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Originally Posted by PolarBear
IMO This was ineviteable as there were phones like this before teh iPhone
Inevitable
Not really, again, you can chalk this up to stupid people
Obsolete? Hardly. IMO Apple products are all actual CRAP, clunky anti-intuitive products. I am not saying MS is any better as I dont like them either. I actually think some of the new tablet offerings are a LOT better than iPad
Thats my point. He didnt invent the car but he put two existing things together for the greater good. IMO Jobs did the same thing, put products together that were inevitably going to be realized by someone anyway.
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iTunes is for stupid people? No, he took advantage of places like Napster and Limewire and saw what they did, but turned it around and made it legal, and allowed record labels make money on this new frontier, AND it made Apple HUGE!! Now you can downloaded movies, books, songs, just about anything off iTunes. It is the money-maker.
All Apple products are not crap, not by a long shot. iPhone has been around for 4-5 years now, and none of the phone makers can make a phone with the same level of fit and finish and design. Android has tried so hard to fight iOS, but the phone makers are still far behind in design. Maybe the next-gen Samsungs will finally supply a solid phone with a fantastic UI in ICS.
Would someone eventually put things together? Would someone eventually come up with a smart phone with a full touch screen? Would someone come up with iTunes/App Store? Could someone revolutionize the MP3 player market? Would someone have made a very easy to use tablet? Sure, it might have happened. But could ONE MAN do all these things over 10 years, and drive his company to have higher profits than the OIL INDUSTRY? No. Oh, and in the mean time, head up Pixar and ILM, two massive powerhouse FX companies for movies and oh yeah....HAVE CANCER?
Your distaste for Apple products is clouding your thoughts. Would someone have eventually gotten to the moon? Maybe. Would someone eventually discover America? Yeah. Would someone eventually figure out that the Earth is round? Sure. But it takes that first person to do it. We can always look back and say "DUH" but at the time, no one had that thought.