> Apple was simply the first to do some of these things, or the first to do it well. But many were inevitable.

The hover car is inevitable. Should I not be amazed at one when I see it?

I guess not, because whoever makes it will "simply" be the first to do the inevitable.

Well, the App Store was accidental, for example. I have no evidence of this, except that it would have been fairly obvious to Apple that, having had the iTunes Store, and sold apps this way before, letting any developer make apps would be great.