> The ability to "run apps" was never even on the table in pre-iPhone era. iPhone, ofc, changed it by pioneering the app market

It was on the table, between the SymbianOS apps for Nokia or the various Java apps for other smartphones.

Meanwhile the first iPhone didn't even have 3rd party app support (or 3G capability) on release, it took around a year.

I'm not even sure I can give you the app market claim, though I presume you meant on the phone itself, rather than having to connect it to a PC ?

(Also whatever BlackBerry was doing ?)