Another in a continuing series of where would we be without Apple

What Tablets Looked Like Before The iPad Proves How Revolutionary Apple’s Tablet Really Was
[Via Cult of Mac]

One thing you hear a lot from people who think that Apple has no case against Samsung for ripping off the iPhone and iPad’s designs is that the design of a touchscreen smartphone or tablet is “obvious.”

Well, sure, obvious once Apple did it. But check out what tablets looked like before the iPad: they were all Windows laptops with styluses. Now look at them: slates of glass all designed to be directly interacted with through your fingertips, like a frame into media.

[via Mac Rumors via OP]

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I mentioned what the Android looked like before the iPhone. now we see what the tablets looked like pre-iPad.

Copying Apple’s design seems to be all the market can do.