Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Stonewall(ProperNoun) A series of riots in 1969 New York City, beginning with the patrons of the gay bar The Stonewall Inn resisting police arrest, which marked the beginning of the militant gay rights movement. 2  stonewall(Noun) A wall made up of stone.
The history of the iPhone line of phones begins with a direction from Steve Jobs to Apple Inc. 's engineers, whereby he asked them to investigate touchscreens and a tablet computer, which later came to fruition with the iPad. Also, many have noted the device's similarities to Apple's previous touch-screen portable device, the Newton MessagePad. Like the Newton, the iPhone is nearly all screen. Its form factor is credited to Apple's head of design, Jonathan Ive.
Tom joined Nest from Tesla Motors where he was the companyâs Director of Finance. Prior to Tesla, Tom held several financial management roles at Ford Motor Company.ony led the team that created the first 18 generations of the iPod and the first three generations of the iPhone. Before Apple, Tony built the Mobile Computing Group at Philips Electronics. Tony has authored more than 300 patents.