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Are you claiming that Apple was not inspired by any previous device for the IPhone? There were a bunch of full-screen touch devices way before the IPhone. Wha

• technoslut 14y ago
  You miss the entire point about why the iPhone was revolutionary. Yes, there were other touchscreen devices (mostly capacitive and plastic). There were fundamental rethinking of the hardware internally which hadn't been done before. However, it was about the software. The software on the iPhone was leaps and bounds ahead of anything that existed. It made the experience fun, beautiful and intuitive which was not how smartphones were previously.
• dannyr 14y ago
  technoslut: I did not say that the IPhone is not revolutionary but it doesn't mean it didn't take inspiration from earlier products.