Apple is a traditional business

Re:Apple is a traditional business by IncRnd on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @12:06PM (#16978350)

> Yeah, but don't forget that the pieces to be able to create the iPhone had to be there first.

Like the LG Prada?

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Re:Apple is a traditional business by blhack on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @12:14PM (#16978442)

Like Palm's existing smartphone with existing smartphone apps, or blackberry.

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Re:Apple is a traditional business by r00fus on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @12:32PM (#16978643)

I migrated from a Palm Treo 650 to an OG iPhone. Superficially they're similar in functionality (I didn't really need a stylus for most Palm apps) but there was so much you could do with an iPhone that the Palm just couldn't touch.

Execution details like Apple contracting with Cingular/ATT to provide unlimited 2G for $20/mo was a huge substantive usability difference. I had to pay $40-$45/mo for similar ubiquitous signal on my Palm - needless to say I didn't - so Palm apps weren't built on that assumption.

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Re:Apple is a traditional business by neuromantik8086 on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @12:32PM (#16978640)

Or General Magic's work in the early 90s.

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Re:Apple is a traditional business by IncRnd on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @12:26PM (#16978587)

Thank you. Yes - that is my exact point!

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Re:Apple is a traditional business by pier25 on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @03:11PM (#16980203)

No, like touch screens, ARM, Wifi, etc.

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Re:Apple is a traditional business by IncRnd on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @06:06PM (#16981565)

:) That was my point. All of those were on the LG Prada.

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