In his 1995 book The Road Ahead Bill Gates described what would eventually become…


In his 1995 book The Road Ahead Bill Gates described what would eventually become every modern smartphone including the iPhone. I never heard Steve Jobs give credit to Gates for the inspiration.

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It's the type of "invention" only a lawyer could love. It's like if you "invented" the wheel because your wheel was exactly 26.6" in diameter and 8.3" wide with seven spokes, whereas all other wheels were of slightly different sizes and with a different number of spokes.

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