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The author of that retort redefines "sour grapes". Every quote on that blog is dripping with Apple-is-god and Android-is-horrific. In short, it's the kind of t

by criley 14y ago

The author of that retort redefines "sour grapes". Every quote on that blog is dripping with Apple-is-god and Android-is-horrific. In short, it's the kind of tripe he claim's the CNN article is, and it's absolutely unsubstantiated fanboy drivel. The way the author casually condescends the digitized stylus and larger size -- features that drove 15,000,000 sales in under a year -- reminds me of Apple itself, who likely also writes off this entire market segment. Honestly, when you get this kind of a vulgar response to your article, you know you're hitting on a nerve. And I agree with the original article: Apple's software has been playing catchup for multiple versions, isn't introducing novel features and is barely keeping up with the competition. I agree because I recently ditched iOS for Android for this very reason!

cubicle67 14y ago
and your comment completes the cycle? but seriously, it's all very silly. I see it all as good fun, like cheering for your team at the footy - of course the other team sucks!
w0utert 14y ago
>> And I agree with the original article: Apple's software has been playing catchup for multiple versions, isn't introducing novel features and is barely keeping up with the competition Playing catchup with what? Please enlighten me, what innovative great features have other platforms introduced since -let's say- iOS 4, that Apple has been forced to 'catch up' with in iOS 5 and 6? The only thing I can think of is Apple Maps, which desperately needs to catch up with Google Maps. But considering you can still use Google Maps on iOS I don't really think we can write off iOS because Apple Maps is weak.
- DominikR 14y ago
  Notification Center.
- digerata 14y ago
  Inter-app communication. But this article was shit. If you like a stylus fine. But that is not innovation. I have 50 Treo styluses to sell you.
  - criley 14y ago
    It IS innovation. 1024 levels of pressure on a 5.5" 720p screen that lasts 18 hours. That's fantastic and I've not seen that in any device. Stop calling things "not innovation" just because it doesn't impress you. No one put out a stylus like this, in a device like this, with software like this. The old Palm's don't compare.
    - digerata 14y ago
      It's not innovation. It's incremental at best.
- altcognito 14y ago
  Actually, the entire ios interface is dated in comparison to both Microsoft's platform and Android. Slapping a bunch of icons that can be paged back and forth isn't cutting it anymore as an interface.
  - chmars 14y ago
    Define 'Android' and 'Microsoft's platform'? Microsoft's platform is most likely Windows 8 but what's about 'Android'? There are many different GUIs for Android devices after all …
- corresation 14y ago
  I don't know the specifics of iOS 4, or why you chose that. But will simply respond regarding what Apple has, shall we say, emulated. How about setting up the device without having to tether it to a "real" computer? Android came out, day one, as a self-contained, empowered computer. iOS came out as a device that was expected to have an umbilical to a computer. How about multitasking? Apple's flavor of multitasking (the freeze-drying of processes, etc) was a virtual mirror of Android's. I would say notification center, but the notification center in iOS is absolutely atrocious (it is almost entirely a spam vehicle for games to post solicitations). It is years behind Android there. The widely heralded iCloud offers functionality (device backup, etc) in Android years earlier. Voice commands...in Android years earlier. Apple is brilliant at marketing every difference, but they most certainly were behind. My iPad (3rd generation) is a glorious web appliance (Safari on iOS remains by far the best mobile browser), however iOS itself feels incredibly stale in comparison to my GS III or my wife's Nexus 4.
dylangs1030 14y ago
Most of this response was ad hominem. You didn't really respond to the author's point-by-point critique of the article and Samsung's actual lack of innovation.
- makomk 14y ago
  His "point-by-point critique" looks to me like yet another Apple fanboy loudly yelling about how any functionality Apple hardware doesn't have is both un-innovative and useless and how no-one could possibly need it. Particularly this part: "Split screen apps? I think that split screen apps wouldn’t work well on a phone, where you don’t want your focus to be diverted. But lets assume that you want such a feature–do you call that innovation?" (Some common tasks you might want to do on a smartphone require interacting with more than one app - but no, obviously it's completely useless!) Most of Apple's "innovations" in iOS weren't terribly innovative by that standard either, from what I recall.

by criley 14y ago

cubicle67 14y ago

and your comment completes the cycle? but seriously, it's all very silly. I see it all as good fun, like cheering for your team at the footy - of course the other team sucks!

w0utert 14y ago

>> And I agree with the original article: Apple's software has been playing catchup for multiple versions, isn't introducing novel features and is barely keeping up with the competition Playing catchup with what? Please enlighten me, what innovative great features have other platforms introduced since -let's say- iOS 4, that Apple has been forced to 'catch up' with in iOS 5 and 6? The only thing I can think of is Apple Maps, which desperately needs to catch up with Google Maps. But considering you can still use Google Maps on iOS I don't really think we can write off iOS because Apple Maps is weak.

DominikR 14y ago
Notification Center.
digerata 14y ago
Inter-app communication. But this article was shit. If you like a stylus fine. But that is not innovation. I have 50 Treo styluses to sell you.
- criley 14y ago
  It IS innovation. 1024 levels of pressure on a 5.5" 720p screen that lasts 18 hours. That's fantastic and I've not seen that in any device. Stop calling things "not innovation" just because it doesn't impress you. No one put out a stylus like this, in a device like this, with software like this. The old Palm's don't compare.
  - digerata 14y ago
    It's not innovation. It's incremental at best.
altcognito 14y ago
Actually, the entire ios interface is dated in comparison to both Microsoft's platform and Android. Slapping a bunch of icons that can be paged back and forth isn't cutting it anymore as an interface.
- chmars 14y ago
  Define 'Android' and 'Microsoft's platform'? Microsoft's platform is most likely Windows 8 but what's about 'Android'? There are many different GUIs for Android devices after all …
corresation 14y ago
I don't know the specifics of iOS 4, or why you chose that. But will simply respond regarding what Apple has, shall we say, emulated. How about setting up the device without having to tether it to a "real" computer? Android came out, day one, as a self-contained, empowered computer. iOS came out as a device that was expected to have an umbilical to a computer. How about multitasking? Apple's flavor of multitasking (the freeze-drying of processes, etc) was a virtual mirror of Android's. I would say notification center, but the notification center in iOS is absolutely atrocious (it is almost entirely a spam vehicle for games to post solicitations). It is years behind Android there. The widely heralded iCloud offers functionality (device backup, etc) in Android years earlier. Voice commands...in Android years earlier. Apple is brilliant at marketing every difference, but they most certainly were behind. My iPad (3rd generation) is a glorious web appliance (Safari on iOS remains by far the best mobile browser), however iOS itself feels incredibly stale in comparison to my GS III or my wife's Nexus 4.

dylangs1030 14y ago

Most of this response was ad hominem. You didn't really respond to the author's point-by-point critique of the article and Samsung's actual lack of innovation.

makomk 14y ago
His "point-by-point critique" looks to me like yet another Apple fanboy loudly yelling about how any functionality Apple hardware doesn't have is both un-innovative and useless and how no-one could possibly need it. Particularly this part: "Split screen apps? I think that split screen apps wouldn’t work well on a phone, where you don’t want your focus to be diverted. But lets assume that you want such a feature–do you call that innovation?" (Some common tasks you might want to do on a smartphone require interacting with more than one app - but no, obviously it's completely useless!) Most of Apple's "innovations" in iOS weren't terribly innovative by that standard either, from what I recall.