You make a good point. Execution is just as crucial to Apple's success as the good taste. Palm and HP never had much success because they couldn't execute on t

You make a good point. Execution is just as crucial to Apple's success as the good taste. Palm and HP never had much success because they couldn't execute on the hardware front. They were continually behind the curve on hardware and continued to push an unpopular form factor. As a former Pre user, webOS was a pleasure to use but the phone itself was poorly made and had dated hardware. HP/Palm was always too little, too late and they just couldn't execute. Apple's excellent supply chaining and fabrication processes are a huge edge against the competition. They can execute where other's can't.