Guided tour = this is gonna be big.
June 27th, 2007
When Apple decides to produce an extensive set of audiovisual introductory teaching materials, you can be sure they think they’re on to something that will:
- change everything, but
- take a little explaining.
To wit:
- 1984:
- Macintosh Guided Tour.
- 2007:
- iPhone Guided Tour.
On a related note: Does the presenter in the iPhone tour remind anyone else of the pixellated dude from the later Mac tour, “Macintosh Basics”?
Fig. 1. The Macintosh Basics guy.
Fig. 1. The iPhone Guided Tour guy.
The later incarnation trades the dorky white polo and rainbow Apple logotype pullover for a plain black T, but keeps the no-nonsense coiffure. Also, um, his framerate is better this time around.
Discuss.
4 responses
I asked a contact if they knew who the iPhone Guy was. The response: “We have no idea who he is … He kinda creeps us out.”
comment posted at 9:59 pm on 29 Jun 2007
Said contact mentioned recently that he knows someone who “ran into The Guy at Caffé Macs, so he’s not a robot.”
comment posted at 11:43 am on 30 Aug 2007
[Cross-reference: Thoughts on (and pics of) the original Macintosh User Manual, a companion to Macintosh Basics for new users who prefer their UI paradigm shift survival guides in stay-flat spiral-bound book form.]
comment posted at 11:45 am on 30 Aug 2007
I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought, “hey, Jay’s back”.
comment posted at 6:55 am on 03 Sep 2007