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		asdflkj on Jan 31, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Company that has never made a phone before creates... Incremental improvement is still improvement. iPod wasn't the first mp3 player, and it had no "killer feature". But it was better, and therefore it got popular. I think these iPhone knockoffs aren't doing so well simply because they are not better.

mixmax on Feb 1, 2008 [–]

I'm talking about mindshare, of which technical merits are only a small part.

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