And I did not say either of them did. . . however, if you will look at the first iPad model when it came out Apple did indeed sell a non-Bluetooth attachable keyboard for it. I am not arguing that Apple "invented" these but that the Microsoft Surface is a mere follower of the design style which has a longest history only of this style IN THE IPAD ecosystem.
None of the rest of your claims holds any merit because there were no tablets prior to the iPad with such keyboards. We were not merely talking "Bluetooth Keyboards" but the concept of a tablet with an attachable keyboard. . . However that keyboard attaches or connects to the tablet. Many of the Apple keyboard covers attached to the iPad magnetically as well, in fact Apple holds the patent for that invention. Look it up. They license it to the keyboard makers.
Zagg is just one of dozens of iPad keyboard makers in the Apple ecosystem. That is the point. Microsoft is only copying something that already existed for years, albeit with their own twist on it, but even the Microsoft keyboard was sold as an optional accessory to the Surface Tablet.
As for slate computers in Windows 98, and later, they were not successful, being big, bulky, and heavy, requiring a stylus to use. They were essentially a kludge. However I won't let you put words in my mouth. I did not say that and don't, unlike some of you guys say that Apple ripped off the iPad concept from that. . . a when they bear no resemblance and Apple's worked.
Apple pre-Steve Jobs can be said to actually have invented the programmable, touch-screen stylus controlled, hand-held Personal Digital Assistant device—Apple certainly coined the name and acronym, PDA.
Although some simplistic, non-touch-screen personal organizers—which were more calculators with limited address book capabilities—existed before Apple brought out the Apple Newton, Apple's ground breaking invention defined the first real tablet computers and created a whole new market that lasted until it was subsumed by the smartphones. . . and the Newton preceded all the rest which were based on and licensed under Apple's basic patents, although the Newton itself did not survive Steve Jobs' ruthless product trimming at Apple on taking back the reins in 1997 of the company he co-founded twenty years earlier. Again, look it up.
Look it up?
Don’t need to really....I have lived it..
It’s interesting that you consider so many inovations as being inventions, when they are really recombined innovations by a variety of people and firms, many of which apple has either bought or simply purchased the patents. But in many cases they sorta skipped that part...
Apple at it’s core, (no pun intended) is a fantastic marketing company. They do it very well even if they fell on their butts for a while after Jobs was ushered out..
But when he came back re=energized they took off like a rocket.
But it’s marketing. Recombinant innovations, and what really sets Apple apart from the rest of the competition is their large “cadre” of fan boys, as we call them.
To them, the latest device from Apple is not really a price or feature consideration...It is a aspirational necessity of life.
I can safely say that I cannot think of a single example that compares to what Apple has created in their loyal fan base.
Having said that, I am not now nor shall I ever be a loyal fan of any marketing company. My loyalties may be evident for a local business perhaps as a sign of support for the local economy but that is as far as it goes.. Otherwise, I buy the best available for the best price, and that pretty much eliminates apple from most considerations for me..
I really don’t care what you do with your money. The only reason I post on your threads is to laugh at the defensive responses that go far beyond a response and delve into the psychosis of being a apple fan boy..