Not only that. The android which was going to happen before the iphone was a very different beast. It was closer in spirit to WinCE and BB than to iOS. WP7 also

Not only that. The android which was going to happen before the iphone was a very different beast. It was closer in spirit to WinCE and BB than to iOS. WP7 also happened only because of the android and iphone competition. I think it's reasonable to say that smartphone OS's would have remained terrible for a long time without the iphone leading the way.