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Re:Did Android Really Look Like BlackBerry Before the iPhone? by aaronyo on Thursday October 27, 2011 @04:08AM (#3162074)
The article doesn't even speak to the obvious rebuttals: 1) the "touch screen" Android interface is mostly driven by buttons, 2) the iPhone was launched 11 months earlier, 3) the blackberry looking phone is the one the guy was carrying around for 6 mo.

Right or wrong, an argument that does not address obvious rebuttals is not an argument, it's wishful thinking in an echo chamber.

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Re:Did Android Really Look Like BlackBerry Before the iPhone? by Terretta on Thursday October 27, 2011 @11:05AM (#3163450)
"the "touch screen" Android interface is mostly driven by buttons"

That's what I kept thinking while watching the video. Blackberry and Blackberry Pearl were all about pushing or selecting things using a rocker or ball, and that's what's shown in this video for making selections.

What the iPhone changed was direct interaction, making the OS interact and respond the way the spinning globe does in this video.

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