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I'm sorry but this looks similar to the iPad. I feel like Android has always been playing catch up, trying to create an iPhone look alike. Don't get me wrong, I

I'm sorry but this looks similar to the iPad. I feel like Android has always been playing catch up, trying to create an iPhone look alike. Don't get me wrong, I would get a Droid over an iPhone anyday, but Google's UI team needs to come up with some original ideas. WP7 has made a valiant effort with its metro interface and really differentiated itself from all the other smartphones out there.

Pewpewarrows 16y ago
The only similarity to the iPad I see is that it's a large screen that you touch to interact with. The nav bar, multitasking, notifications, widgets, theme, and app styles are all pretty unique. Well, the Gmail app looks pretty similar to the iPad's, but I'm assuming they're not going to change much there since it's their own product. It does look like it needs a bit more designer influence and less engineers doing UI work though. Polish has always been the strong point of Apple products, and that's really the area I'd like to see Google play catch-up on. That being said, I'm pretty excited for the future of Tablet devices. The iPhone, Android, and WP7 handsets wouldn't be half the products they are today without the competition from one another, so Android Tablets can only mean good things for this market.
- ericmsimons 16y ago
  Oh I totally agree. My comment was more of a rant about Android in general; I should've been a bit more clear about that :) The Gmail app was the one that inspired me to comment
  - abdulla 16y ago
    Android's programming model is also completely different to iOS's, taking a reusable component approach which, in my opinion, is much better.
    - rimantas 16y ago
      What's not reusable in iOS? For simpler apps you can just take the same views you use for iPhone and pass them to be managed by UISplitViewController on iPad, and basically that's it.
      - abdulla 16y ago
        Reusable in the component sense. On Android you can use intents to let apps work together, you can get one app to manage your podcasts, and another app to play them at the speed you want. So you don't need to have the ability to adjust the playback speed in your podcast app. Truly component-oriented.

Pewpewarrows 16y ago

The only similarity to the iPad I see is that it's a large screen that you touch to interact with. The nav bar, multitasking, notifications, widgets, theme, and app styles are all pretty unique. Well, the Gmail app looks pretty similar to the iPad's, but I'm assuming they're not going to change much there since it's their own product. It does look like it needs a bit more designer influence and less engineers doing UI work though. Polish has always been the strong point of Apple products, and that's really the area I'd like to see Google play catch-up on. That being said, I'm pretty excited for the future of Tablet devices. The iPhone, Android, and WP7 handsets wouldn't be half the products they are today without the competition from one another, so Android Tablets can only mean good things for this market.

ericmsimons 16y ago
Oh I totally agree. My comment was more of a rant about Android in general; I should've been a bit more clear about that :) The Gmail app was the one that inspired me to comment
- abdulla 16y ago
  Android's programming model is also completely different to iOS's, taking a reusable component approach which, in my opinion, is much better.
  - rimantas 16y ago
    What's not reusable in iOS? For simpler apps you can just take the same views you use for iPhone and pass them to be managed by UISplitViewController on iPad, and basically that's it.
    - abdulla 16y ago
      Reusable in the component sense. On Android you can use intents to let apps work together, you can get one app to manage your podcasts, and another app to play them at the speed you want. So you don't need to have the ability to adjust the playback speed in your podcast app. Truly component-oriented.