Re:The metaverse is already here, it's called the internet
by marcodave on Saturday October 30, 2021 @04:37PM
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As I recall, the iPhone originally had little to none integration with enterprise infrastructure, as Blackberry and Windows Phone had .
In my view, The iphone was just too cool not to be in the hands of CEOs and CTOs , which most likely managed to bend companies rules to start allowing usage of iphones and basically making blackberry superfluous
Re:The metaverse is already here, it's called the internet
by fragmede on Saturday October 30, 2021 @12:14PM
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Their problem with execution was the plan of vertical integration that Apple is known for. In particular, there's little that the first iPhone could do that Blackberry didn't already do at the time - except for one thing. Cost. Blackberry was a victim of their success in the business market segment, and Microsoft wanted to join them there. The iPhones initial launch included a deal with AT&T to make it a relatively affordable, consumer facing device, thus expanding the market as a whole, to the success we see today.
Like here's a "Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC Phone Edition" phone out a couple of years before the iPhone https://www.zdnet.com/product/anextek-sp230/