Re:Apple iPad Gets Split-Screen Multitasking in iOS 9
by gress on Monday June 08, 2015 @03:36PM
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This comment gets made every new release and is just as false as ever.
Apple always takes it's time to do things because it does them in a way that people can actually use, rather than rushing to be 'first'.
Android does rush features out, often getting them into a few devices ahead of Apple, but because of the failure of distribution of updates for Android, Apple actually gets to deliver features to consumers well ahead of Android.
Also, Android does often end up having to copy the iOS way of doing things when it proves to have been well thought out - e.g. The new permissions model.
Apple always takes it's time to do things because it does them in a way that people can actually use, rather than rushing to be 'first'.
Android does rush features out, often getting them into a few devices ahead of Apple, but because of the failure of distribution of updates for Android, Apple actually gets to deliver features to consumers well ahead of Android.
Also, Android does often end up having to copy the iOS way of doing things when it proves to have been well thought out - e.g. The new permissions model.