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For tablet computer visionary Roger Fidler, a lot of what-ifs

• MaysonL 15y ago
  Of course, this ignores a lot of prior art: for example http://www.ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/UbiHome.html http://www.ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/UbiHome.html
• shingen 15y ago
  "black, thin, rectangular, with text and video displayed on-screen" He better stay away from rounded corners.
  • tensor 15y ago
    He had those too: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/did-apple-crib-this-mans-idea-for-a-tablet-computer/2012/03/09/gIQA7rcN1R_gallery.html#photo=2 http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/did-apple-crib-this-m...
• mrbill 15y ago
  1989: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRiDPad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRiDPad
• extension 15y ago
  I'll say it again: Apple was not the first to invent the tablet, they were the last, and that is precisely why they succeeded.