> many people, myself included, have been waiting for someone to develop a device like the iPad for years. Of all these people, every one of them decided to pa

> many people, myself included, have been waiting for someone to develop a device like the iPad for years. Of all these people, every one of them decided to passively wait, instead of taking on the task themselves? As far as Apple innovating, IMHO, they are the current masters of producing analog interfaces for digital systems. They have to charge a premium for it, because it's harder. But plenty of people are apparently willing to pay that premium for that interface, instead of the cheapest microcontroller and a minimal number of momentary switches, so Apple wins. I don't know if choosing their own strategy instead of following the race to the bottom is innovative or not, but it certainly leads to products that stand out.