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thenewgreen  ·  4773 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Apple granted a patent for 'slide to unlock'.
"revolutionary" is the wrong word (it almost always is though) and I should know better. But to say that it was "pretty obvious" is wrong too. Apple took existing technology and applications, made them function together in a cohesive, user friendly way and then managed to package them in a proprietary setting in which the consumer is so taken with the ease of use, they don't mind the proprietary restrictions. -This is brilliant. If it were "pretty obvious" than the other phone companies and manufacturers would have done it. It's easy to call things easy in hindsight.

As I mentioned, I'm not defending the "patent troll" behavior, -at all. But to dismiss the iPhone as a "game changer" is wrong imo.





eks  ·  4773 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Personally, I will still dismiss the iPhone as game changer. Historically it will go down as game changer because of the huge following it has, but I still think was "pretty obvious" when all they did was "assemble" different available technologies into a single product. The iPad idea, the tablet, for example, was around already for a long time before the iPad:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablet_personal_computer

All they did was merge all these different technologies into a single, barely affordable, phone. And market it really really really well.

I agree the iPhone is easier to use than a Blackberry. But it's not "revolutionary easier". Just "a bit easier", not enough to grant it a game changer status. (For me, at least). :)

thenewgreen  ·  4773 days ago  ·  link  ·  
It's definitely a matter of opinion. I have an iPhone and a blackberry that I use every day. The blackberry is a company issued phone and the iPhone my personal phone. I end up giving most of my business contacts my personal phone number so I don't have to carry the blackberry with me. In my opinion it just sucks in comparison. That said, it's not the best blackberry they offer. Perhaps other models are more user friendly. The iPhone is essentially a small iPad. The blackberry is a phone with some internet and texting capabilities.