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pretty much everyone at Palm has actually used one, not to mention the fact that lots of Palm’s engineers were copped from Apple… they most certainly know what an iPhone is.
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I think Rubinstein is distancing himself from the iPhone given the (very real) possibility of them being sued by Apple. I would say he’s being cautious.
Wasn't it Rubenstein that lost the battle within Apple to build the iPhone with the iPod team on an embedded Linux platform? If so then I can imagine he hasn't touched the iPhone. He's not some johnny-come-lately that's wowed by the very idea of the iPhone but someone who has fought for a different vision even before the iPhone existed. I can imagine many such creators Intentionally don't bother themselves with what…
The comments below the article made good points: pretty much everyone at Palm has actually used one, not to mention the fact that lots of Palm’s engineers were copped from Apple… they most certainly know what an iPhone is. and I think Rubinstein is distancing himself from the iPhone given the (very real) possibility of them being sued by Apple. I would say he’s being cautious.