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Read the Innovator's dilemma to understand that when a new product is launched nobody really knows what is useful for. It happened to the Iphone, it took at le
by Htsthbjig 11y ago
Read the Innovator's dilemma to understand that when a new product is launched nobody really knows what is useful for.
It happened to the Iphone, it took at least a year and a half(it had no apps at launch!!) to start being useful for something and it happened to the Ipad: people did stare at it and say "it's cool, but I don't know what I could use this for", There is a video of a news reported asking this to people about the Ipad.
Selling millions of devices is the best feedback they could have. People always find crazy uses for any new tech.
- minthd 11y agoApple surely did know that apps would be a hit.That's why they gave monopoly on the iPhone to at&t - the weaker carrier at the time, in exchange for(among others) full control over the app store. And i'm sure if you've asked in a place like HN at the time - they would have talked about some killer app ideas and a marketplace. And let's not forget - we've already had android wear for some time(and the pebble before) ,and yet no great ideas, even just as prototypes or discussions.