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BrainyQuote on the early iPhone: a quotation library in the browser

The original BrainyQuote listing pointed to a dedicated iPhone web page for browsing quotations.

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BrainyQuote’s July 10, 2007 entry linked to brainyquote.com/iphone.html. The saved original page identifies a web destination for accessing quotations on the iPhone. It does not describe a separately installed App Store edition.

A reference collection in a small-screen format

A quotation library is useful when the reader starts with a person or an idea rather than a complete book. On a phone, the attraction is a brief reference visit: finding a line, noting its attribution and deciding whether to investigate the larger work. That describes the browsing use case, not a verified list of controls in the 2007 interface.

A quotation’s attribution and its original context are separate things. When using a line in an article or presentation, record the author and look for the original work before treating the quotation page as definitive evidence. This is particularly relevant to short passages that circulate apart from their source.

The historical listing provides no details about offline access, favorites or sharing tools, so those features are not assumed here. Current operation of this specific iPhone page remains unverified; the recovered URL preserves its original subject.