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Well, the iTunes store came online in 2003. Not much of a stretch to foresee a marketplace for apps much like the marketplace for music. Whether it would be successful or not is another thing.

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I disagree; apps were never a guarantee. Steve was adamant about not having 3rd party apps on the iPhone for a long time. However, with 20/20 hindsight it's easy to see.

Steve was also adamant about not doing a phone in the first place, not doing a tablet, etc. The point being that Steve always publicly denied wanting to do something that privately he was already investing significant resources in doing.

From what I've read it's much simpler than that. Steve would argue passionately for both sides of an issue before reaching a conclusion.

Despite Steve, there was already apps on the iPhone 1.

If you had said "App" in 2007, nobody would have even known what you were talking about.

http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=apps%2C%20mobile%20ap...

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