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Ask passers-by to call you any mp3 player, and a 90% chance you will hear «iPod». The first thought of smartphones - and brings to mind the iPhone, and if the tablet, then ... iPad. Kingdom yablo gadgets devour men. We often believe that once we love these devices by Apple, then, Apple has invented it.
Today we will try to debunk the myth that all this came up at Apple. Yabloko just able to develop the right idea and make it a perfect technical execution.
Myth 10. The computer mouse
Many people naively think that it is Apple invented the computer mouse, with the launch of a new Macintosh in 1984. But it is not. Company Xerox, now better known for its copiers, has released its «Star» in 1981, novelty, based on numerous revolutionary technologies, including the computer mouse. They have had it quite a primitive type and is not used as it was offered to use Yabloko, but the fact remains.
Myth 9. GUI
There is no doubt that the Macintosh was the first commercially successful computer-based graphical interface. But here Apple has not invented the wheel. Once again, Xerox beat them, introducing graphics Star. Appearance of OSes based on the usual folders, icons and menus. Designed based WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get), Star gave users a lot more than usual, while the command line.
Myth 8.Operatsionnaya system OS X
Apple's operating system software is the basis for all MacBook and Mac, as a whole. But it was not invented in Cupertino. It is based on the UNIX OS, developed in 1960 at AT & T.
Myth 7. Doc
If you've ever used a Mac, you know what Doc - floating collection of the most used icons. Docking first appeared in Apple OS X in 1999, but the Acorn had done it before - in 1987, at its Archimed. It was not only the fastest computer at the time, but the first time there appeared in the Arthur OS floating toolbar icons, 12 years ahead of the Yabloko. Myth 6. App Store
Apple stumbled upon a "gold mine» App Store. However, based on the concept of this store you can think it, too, came up kupertinovtsy. Not at all. This software is nothing new. Much earlier implemented a similar idea GetJar mobile library and the Ubuntu Software.
Myth 5. Multi-touch and gestures
Apple has a most perfect implemented multitouch (commercially). But this is not their original idea. Make her "own" has allowed the purchase of Fingerworks, which, in fact, it came up. Apple held this vital deal in 2005.
Myth 4. The thinnest laptop
Everything just fainted from the brand new MacBook Air, and of course, share the blame lies with us. But the world's thinnest laptop still came up with no Jobs (alas). Mitsubishi Pedion, which was released back in 1998, a thickness of only 18 mm, while the Air has long been 19 mm (in the new "air" this year, only 17 mm) at its widest point.
Myth 3. The tablet
Revolutionary launch of "tablet" Apple's occurred in 2010, turning the people's perceptions of the Tablet PC. But here kupertinovtsy was not the first. In 1989 he appeared GRiD Pad, working on MS DOS and who had a stylus to enter text. It took more than 21 years before Apple developed the idea and allowed us to enjoy all the charms of "apple tabletochki."
Myth 2. Video calls
FaceTime was enough to convince the people that it is necessary "bun", very comfortable and in fact unique. But here, a few years ahead of the Yabloko handset makers. NEC and Motorola with its clamshell E606 (remember this) and A920. They are allowed to make video calls via 3G back in 2003!
Myth 1. MP3 player
Of course, the palm in the production and sale of mp3 player, unconditionally belongs to Apple, with its iPod, but it is not an invention kupertinovtsy. The prototype of the first music player was released in 1979 and could hold only three minutes of audio. Listen Up released in 1997 a player, but he was replaced soon Diamond Rio in 1998. In any case, anyway, all this "junk" outlived her, and we think about it only a few.
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Today we will try to debunk the myth that all this came up at Apple. Yabloko just able to develop the right idea and make it a perfect technical execution.
Myth 10. The computer mouse
Many people naively think that it is Apple invented the computer mouse, with the launch of a new Macintosh in 1984. But it is not. Company Xerox, now better known for its copiers, has released its «Star» in 1981, novelty, based on numerous revolutionary technologies, including the computer mouse. They have had it quite a primitive type and is not used as it was offered to use Yabloko, but the fact remains.
Myth 9. GUI
There is no doubt that the Macintosh was the first commercially successful computer-based graphical interface. But here Apple has not invented the wheel. Once again, Xerox beat them, introducing graphics Star. Appearance of OSes based on the usual folders, icons and menus. Designed based WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get), Star gave users a lot more than usual, while the command line.
Myth 8.Operatsionnaya system OS X
Apple's operating system software is the basis for all MacBook and Mac, as a whole. But it was not invented in Cupertino. It is based on the UNIX OS, developed in 1960 at AT & T.
Myth 7. Doc
If you've ever used a Mac, you know what Doc - floating collection of the most used icons. Docking first appeared in Apple OS X in 1999, but the Acorn had done it before - in 1987, at its Archimed. It was not only the fastest computer at the time, but the first time there appeared in the Arthur OS floating toolbar icons, 12 years ahead of the Yabloko. Myth 6. App Store
Apple stumbled upon a "gold mine» App Store. However, based on the concept of this store you can think it, too, came up kupertinovtsy. Not at all. This software is nothing new. Much earlier implemented a similar idea GetJar mobile library and the Ubuntu Software.
Myth 5. Multi-touch and gestures
Apple has a most perfect implemented multitouch (commercially). But this is not their original idea. Make her "own" has allowed the purchase of Fingerworks, which, in fact, it came up. Apple held this vital deal in 2005.
Myth 4. The thinnest laptop
Everything just fainted from the brand new MacBook Air, and of course, share the blame lies with us. But the world's thinnest laptop still came up with no Jobs (alas). Mitsubishi Pedion, which was released back in 1998, a thickness of only 18 mm, while the Air has long been 19 mm (in the new "air" this year, only 17 mm) at its widest point.
Myth 3. The tablet
Revolutionary launch of "tablet" Apple's occurred in 2010, turning the people's perceptions of the Tablet PC. But here kupertinovtsy was not the first. In 1989 he appeared GRiD Pad, working on MS DOS and who had a stylus to enter text. It took more than 21 years before Apple developed the idea and allowed us to enjoy all the charms of "apple tabletochki."
Myth 2. Video calls
FaceTime was enough to convince the people that it is necessary "bun", very comfortable and in fact unique. But here, a few years ahead of the Yabloko handset makers. NEC and Motorola with its clamshell E606 (remember this) and A920. They are allowed to make video calls via 3G back in 2003!
Myth 1. MP3 player
Of course, the palm in the production and sale of mp3 player, unconditionally belongs to Apple, with its iPod, but it is not an invention kupertinovtsy. The prototype of the first music player was released in 1979 and could hold only three minutes of audio. Listen Up released in 1997 a player, but he was replaced soon Diamond Rio in 1998. In any case, anyway, all this "junk" outlived her, and we think about it only a few.
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