Exactly. With Apple haters, it's either they are too dumb that they can't see the bigger picture, or they just refuse to acknowledge Steve's HUGE accomplishments because of their blind unreasonable hatred for him.
No, Apple did not invent the smart phone, tablet, MP3 player or music, they just revolutionized those products in a way that took them to the next level and finally made all the tech specs practical and usable for people.
I was never really a fan of Apple products before the iPod. Apple was a little niche company that was barely getting by, but definitely had their fan base even then. At that time I had several MP3 players that were just fine with me. But then Apple released the iPod, and my reaction was, "FINALLY! This is what an MP3 player should be." And THAT is what started Apple's rise to success. A little MP3 player.
They then took that success, and took the next logical step, music. At a time where just about EVERYONE was downloading music for free, Apple took on the MONUMENTAL task of developing a business model that would get people to buy music again. And iTunes did just that, and has been amazing ever since. Is iTunes perfect? No. But the evolution of iTunes has been great and quite honestly, there is currently nothing around that can touch it. I just tried iTunes Match a few days ago, and it is awesome!
Then came the iPhone. Apple's FIRST shot at making a phone and it absolutely blew everything out of the water and again my reaction was, "FINALLY, this is how a smart phone should be done." Before Apple's entry in the phone market, smart phones were boring and basically reserved for business purposes (voice and email). RIM was the dominant force in the business world, with "smart phones" being introduced by HP, Palm, and some other companies. All horrible, and could never get it right. There was always something lacking, and a sense that there was no real direction for their products. On the consumer side, the trend was smaller phones with better camera specs. "Oh, Nokia is releasing a phone with a 2MP camera! How awesome!!" Apple came in and basically said, "THIS is what we think a smart phone should be." And with that, CONSUMERS started buying smart phones and the shift happened almost overnight from thin small phones to iPhones (smart phones). And Apple single-handedly created that shift.
Next surprise from Apple, the MacBook Air. Again, Apple didn't invent ultralight laptops, they just redefined them. With the MacBook Air, even the Apple haters couldn't deny the cool factor. It was just an amazing technical accomplishment, and again, it seemed it was left up to Apple to take an existing product to the next level.
Next mountain to climb for Apple, tablets. NO company would even dare take on creating a tablet at that time. As far as everyone was concerned, the tablet market was DEAD. As in dead, NO WAY to revive it. It's been tried SEVERAL times with absolutely no success. Not even close. Then comes Apple and they cracked the code. It was really simple, but you just had to step away and really see what the problem was. Manufactures kept trying to force a desktop OS on a tablet, which just doesn't work. Apple (Steve) looked at it as a totally separate device, that is used in a very different way. So he took a mobile OS on the phone, and slapped it on a tablet and BAM, code cracked! Apple AGAIN had another instant hit on their hands.
And Apple wasn't done yet. Their next big product, iCloud. When they released iCloud, I didn't see it as just another product. I saw it as the highway that connected all their products and way to not only create more revenue for that product, but also another reason to keep buying even more Apple products. It was just a genius move. And again, no other company could have pulled that off. Do other companies have cloud storage? Yes. But not the way Apple has integrated it into their products.
The great thing about Apple is, they don't think like other companies. They definitely have a direction/vision of how their products need to evolve. The market doesn't dictate how they operate, they dictate how the market operates. They lead, and the market follows. And THAT is the difference between Apple and just about any company out there. That being said, I think Steve Jobs WAS Apple, and I have my doubts with how Apple will continue with Tim at the helm.
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