There were touch screen devices way before the iPhone/iPod-Touch, not trying to fuel the fire. But that's classic Apple brainwashing "We invented X", where X can be portable music players, touch screens, video calls etc, etc.

Though the competition is always technologically ahead of Apple and a lot cheaper. My problem with Apple is the way they treat their customers like idiots and lie and bend the truth for their P.R. just see the latest iPhone 4 device for an example of continued deception.

Now, this post isn't sticking up for Nokia, whether it's best to be vocal and tell your customers lies and half-truths, or whether it's best to not really tell your customers anything. That's a different debate.