"After all, during his too-brief, once-in-a-century career, he radically disrupted at least seven industries: personal computing, desktop software, music, mobile phones, publishing, tablet computers, and Hollywood animation"
Completely OT, but I thought it was interesting to note that the time difference between the first mobile phone and the first commercially successful smartphone (1973-2007) and the time difference between the invention of the telegraph and telephone (1832-1876) were approximately the same. Apparently awesomeness takes 40 years to bloom.
Are you sure e iPhone was the first "commercially successful smartphone"? It's definitely a top-seller, but I remember quite a few commercially successful devices before it... (mostly Treos and Nokias)
Comments
"After all, during his too-brief, once-in-a-century career, he radically disrupted at least seven industries: personal computing, desktop software, music, mobile phones, publishing, tablet computers, and Hollywood animation"
Completely OT, but I thought it was interesting to note that the time difference between the first mobile phone and the first commercially successful smartphone (1973-2007) and the time difference between the invention of the telegraph and telephone (1832-1876) were approximately the same. Apparently awesomeness takes 40 years to bloom.
I love my iPhone, but calling it the first commercially successful smartphone is willfully ignorant of the Blackberry.
The time gap stands (1973-2002/2003).
Quite true!
Maybe it's just the 20 year patents?
Are you sure e iPhone was the first "commercially successful smartphone"? It's definitely a top-seller, but I remember quite a few commercially successful devices before it... (mostly Treos and Nokias)