Not necessarily. BlackBerry was a thing, and the Sidekick had traction among kids. Apple hit it out of the park at a time where BlackBerry hit the stagnation p

Not necessarily. BlackBerry was a thing, and the Sidekick had traction among kids. Apple hit it out of the park at a time where BlackBerry hit the stagnation phase, the tech was good (but not great) for screens, etc, and Apple was sitting on a software framework that could be adapted phones quickly, there was a struggling carrier willing to do anything to get traction, and had Apple stores full of happy iPod customers.