” And no sane person can dispute that all the PDAs from other companies saw the iPhone OS concept as something worth copying/stealing.”
Sane people are usually not ignorant, such as ignorant to the fact that Compaq had the iPaq in 2000, years before Apple copied the “i” for the iPhone in 2007.
Also, Cisco Systems had the IOS (Internetwork Operating System) in 1984. Another stolen “invention” of Apple.
Also, Google’s Android OS was also produced in 2007, the same year Apple introduced iOS. Apple wasn’t exactly an innovator.
You're not really THAT ignorant, are you?
Apple had the iMac in 1998. iPaq was the name copy; cute, but not the original.
Please tell me you were making an April Fool joke.
>>Also, Google’s Android OS was also produced in 2007, the same year Apple introduced iOS. Apple wasn’t exactly an innovator.<<
I was trying to give credit where credit is due. Whether followers or innovators, Apple popularized the PDA interface which is largely unchanged to this date.
I wonder how long Apples fanboy base can sustain them? They haven’t come up with anything truly new in years (the iWatch was a “me too” copy of the Google and Android watches from 3 or 4 years before).
The only thing left is surgical implants, which I wager Fanboys would line up for.
The Compaq iPaq was named after Apple's iMac came out in 1998 and tried to piggy back on the iMac name popularity. You distort history to confuse people who do not know theirs.
CISCO's IOS is an operating system for ROUTERS and SWITCHES, not for general computers. Again, you distort history.
Android in 2007, introduced after the iPhone was introduced was a knock off of the BLACKBERRY, complete with a QWERTY keyboard and resistance screen. Try to not distort history.