Computerworld: The company took some of the best — hitherto obscure — UI research and put it into a product that you will be able to buy. It did the same thing with the original Apple computer, the Mac, and with the iPod. This is how Apple changes the world. It takes awesome research out of other people’s labs, polishes and perfects it, and then ship it as warm-and-fuzzy consumer products everyone can buy. More …