Did I miss anything? My N95 can do video chat a few years ago ... Time to market is so crucial for a product success ...

Here is my response:

always like that. Individually, all functions/features are seen before, but Apple makes them to the highlight of the attention and also make them more useful and user-friendly.

I played with pre-iPod toys (a Korean product and Creative made in Singapore) for quite a while until iPod dominated the market.

Things can change too. I still remember Steve Job ridiculing those early technology products playing videos on small screens: his argument was: who would want to watch video in such a tiny screen? Who can enjoy a video many times (even the best video, one usually watch 3-4 times maximum) like one enjoying music (people can listen to the same piece hundreds of times)? How can you get video content as rich as they can get audio music in iTunes?

All those arguments sounded so strong, but one year later Apple launched iPod video (including iPod Mini with really tiny screen) and video became a selling point. 

Steve Jobs made another strong comment before iPhone when asked whether he would go to the mobile phone market now that iPod was such a success. I remember clearly his claiming not to enter this market, to the effect: this market is fairly mature (major functions are already invented), and is crowded now and dominated by big players like Motorola and Nokia. There is no more room for Apple. 

Maybe he was deliberately misleading the reporters, and maybe he was telling the truth at the moment, God knows. It was iPhone, exactly the thing he claimed he would not want to do, that changed everything for Apple, making Apple today more valuable than Microsoft.

Steve is a fun and legendary guy to watch.

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