Ah no, wrong, people will steal your big idea. Apple was a Johnny Come Lately to the smartphone market that was started by IBM with the Simon in 1994 http://en

Ah no, wrong, people will steal your big idea. Apple was a Johnny Come Lately to the smartphone market that was started by IBM with the Simon in 1994 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Simon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Simon Qualcomm wanted to use the Apple Newton to make a smartphone out of it, Apple refused and so Qualcomm licensed the Palm Pilot and made one of the first modern era smartphones http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyocera_6035 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyocera_6035 let us not also forget the Microsoft Windows CE smartphones, the RIM Blackberry smartphones, or the Linux based smartphones, or even Microsofts Tablet PC running Windows XP in 2002. Somehow after seeing all these smartphones and tablets, Apple wanted to steal their idea for Project Purple. It took them a long time, but they analyzed the weaknesses of the other devices and developed a better smartphone called the iPhone, but to say Apple was first to make a smartphone is quite false, as it wasn't even their idea. If Apple didn't copy the big idea several other companies had, they wouldn't be dominating the market right now with iOS devices. The irony is despite prior art, Apple is suing the beejezus out of their competitors. So yes someone will defiantly steal your 'Big Idea' and you should not fear it, and you should instead plan to out-innovate anyone who does steal your 'Big Idea' with a better product.