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Re:Shell buys UK’s largest electric vehicle charging network by avrionov on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @02:00PM (#25919791)
Many people underestimated the first iPhone. It has all the capabilities to be a disruptive technology. The appstore was missing only due to timing of the release (this is my assumption, haven't checked out).

Also Christensen book has been critiqued many times especially about the inevitability of the disruptive technology [1].

[1] https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/06/23/the-disruption...

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Re:Shell buys UK’s largest electric vehicle charging network by casefields on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @06:14PM (#25922162)
You would be wrong.

>One of those details Steve’s initial opinion on third-party apps for the iPhone. In the beginning, Steve was opposed to third-party apps, and wanted developers to create web apps that could be used through the device’s mobile Safari web browser. According to Apple board member, Art Levinson, “Jobs at first quashed the discussion” of allowing apps on the company’s debut smartphone.

https://www.cultofmac.com/125180/steve-jobs-was-originally-d...

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Re:Shell buys UK’s largest electric vehicle charging network by ben_w on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @04:15PM (#25921142)
I absolutely underestimated the iPhone, and the only reason I didn’t underestimate the Apple Watch was that I had learned to trust Apple’s judgement over my own — I still don’t really get what it is about the Watch that makes it such a success.
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