What does is really mean?
Innovation = the act or process of inventing or introducing something new (encarta dictionary NA).
I will take an example of the famous Apple vs Samsung case. Does apple innovate? Does samsung innovate? Does samsung just copied Apple?
In my view, Apple does innovation here. Back when I was still waiting for a true smartphone back in 2003, i was frustrated in finding one because not even the mighty Nokia suits what I want in my smartphone. I was really considering to buy one of the N series of the Nokia. Back then I know what I want on a smartphone. A combination of features that is able to connect to internet. And no smartphone hardly satisfy that since 2003. Here comes 2007. Iphone was introduced and I said - that's what a smartphone should be the rest is history.
From that point we knew that that the first iPhone was the turning point of what we called smartphone as we know it today. That means they introduce something new that we never seen before in a grand scale.
Then here comes Samsung with Android in its pocket. They pick up where the first iphone is and immitate their success. So what is the line between innovations? If it is so close to what it is now, should you call it innovation? Or just copying.
In my opinion, Samsung and Android should have not done that blatant copying of the look and feel of the iPhone. Not that I am an Apple fan, but as an ordinary people who view intelectual property to protect what you have to protect.
It will not stop innovation on smartphone. There is still Bokia and Windows 8 out there that want to define their smartphone apart and have different personality as the iPhone.
One thing is true for Samsung. Whatever products that sells, they will enter into it - even it means copying and reverse engineering the existing product. Ride on. Is the motto?
As Apple cannot "become the developer of the world"
Though Apple was not the first to think of touch screen, but boy Apple was the first who sucessfully brought it to the mass and the multi touch gestures in smartphone, the first one.
Some of you will brand me as ifan or fanboy or whatever. But the thing here is- try to invent your own. Think what the cunsumer really wants and build from it. Let the consumer be your inspiration on R&D and not the reverse engineering technique nor the copying of whatever sells.
