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Well, that's an often repeated meme, but I'm not sure it's true, really. Didn't Microsoft create Tablet PC (without multi-touch) long before apple? Isn't same t
by Ygg2 14y ago
Well, that's an often repeated meme, but I'm not sure it's true, really. Didn't Microsoft create Tablet PC (without multi-touch) long before apple? Isn't same true for smart wristwatches, etc?
Microsoft has good ideas but doesn't execute on them any good.
- alayne 14y agoMicrosoft was late to the party. This is a pretty good overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_tablet_computers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_tablet_computers
- icebraining 14y agoApple had the Newton before Microsoft, and other companies launched "tablet terminals" even earlier. It's usually rather hard to know who invented a concept like tablet computers. After all, the concept existed long before they were even possible to fabricate (e.g. in sci-fi).