Typical ifanboi response: 1) Completely ignore post being replied to 2) Diatribe of rubbish about how apple invented everything 3) Oh, i'm not a fanboi btw lulz
Honestly, you seem to be selecting the worst examples of dumbphone design and then saying, "Look how great the iphone is cos it isn't the worst at this particular feature". If you're going to criticize people about reinventing history, at least learn some yourself. This list of "Stuff that mattmanser didn't know about Smartphones before the iPhone came along" is almost trollish.
Both Palm and WinMo had most of the features you seem to think first materialized on the iphone: Rows of Apps ie "Home Screen" (WinMo even had widgets, etc), web browsers, contacts, emails, texting, media players, cameras, third party apps, syncing, on screen keyboards, notifications, etc, etc, etc.
If anything apple BLATANTLY copied WinMo, but made it look nicer.