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I'd argue that the only true innovation Apple made with the iPhone was with the App Store, which didn't even happen until a bit after the launch. Apple gathered
by rbranson 15y ago
I'd argue that the only true innovation Apple made with the iPhone was with the App Store, which didn't even happen until a bit after the launch. Apple gathered what they thought were best technologies, honed them, and made them work together.
- rje 15y agoAre there phones that predate the iphone that are entirely controlled through a large, multi-touch touchscreen?
- rbranson 15y agoNot multi-touch, but HTC had been making large, touch screen devices based on Windows Mobile for a while before the iPhone was announced. http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_p3600-1694.php http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_p3600-1694.php Clearly not taken to the degree Apple did, but what Apple did was evolve it to the point where it was consumer-friendly, not invent the concept itself.
- rje 15y agoThanks for the link, I hadn't known about those phones. It's a resistive touchscreen instead of a capacitative multitouch screen, but it's certainly fair to count it as a predecessor.
- andos 15y agoWhile that might certainly be what people like to call its "killer feature," the iPhone redefined what we expect of smartphones. The gold standard before 2007 was the Blackberry. Look at the Android prototypes before 2007 and the phones released after that: they are fundamentally different devices.