Due to the degree that each of the major mobile players "cross-pollinates" or "copies" these days, why are we even still talking about who is copying who? Who cares? Looking at these new iOS demos, I see a lot of things that were first done elsewhere. But to most people (outside of our ivory tower), that doesn't matter, and it shouldn't.
But Apple shouldn't be faulted for some of these "borrowed" elements in iOS 7. Google does the same thing, Microsoft does the same thing, and so does everyone else. In fact, I expect them to copy good things, because I as a consumer want the best for my money. Stay on your own stubborn, outdated path and end up like RIM.
Right? I feel like for the first 4-5 years it was whining that Android stole everything from Apple (arguable) and then after that it was whining about iOS leaching Android features.
But now... who cares? Or has the effort to care? Look at both of the latest platform releases. It's new APIs. It's new services. It's new ways of giving them more data to improve their services. They're working on UI and UX issues and small features.
We've reached such feature parity - I honestly believe a choice between iOS/Android/WP8/RIM is going to give you a good, fairly polished experience. (The biggest differentiator left isn't bullshit gradients and transparencies; if anything it's personal preferences or App availability [I need my Google Voice!])
> We've reached such feature parity - I honestly believe a choice between iOS/Android/WP8/RIM is going to give you a good, fairly polished experience.
This is exactly right. Just like arguing over the pronunciation of "pecan", or which text editor is the "best", you're probably not going to convince anyone with an existing opinion on the "best" mobile OS. Who cares?
But Apple shouldn't be faulted for some of these "borrowed" elements in iOS 7. Google does the same thing, Microsoft does the same thing, and so does everyone else. In fact, I expect them to copy good things, because I as a consumer want the best for my money. Stay on your own stubborn, outdated path and end up like RIM.