On May 8, 10:24*am, winnie...@pooh.com (GMAN) wrote:
> In article <gu1cbo$8p...@news.motzarella.org>, "Mattinglyfan" <Kylerjainos...@deeznuts.com> wrote:
>
> >"parallax-scroll" <parallaxscr...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:dd9d959d-1433-4c7d-98de-....
> >>http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...hp?story=23477
>
> >>http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/19549/...ectronic-Arts/
>
> >>http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2346013,00.asp
>
> >http://www.thetechherald.com/article...ox-executive-a...
> >t-to-Apple-s-gaming-value
>
> >http://www.crn.com/hardware/21730035...LNSD2HAQSNDLRS....
> >JVN
>
> >>http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10228170-37.html
>
> >http://www.geek.com/articles/apple/a...nd-ea-works-on...
> >onsole-2009055/
>
> >>http://news.spong.com/article/17854/..._Definitely_Ru....
>
> >http://seekingalpha.com/article/1360...he-emergence-o...
> >sole
>
> >>http://www.technewsworld.com/story/6...wlc=1241783183
>
> >Sweet. *Another piece of overpriced Apple equipment that screws it up for
> >everyone else.
>
> And apple will have claimed to invent the "Gaming Console", just like their
> claim to have invented the MP3 Player, or PDA, *or the Personal Computer etc
> etc.....
Well...
Depending on how you look at things, Apple *did* invent the PDA as we
know it today. I remember when the Apple Newton first came out because
my father brought one home due to his company (Phillips) doing some
early work with it. It really was quite amazing for the time and was,
well, ahead of its time.
Prior to the Apple Newton, the pieces of technology that were the
beginnings of what would eventually evolve into "the PDA" were more
like souped up calculators. Do a Google search on "Casio PF-3000" and
you'll see what I mean.
While Apple was developing the Newton, there wasn't even a "personal
digital assistant" class of technology, and it was an Apple executive
who actually invented that term. If the Newton really took off,
everyone would be talking about how Apple really did invent the PDA
but since it was ahead of its time, it didn't do so well financially
and was long forgotten.
By a lesser token, Apple's claims at having invented the MP3 player
really relies on looking at it from a particular angle. Apple most
certainly invented the MP3 player we know today. The first really
successful MP3 player was the Rio PMP3000 which, while technically
cool, was a real ugly piece of crap. I hated lugging that thing around
because it was just so damn huge. Back in those days, there wasn't a
proliferation of wired remotes and I liked to control what music I was
listening to at any given time so I always carried that thing in my
hand while I was walking. Ugh.
Anyway, that was preceded only by a Korean device that eventually made
its way to the States under a different brand. After those two
devices, it was the iPod and history was made. Following the iPod,
every MP3 player began looking just like it. So did Apple invent the
concept of an MP3 player? No. Did it invent the first device that
looked and acted like what we all take for granted right now?
Absolutely.
As far as inventing the personal computer, there's no way to look at
it to come to that conclusion in any form. I highly doubt that Apple
ever actually said that it "invented the personal computer" without
any sort of qualification to that statement.
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