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Ok so Android seems to make the most "innovations" recently , a lot of it improvements to the original iPhone OS. Apple is now copying those improvements back.

When last has blackberry come up with something new? It took them 5 years to make a decent touchscreen phone.
 
None of the new features really interest me except for the volume up button now being used to take a photo. Geez high time!
 
Dont want to be a party-pooper but I still think the IOS rocks. Have been spending some time on Android the last few weeks & its GUI is disappointing. IOS much more user-friendly & personally I am looking forward to IOS5!
 
Someone should now develop a Unified IM Inbox that extracts IM from all these different services and puts it in one app.
 
BeVonk! said:
Someone should now develop a Unified IM Inbox that extracts IM from all these different services and puts it in one app.
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What would work and is 100% possible. If they develop SIP hooks into the IM's so that people that dont use their products can communicate with the people that use them, and to keep it special for the companies they dont have to hook into all the services, maybe just text, and picture sharing.

Oh and I would love this on all phones - http://www.appbrain.com/app/thrutu/com.thrutu.client
 
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Elimentals said:
What would work and is 100% possible. If they develop SIP hooks into the IM's so that people that dont use their products can communicate with the people that use them, and to keep it special for the companies they dont have to hook into all the services, maybe just text, and picture sharing.
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Do it Elimentals, you're a developer. We will beta test for you.
 
I genuinely do not understand people posting anti-Apple comments under all the threads where the new developments are under discussion. Why can't Apple add features (like tabbed browsing) to their products. Apple never said they invented all the stuff they announced. Surely their products can undergo micro evolution also (like with all other brands) ... or should it always be macro evolution in Apple's case? If you don't like Apple and/or Steve Jobs then buy something else. Nobody is forcing anyone to buy Apple products.
 
After reading some of the comments I just had to add my 2 cents worth. If the iPhone didn't innovate anything then why are there 200 million iOS devices on the market at the moment? In this case, I'd like to think that the numbers speak for themselves. The only reason we have so much competition with iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone 7 is because Apple released the iPhone. If it hadn't been released why would any company spend any money innovating new and exciting designs when the competition isn't doing anything spectacular? The iPhone gave MS and Blackberry (Though BB's platform is going stale very quickly and the mold is forming) a wake-up call they needed, and gave Google the idea to try something.

Why is it such a bad thing to copy a good idea onto your own platform? If MS released some new feature for WP7 and everybody else thought they won't add it on their platform because they're not going to copy someone else's idea we'd still be stuck in the stone age.

Still, for those doubters, do yourself a favour. Go into a cellphone shop, ask for a Samsung Galaxy S, a Samsung Galaxy Tab, and iPhone and an iPad. Wow! The interface looks identical!

Just because somebody else does it a certain way doesn't mean you can't (Unless I'm mistaken, the Galaxy S is the highest selling Android device ATM). At the end of the day, we, as consumers are getting better devices with awesome features because this exact competition exists.

In a perfect world, I'd love to have a WP7 and Android device too (BB will have to seriously step-up their game to impress me). They all have their pros and cons and I for one am glad I don't have to look at a Nokia for the next 6-12 months... sigh :whistle:
 
We really need a manufacturers to support a messaging app that works across platforms. Creating apps like iMessaging and BBM, just inconveniences everybody.

Now everybody needs to use more then one app to keep in touch with other people.

Disappointing from apple
 
Oh, one other thing. I hope Steve jobs didn't use the word "Innovative" in his keynote anywhere... God's that man loves the word. Also, for those of you that haven't seen it yet, watch Pirates of Silicon Valley. Nuff said, out...
 
Sapphiron said:
Ok so Android seems to make the most "innovations" recently , a lot of it improvements to the original iPhone OS. Apple is now copying those improvements back.
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Thank god for both iOS and Android, these two are spurring each other on - and we're reaping the benefits. If it wasn't for them we would still all be using Symbian S60...

When last has blackberry come up with something new? It took them 5 years to make a decent touchscreen phone.
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I must admit, my much loved BB is starting to look a bit long in the tooth.

BeVonk! said:
I genuinely do not understand people posting anti-Apple comments under all the threads where the new developments are under discussion. Why can't Apple add features (like tabbed browsing) to their products. Apple never said they invented all the stuff they announced. Surely their products can undergo micro evolution also (like with all other brands) ... or should it always be macro evolution in Apple's case? If you don't like Apple and/or Steve Jobs then buy something else. Nobody is forcing anyone to buy Apple products.
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It's a very noticeable trend of late. By far the majority of fanboi trolls seem to be Android users.
 
SiriS said:
Thank god for both iOS and Android, these two are spurring each other on - and we're reaping the benefits. If it wasn't for them we would still all be using Symbian S60…
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Exactly. More people need to understand this.
SiriS said:
I must admit, my much loved BB is starting to look a bit long in the tooth.
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Long in the tooth but it still does the job and it's affordable to use. Unless we get some inspired new data plans many are not going to be able to afford all this new functionality. :o
 
IMWise said:
Dont want to be a party-pooper but I still think the IOS rocks. Have been spending some time on Android the last few weeks & its GUI is disappointing. IOS much more user-friendly & personally I am looking forward to IOS5!
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I've had my Galaxy S with Android for almost a year now. Can honestly say that my inital "IluvAndroid" relationship has systematically morphed into utter disgust and contempt for the damn thing. The only thing that works flawlessly on my Android now is its ability to show "force close" messages around every turn and I'm sick and tired of having to play around with ROM versions only to find out they all suck after weeks of use. Also, the applications on Android are horrendous sometimes, I was hoping they would have improved by now (take an example: You can't turn off that stupid image bar thing on the official Facebook app. Just try and use it when you only have GPRS reception). Then there's the constant application updates on Android. Updates followed by more updates.... update, update update with almost no improvements made (just tons of fixes for the 2 Billion+ types of Android phones on the market.

No thank you. I'm done with Android, can't wait to switch over to iOS again. I've actually started using my old iPhone 3G again just so I can get stuff done while still having a phone with enough charge to get to the next day. Not to mention Android competely ****s its pants when you have bad signal (thanks, Vodacom) whilst my iPhone still remains responsive and useful in the same conditions.
One thing that did suck about iOS was the way it handled notifications compared to Android. We'll, that's fixed now.
 
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bwana said:
Long in the tooth but it still does the job and it's affordable to use. Unless we get some inspired new data plans many are not going to be able to afford all this new functionality. :o
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That's the thing. iCloud on BIS is the answer and that is why if I was MS I would buy RIM and launch an iCloud competitor for WP running on BIS. I just don't see RIM getting it right, but I'm open to be proven wrong.
 
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