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alexwolfe on Oct 6, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: President Obama on Steve Jobs: "He Changed the Way...

Taking inventions from others and making them attractive to the marketplace is innovation. :)

Henry Ford did not invent the car but he was the best innovator if it.

However, it is no exaggeration to say Apple reinvented many products time and time again.

mcantelon on Oct 6, 2011 [–]

Ah, you are correct about "innovation".

Still, it seems that Apple gets a lot of credit they shouldn't... people, for example, think Apple invented smartphones when, in fact, Palm deserves credit.

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