Howard drives me nuts with that too. Apple's (and Steve Jobs) success is in making products more appealing and user-friendly to the masses. But they didn't pioneer anything, they are always behind the times with every innovation and upgrade.
But Howard doesn't really understand technology. He thinks Jobs is like Edison or Einstein. That was more true in the early days with the computer revolution, but not in the later years with mobile products.
Exactly.
What Steve Jobs did (and what made Apple great) was to take an item (computer, phone, etc) and make it simple to use.
They didn't invent the computer. What they did was create a system where you could click on a picture to have it do what you wanted. "Do you want this item gone? Just "drag" it to your trash can icon."
They also had that magnetic(?) way of connecting cables to computers. If something got pulled, it simply fell out instead of being tugged against a heavy device.
But, of course, every fanboy named Ralph or Jon thinks Apple invented portable music players or combined the phone with the portable music player.