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Originally Posted by foghat
The original ipod (and all its iterations) wasn't innovative? Or how about the itunes store - which pretty much single handedly redefined how music (and later movies/tv shows) could be distributed/sold.
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You mean MP3 players did not exist before the iPod? What about all the Creative products? The Nomad II even had a wheel similar to what the iPod ended up with. I can't find a ship date for it, but there's an Epionions review for it several months before the iPod debuted. Also, the
manual is copyright 1999. But if you mean the actual capacitive touch of the wheel, well, Apple didn't invent that. Synaptics did.
As far as iTunes, it's very nicely integrated. However, you could purchase digital music before iTunes, just not all in one place. If you wanted a single source for music, Napster or Kazaa were always available.
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Originally Posted by foghat
How about the original iphone and the original iOS - of which without, smart phones (as we know them today) and andriod would quite possibly not even exist today. And almost certainly would not exist with the look and feel we know today.
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The iPhone was not the first phone to have touch, or even apps. They were the first to tie into a proprietary sales channel so nicely, however. To wit, the
Nokia 60 series had downloadable apps. Hell, Nokia even had the iTunes idea back in 2004, but management didn't buy off
link. Symbian was also amazingly iOS like, before iOS.
At best, Apple put a much needed level of polish on top of
other people's great ideas.