Re:Four months with Android (An iOS user's exploration)
by technoslut on Monday October 17, 2011 @10:59PM
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>Apple didn't invent the concept they just made it work.
No one argues that. The point made is whether Android is a ripoff (or heavily influenced) by iOS. The gap is far wider between the iPhone/P800 than it is between iOS and Android. If the P800 was that influential, early Android prototypes would've resembled the P800 instead of a Blackberry.
Re:Four months with Android (An iOS user's exploration)
by wvenable on Tuesday October 18, 2011 @11:02AM
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Even with Windows Mobile there were blackberry-like keyboarded phones (like the WinMo Treo) and all-screen touch screen phones. The assumption here is that Android only had plans for the former but I can't see that being entirely true given the market at the time. But, after the iPhone, almost everyone dropped their blackberry-like designs (except RIM).
Re:Four months with Android (An iOS user's exploration)
by technoslut on Tuesday October 18, 2011 @11:32AM
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The first prototype that Android showed resembled the Blackberry. The first device that they released was the G1. There is no way that within 1 1/2 years that Google decided to change course in regards to production schedule unless they felt there was a disruptive product being released.
You are ignoring the obvious when, in most cases, that is the truth. It doesn't mean that Google was necessarily wrong for what they did because they clearly were not if you're measuring by market share. It also doesn't mean that Android doesn't have its own identity.
Oh yeah, and it had apps too. That's 5 years before the iPhone. Apple didn't invent the concept they just made it work.