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.
Beyond Apple's epic legacy of innovative products lies an equally compelling history of corporate identity. The first Apple logo was designed by Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne in 1976, featuring Isaac Newton sitting under an apple tree. It was inspired by a quotation by Wordsworth that was also inscribed into the logo that said: Newton... a mind forever voyaging through strange seas of thought with 'Apple Computer Co.' on a ribbon banner ornamenting the picture frame.