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I'm sure the HP TouchPad fits in there as well
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Hold up the Touchpad did a lot of things well it was powerful and the Multitasking made it very productive
I'm sure it was very productive. A friend of mine told me how he watched a demo of it and how impressed he was by it. Unfortunately it was discontinued, thus...it is finished.
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Great artists steal: The iOS 8 features inspired by Android
Apple has taken the wraps off iOS 8, its newest mobile operating system, at its WWDC keynote. There were lots of new features added to iOS, but any observer familiar with Android saw quite a few things that seem... familiar. That's because many of Apple's announced upgrades were things the Android OS has boasted for years.
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Third party keyboards - Apple finally relinquished its grip on the system keyboard, allowing third parties to replace Apple's solution with something of their own. This was another thing Android had with its initial implementation of on-screen typing in Android 1.5.
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Hotwords, music recognition, and streaming voice recognition - Google released Voice Actions, Apple released Siri, then Google countered with Google Now. Since then, the two have been compared in countless voice recognition shoot outs.
Google was the first to experiment with hotword detection on Google Glass and again later on in the Google Now Launcher that shipped with the Nexus 5. As long as the device was awake, saying "OK Google" would fire up the voice recognizer without having to touch the device. Now, iOS 8 matches that with "Hey Siri," which you can shout at the device to have it start listening.
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Notification Actions - A notification pops up and... what do you do with it? Android has allowed developers to add up to two action buttons to a notification since Android 4.1, which means you can often deal with a notification right from the notification drawer. Now Apple is jumping on the bandwagon with its own version of the feature, and it looks very much like the Android implementation.
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Widgets - Widgets have been a mainstay of Android since 1.0, with third parties allowed to get in on the action in 1.5 and above. Android uses a completely customizable desktop with a mix of icons and widgets. Apple's version of the idea is a little more limited—iOS 8 widgets are small app extensions that take up a spot in the Notification Center.
Great artists steal: The iOS 8 features inspired by Android | Ars Technica
So Apple has basically removed any pretense they might have had about stealing. Apparently, Stealing is awful when Samsung does it, but magical and innovative when Apple does it.
The issue here is not that Apple stole, but that they are such colossal hypocrites. This level of hypocrisy is so highly concentrated that you'd think they would need to take medication for it. I honestly can't see how anyone could defend them at this point...they are doing the exact same thing they accused Samsung of doing.
So Apple has basically removed any pretense they might have had about stealing. Apparently, Stealing is awful when Samsung does it, but magical and innovative when Apple does it.
The issue here is not that Apple stole, but that they are such colossal hypocrites. This level of hypocrisy is so highly concentrated that you'd think they would need to take medication for it. I honestly can't see how anyone could defend them at this point...they are doing the exact same thing they accused Samsung of doing.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I think the problem with Samsung is that they were using patented technology from Apple. Like JustMe'D stated if consumers want a feature added that a competitor has I don't see anything wrong with them adding it their way.
Example: Widgets have long been on android and though Apple is adding it to iOS, it's done in a different way than on android.
Just my thoughts
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And here?s an interesting article on the whole thing from an Android fanboy:
New iOS 8 Features That Android Actually Needs to Adopt | Droid Life
Oh of course I would. In fact, I'd have done it a lot sooner. It's not like this is new...Apple users have been asking for Widgets since forever.If you're a technology business owner and a large segment of your customers and potential customers tell you that they'd like to see you implement some of the things that your competitors have implemented, are you telling me that you would not do so?
It's both.If you did comply with their demand, is it stealing or giving them what they want?
And here’s an interesting article on the whole thing from an Android fanboy:
New iOS 8 Features That Android Actually Needs to Adopt | Droid Life
Exactly...Stealing is only bad when you're stealing from Apple. When Apple does it, we're supposed to turn a blind eye. Or even applaud it like Apple people are doing now.Very much on spot, sir. As far as “widgets” go, they’ve been around for many years on many platforms. Windows had ’em. OS X had ’em. Mobile platforms have had ’em. They are not patentable. Perhaps the implementation of them is/could be, but the concept of widgets, in and of themselves, are not.
Apple sued Samsung because of patent infringements. BTW, the “rectangular phone with rounded corners” was patented by Apple, so yeah, there’s that.
Exactly...Stealing is only bad when you're stealing from Apple. When Apple does it, we're supposed to turn a blind eye. Or even applaud it like Apple people are doing now.
No one ever made the argument that Widgets should be patentable, or that iOS should not have them. Google is not the one going around suing everyone for "stealing" ideas they didn't even invent. Apple is the one doing that.
Maybe...but I think it is unreasonable to expect people not to criticize Apple for this behavior. And I think it still makes them hypocrites...whether or not the other parties sue them back.Then the proper parties, who are the only ones who should be offended, should sue Apple. Plain and simple.
So...Notifications and widgets and prediction keyboards are obvious, but icon grids are not. Ok.
About that...Minus the bloatware and malware lol!
Have had Android devices since 2009. Not a single virus so far.