I think I saw a Toshiba or IBM laptop prior to the air. But I wouldn't bet on it.. at any rate, they came out so close together that they would have had to have been developed simultaneously.
Think Palm Pilot and Apple Newton as prior art.. there are more examples but those are the most famous. Regards, Kirk On Aug 22, 2011, at 8:33 PM, Karsten Silz wrote: > On Aug 22, 9:52 am, Kirk <kirk.pepperd...@gmail.com> wrote: >> My question is, what is new and innovative about touch screens. I seem to >> recall using them prior to the iPhone's existance. OH. I see, someone >> married and already existing technology with an already existing technology. >> So un-obvious !!!! > > If it's so obvious how it all fit together, how come Apple built the > iPod, iPhone and iPad? Why is Apple the first to (at least mass- > market) very thin and light notebooks like the MacBook Air where they > solder the RAM directly on the motherboard and replace the hard disk > with a tiny SSD module? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
