re: Google Glass essentially flopped...

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So how was Apple able to put a phone and tablet out there without a similar experience I wonder?

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You say that as if Apple is out there blazing new ground. They put out a phone after years of WATCHING OTHERS create the industry and the tech. And a tablet is simply a scaled-up phone, not an entirely new device. Also Intel, Microsoft, and others created tablet "flops" long before Apple came out with the iPad. Hell, Apple even made that flop called Newton way back when they were still being innovative. I don't think anyone has ever created a hugely successful device that was the first of its kind. Or even the second, third, or tenth of its kind.

It's hard to believe that someone can get so wrapped up in Apple's reality distortion field as you are, that you really don't understand the difference between the iPhone and Glass. One is the result of a long history of advances and refinements, while the other is a first stab at creating a new class of device. Have some perspective, and label the "flops" accordingly.