>Ballmer and others were not wrong to laugh about the iPhone because it was just a bad smartphone compared to what was available at that time for someone that wanted to do more than browse the web.
That's totally untrue. It destroyed everything of the time -- I know, I had smartphones since 2000, Sony stuff, Nokia stuff etc.
Same here, I've been using WinMo for quite a few revisions and prior to that I had two Treos. The iPhone was an excellent smartphone that was as usable, if not more, than the others for day to day use.
It was bad in many ways, but extremely good in (at that time) unexpected ways. I remember I held off from buying the first one when it came out because of the bad things (the camera, for one), but from the moment the iPhone was unveiled I knew I would buy one as soon as these things improved. I think many others thought the same thing.
iPhone 1, the one without appstore and 3G destroyed everything? :) I would say a phone like e90 or P1i let you do much more than the iPhone allowed you to, it was barely smart in any way.
I don't understand why people like to rewrite history. At the behinning the fight wasn't at all decided.
That's totally untrue. It destroyed everything of the time -- I know, I had smartphones since 2000, Sony stuff, Nokia stuff etc.