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		<div class="sm1 grey1">Last updated on: March 8, 2011 08:13 IST</div>
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				<p><span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span>s a result, few, if any, cell phones came equipped with WiFi connectivity. The iPhone changed that.</p>  <p>More importantly, the iPhone reconstituted the historical relationship between mobile operators and their subscribers.</p>  <p>Before it came along, all cellular services in the US, and elsewhere, were activated by mobile operators alone.</p>  <p>The iPhone changed that, too; mobile subscribers could now buy their device at an Apple store and do the service selection and activation at home, via iTunes.</p>  <p>
		<br /><b>Image: </b>Jobs stands next to the iMAC DV Special Edition in Cupertino on Oct 5, 1999.<br /><b>Photographs: </b>Reuters		<br /><span class="clear">				</span></p></div><p><strong>Read more:</strong> <a class="rssreadon" rel="external" title="How Steve Jobs changed the world" href="http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2011/mar/08/slide-show-1-tech-special-how-steve-jobs-changed-the-world.htm" target="_blank">http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2011/mar/08/slide-show-1-tech-special-how-steve-jobs-changed-the-world.htm</a></p>