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[โ€“] ReginaPhalange@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Generally true - but multitouch was a real innovation. I'm not familiar with other manufacturers perfecting touch interfaces AND design paradigms optimized for it.

[โ€“] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

There were decades of development of touch screen devices with UI paradigms designed explicitly for touch. Notwithstanding all of the Palm and Symbian and Windows CE devices, I feel like I shouldn't have to point out that the Nintendo DS came out in 2004, three years before the iPhone.

It's just that these were resistive screens and stylus based...

Except for the LG Prada.