iPhone kickstarts mobile livestream politics
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The first iPhone goes on sale on 29 June 2007 with a 2-megapixel still camera and an EDGE data connection; video recording arrives with the iPhone 3GS in 2009 and third-party apps with the App Store in 2008.
Over the following years the multitouch smartphone displaces the camcorder for on-the-ground documentation, and citizen-shot footage of marches, police encounters, and campaign stops becomes a routine part of movement storytelling.
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Apple Inc.. iPhone Premieres This Friday Night at Apple Retail Stores. (2007). Apple press release of 28 June 2007 fixing the on-sale date at 6:00 p.m. local time on Friday 29 June 2007, in 4GB and 8GB models.
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