(I think some of the current mobile stuff comes from the ubiquitous computing research that PARC did.) They (Apple) deserve the credit for bringing those conce

(I think some of the current mobile stuff comes from the ubiquitous computing research that PARC did.) They (Apple) deserve the credit for bringing those concepts to a lot of people. And obviously it is true that interacting with objects/icons on a touchscreen is a general solution. But the problem is not Android doing that, the problem is they lend all the aspects iOS makes original to include it in their concept. And Samsung copies the hardware look and feel. That's the easy way to go for them. I think they could have come up with something different. Making the concept even better. But at the current situation, they will always be behind iOS, because Apple knows way better how to do great, usable interfaces. I guess iOS 6 will bring more widgets to the notification center and maybe animated/live icons or something like that. These are the parts Google did new on Apples conceptual idea, and they will eventually come to iOS too, but more refined in a more cohesive way. Google needs to think differently.