Apple 'stole' the rectangular capacitive touch screen form factor from the LG Prada [1,2] which they combined with their own operating system. Android which was

Apple 'stole' the rectangular capacitive touch screen form factor from the LG Prada [1,2] which they combined with their own operating system. Android which was initially targeted at devices with physical keyboards and pointing devices then 'stole' the form factor from Apple. Microsoft took the idea and ran with it to create their own multi-touch capacitive display devices, as did many others. Most fell by the wayside but let's all be glad that there are at least two competitors instead of a single vendor hogging this important market. Jobs himself claimed that 'good artists copy, great artists steal' (another 'stolen' quote by the way [3]) so the pot could call the kettle black but that did not make him any less so. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_Prada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_Prada [2] https://web.archive.org/web/20070403110422/http://www.applematters.com/index.php/section/comments/the-iphone-lawsuits/ https://web.archive.org/web/20070403110422/http://www.applem... [3] https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/03/06/artists-steal/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/03/06/artists-steal/