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Well, Android certainly hopped on, but most of the basic innovations and vision came from the iPhone and Android took them and did their own thing with them. They copied. Apple, Microsoft, IBM, Dell, HP, etc. all have taken turns copying their peers at something. Good for them, it is the right decision. Otherwise, Android would have turned out a lot more like the Microsoft Kin.



I'd say Palm were really the first to provide a usable pocket computer. iPhone did not come out of nowhere.


Being first is about as useful as saying "first!" and there is zero value in "coming out of nowhere". What matters is creating something great.

The iPhone turned the industry on its head. Palm did not.


Most useless discussion ever. But still, how do you define "turned the industry on it's head"? By the amount of money that is made in a market segment? I developed mobile apps long before the iPhone existed. I still get requests for web development.




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