Mac Mini and iTunes. The spotlight at the event was primarily on the iPhone, as they were banking on it to extend their market reach and to bring multi-touch into the mainstream, but the Apple TV was a sleeper product that they hoped would take over the small but growing industry of Internet TV.
Two years later, the iPhone has exploded into the best selling phone of any cell phone, with high critical acclaim and an App Store that is revol
