Netbooks were basically just scaled down and miniaturized laptops.
Before the iPad was launched, netbooks were the tech industry’s best idea for a highly portable internet connected computers. So how was the iPad innovative? Because the iPad is pretty much just a big iPhone it was innovative for the same reasons, but for a new product category. Then it went on to be one of the most successful product launches of all time, selling two million iPads in less than 60ĭays. Then Apple launched the iPad, which was highly criticized at its launch as being just a big iPhone. Not only that, but Apple created an App development environment that made it relatively easy for developers to create and launch iPhone apps, creating an entirely new industry in the process. Second, Apple introduced the App Store with third party apps. This proved to be a far better way to interact with a small digital device than a stylus or scroll wheel. By introducing gesture recognition, which they call Multi-Touch, Apple was able to create a whole new operating system based on touch. First, Apple completely rethought the user experience. Palm was at its peak and Blackberries were the popular choice of business people when the iPhone launched. Again, the iPhone was not the first smartphone on the market. This is one of the things that Apple does best: really thinking through the user experience and coming up with innovative ways to make the experience intuitive and easy. Third, the iPod had a scroll wheel that made it easy to navigate the 1,000 songs in your pocket. Remember the tagline, “a thousand songs in your pocket.” Second, the iPod had more storage than other MP3 players. iTunes made managing music simple and easy. To manage the music on an MP3 player was inconvenient and required a little more technical prowess than the average user may have posessed. Before iTunes, digital music was usually ripped from cds or downloaded through services such as Napster. First, the iPod worked with iTunes, a digital marketplace for downloading music and managing the music on your iPod. In fact, MP3 players had been out for a few years. The iPod was not the first MP3 player on the market. To answer that question, let’s first look at the history of Apple product launches into new categories, starting with the iPod. My short answer: No, but let me explain in length… He suggested that the Apple watch didn’t really do anything new or different than other smart watches on the market, rather, they were just following the smart watch trend and coming out with their version. This is what one of my friends asked me following the announcement of the Apple Watch.