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You misunderstand why he said that. At the time, you effectively could not buy a touchscreen device without a stylus being required. Nintendo DS, Palm Pilot, W
by dlivingston 7y ago
You misunderstand why he said that.
At the time, you effectively could not buy a touchscreen device without a stylus being required. Nintendo DS, Palm Pilot, Windows tablet, etc., it was a bundled experience.
Letting you use not just one, but multiple, fingers on a touchscreen without the need for a stylus was a sea change.
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- dingaling 7y agoYou could buy a touchscreen LG Prada in May 2007
- dlivingston 7y agoThey were announced (Prada: Dec 2006, iPhone: Jan 2007) and released (Prada: May 2007, iPhone: June 2007) at approximately the same time. Further, I don't think the Prada had multi-touch capabilities, like pinch-to-zoom