[untog]

The OP pretty obviously was talking about the iPhone specifically.

[pjmlp]

From my understanding, the OP was making the typical statement that before the iPhone there was nothing on the mobile space.

[freehunter]

I read it as "Apple didn't talk about apps because Apple didn't have apps". It's not good practice to call out things your product is missing unless you have a great reason for not having those things (like a stylus).