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And given that Android is copying the iPhone experience, much of Android's impact is attributable to Apple. If you don't think Android is copying, take a look
by MaysonL 15y ago
And given that Android is copying the iPhone experience, much of Android's impact is attributable to Apple.
If you don't think Android is copying, take a look at pre-iPhone Android prototypes.
- untog 15y agoBut in the context of what the OP is saying, what does that matter? The point is that an open source Android will be available to many, many more people worldwide than the iPhone ever will. Where their UI inspiration came from isn't really all that relevant.
- megablast 15y ago"... will be ..." Really? I guess we can wait and see, or we can already start attributing accolades to Android that have not happened yet. I still see people bringing up Xerox Parc all the time with respect to the GUI, so maybe where UI inspiration comes from is relevant?
- rimantas 15y ago> I still see people bringing up Xerox Parc all the time > with respect to the GUI, so maybe where UI inspiration > comes from is relevant? That's a very good point. Some talk as if Jobs ripped off Xerox PARC 1:1 and just reimplemented what he saw. In reality he saw only the concept, and Apple hugely expanded it, implementing lots of stuff what was not there (as "simple" as overlapping windows e.g.). And PARC was compensated for the ideas too.