Is it me, or is anyone else getting tired of seeing all these wanna be iPhone models from Sprint and their manufacturing partners.
I think it's great. The more there are, the more Apple will actually have to add features to the iPhone. That's the way things work.
Funny thing is, even if they managed to make something that looks like an iPhone, and they haven't in my opinion, the OS is what makes the iPhone work!
The OS is pretty irrelevant. It's what you do with it, or what it has to do. And this comment is coming from an ex-OS writer and guru.
What makes the iPhone work, is that Apple took the simple path for everything.
1) Apple removed most options.
2) Apple made the menu system dirt simple. But you almost always have to go back through the home page. Not so fun when a web page goes to a map, for example.
3) Apple avoids dealing with memory issues, by avoiding multitasking.
4) Apple avoids looking slow by leaving out sometimes desirable Flash and Java.
5) Apple takes the easy path by avoiding lots of user customization.
*) Most importantly, other OS makers are cobbled by having to support legacy devices without touchscreens and/or with keyboards or just keypads.
Or legacy visuals. Although even the iPhone looks a bit dated. The busy spinner was popular on websites before it came out.
The attention to detail Apple puts in their products is second to none. As Microsoft knows, you can't copy that!
No argument there. Apple definitely goes for the visual polish.
