Geek Facts for July 11th – iPhone 3G and Skylab

By Judy Novotny / 07/11/2012 / Geek Facts

In 2008, Apple’s iPhone 3G went on sale.

Apple sold more than 1 million devices in its first three days, a feat that, according to Steve Jobs, took the original iPhone 74 days to accomplish.

Learn more at http://www.thestreet.com/s/apples-iphone-3g-passes-1-million-mark/newsanalysis/techtelecom/10426218.html

In 1979, Skylab entered the atmosphere over Australia and disintegrated.

Skylab was launched into Earth orbit by a Saturn V rocket on May 14, 1973.

Learn more at http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/skylab/

About The Author

Judy Novotny

Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.

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