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they changed the face of what smart phones would ultimately become I get that, but they didn’t “invent” the smartphone. They executed an existing concept far b
by matthewmacleod 8y ago
they changed the face of what smart phones would ultimately become
I get that, but they didn’t “invent” the smartphone. They executed an existing concept far better than anybody else had been able to up until then, and the result of that was a complete industry change. It’s great, but they weren’t there when the first smartphones appeared - they came along with a much better implementation of the concept.
I think they’ll continue to do this in other markets as they develop.
- dorian-graph 8y agoThis really sounds like people are splitting at hairs doing gymnastics to give Apple as little credit as possible. What does 'invent' even mean to you, and the others, then? If Apple didn't do what they did, where would we be?
- JoeAltmaier 8y agoIts really easy to find out this stuff by googling it. There were smart phones back in 1993. Apple's came out years later. That hair is half a decade wide?
- dorian-graph 8y agohttp://time.com/3137005/first-smartphone-ibm-simon/ http://time.com/3137005/first-smartphone-ibm-simon/ http://thedoghousediaries.com/3345 http://thedoghousediaries.com/3345 ;)
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