Genuine question.

I know they were the scrappy startup doing different cool things. But, what are the most major innovative things that they introduced, improved or just implemented that either revolutionized, improved or spurred change?

I am aware of the possibility of both fanboys and haters just duking it out below. But there’s always that one guy who has a fkn well-formatted paragraph of gold. I await that guy.

  • atomWood@lemm.eeEnglish
    77·
    1 year ago

    Blackberry did all of that years before Apple. Sure, they didn’t have a touchscreen, but all of the capability was there.

    • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
      92·
      1 year ago

      I had a Blackberry Curve and I don’t recall it having a music player. It was also so clunky compared to the iPhone is that it’s almost unfair to say it had the same capabilities. I’m not an Apple fan but I have to grant that their UI was a huge advancement over anything that came before it.

    • PrMinisterGR@lemmy.mlEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      The user interface itself was the innovation. Hell, even Microsoft and Intel had the portable Windows Mobile things. Compared to an iPhone they liked like they were from the Stone Age. I had one and swapping it felt like going to another dimension.

      • DJDarren@thelemmy.clubEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        I had two WinMob devices, and while they were pretty cool to show off, they were awful, clunky pieces of shit to actually use. I was forever glad they had a slide out QWERTY keyboard, because having to ‘type’ messages on a resistive screen with a stylus was hell.

        When people found out they ran on ‘Windows’ they’d ask if they could run x or y software, and I’d have to say no, the OS is really just Windows branded and doesn’t actually really work like Windows.

    • sparky1337@ttrpg.networkEnglish
      51·
      1 year ago

      I guess it would be better to say they innovated the slate style phone. Android didn’t come out until 2008 and all other top phones used physical buttons. The iPhone technically only had 5 for general functions.

      • 520@kbin.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        The LG Prada did that before iPhone too. More accurate to say Apple popularised it and made it a more cohesive package

        • sparky1337@ttrpg.networkEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          Haha I had to look it up, but that’s the definition of “innovation”. Literally taking something existing and making it better.

        • DJDarren@thelemmy.clubEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          My ex-wife had the non-Prada version of that handset, and it was actually pretty cool. Didn’t really do much more than any normal phone of the time, mind, but was at least technically a smart phone.