There was also an iphone before Apple did it. In fact, there was already i-everything before Apple did it, unfortunately Apple still hasn't released the iBelt for Steve Jobs.
Steve Jobs is a businessman.
He's not an innovator, he's not a designer, he's not an artist, he's not a programmer, he's not a hardware designer, etc.
He manipulates money and moves it around in the right areas; he hires people to do the work and couldn't dare lift a finger himself (asides from popping a few propaganda keynotes here and there like a religious leader). He simply says "I want a silver box that's stripped down to minimalism regardless if it causes inconveniences for the user, and that also uses the same hardware as PCs as there is really no difference aside from exterior and software".
EDIT: if it's worthy to add, he steals IBM's employees, and technologies from other companies (xerox *cough cough*).