Rubbish. Some of Apple's latest updates seem to be copied from Android itself.
Apple isn't leading the pack any more. Used an Android screen keyboard? Way better than the Mac. Notifications? Way better than the Mac.
Apple isn't leading the pack any more. Used an Android screen keyboard? Way better than the Mac. Notifications? Way better than the Mac.
Anybody that thinks Android hasn't brought anything new to the table hasn't really used an Android phone.
Not sure who said that anywhere in the discussion, or in the linked article, or anywhere else.
Copying Apple is not really 'innovation'
This implies (to me anyway) the notion that Android does not innovate (aka bringing something new to the table) but merely copies Apple. (I assume that Android is meant here because the original article discusses the mobile sector.)
Let's break this down:
a.) Well is it? Is copying Apple 'innovation'? I'd say no
b.) Did it say that Android is only copying Apple without adding something else? I'd say no
c.) Do you say that Android does in no way copy Apple?
I assume the answer to c.) is also no, so how is this not a straw man argument?
b) The Mac has had pretty impressive notifications courtesy of Growl for nearly a decade.
It is rather cute that Android users have found a feature to latch onto. Even if it isn't at all unique.
I'm also guessing that the patented search functionality is not that unique, nor the transforming mail/tel number into link, nor is the "slide to unlock" (I could go on but you probably wouldn't get my point).
I'm comparing Android to an iPhone. Apple has filed an injunction against Samsung in the states for the Galaxy Nexus Android phone.
> b) The Mac has had pretty impressive notifications courtesy of Growl for nearly a decade.
iPhone, not Mac. Notifications on the iPhone are (at least in version 4) terrible.