Gavin Newsom recounts Steve Jobs giving him and Google's founders an early peek at the first iPhone

"We were quite aware that he was sharing something akin to a state secret," Newsom wrote in his new memoir.

Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images; Gavin Newsom and Steve Jobs

• Gavin Newsom writes in his new memoir that Steve Jobs showed him the iPhone before its public unveiling.
• He says it happened in a San Francisco hotel suite alongside Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
• "We were quite aware that he was sharing something akin to a state secret," Newsom wrote.

Gavin...