Hiawatha Bray Talks Tech: How Apple Reinvented The Phone

In 2007, Steve Jobs took the stage to describe Apple's newest creation. He began by announcing Apple was introducing three blockbuster technologies: "a widescreen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone, and a breakthrough internet communications device."

As the crowd cheered, Jobs announced in fact, those technologies would be encompassed in a single device. As he said, "Today, Apple is going to reinvent the phone."

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the now-ubiquitous cell phone. And whether you love or hate Apple products, there's no doubt that the iPhone has changed the way we live.

Hiawatha Bray, technology writer for the business section of The Boston Globe. He tweets @globetechlab.