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BlackBerry CEO Says Despite a 'Fantastic Job' With iOS Design, Apple Now Lacks Innovation
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There's also the point that Apple paid major amounts of money to Google for these maps. _Now_ it is the other way round, Google pays tons of money to Apple to make Google the default search page and not Bing or Yahoo.
Maps has been improving all the time since the release. There's lots more to do, but Google worked on it for many years until they could use it to suck advertising money from it.
I'm sure ios is amazing under the hood, shame apple locks the hood so tight nobody can access the guts and modify the way we use the phone. I want to have choice of keyboard and input type, choice of default maps, and features that really improve work flow - not just WORTHLESS WOW
Totally agree with this. My household has had multiple iterations of iPhones, iPads, iPods. I love the fact that with all these devices, I can pick it up and instantly know how to use it. I don't want to have to re-learn how to use the OS every time I buy new iThingy.
This is a joke, right? Completely ignoring the fact that several of the "wich" statements are wrong, how can you use the word "wich" that many time and end your post with "because he is just to unintelligent to understand the meaning of this word?"
Throwing out 10 or so random "facts" and then insulting everyone who dares disagree with your viewpoint (many apples fans, by the way) while also having some of the most terrible basic spelling errors I have ever seen does not help to make your point.
First -> enabling Wifi/BT/Airplane mode is something that is only done by less than 1% of users. You don't waste precious screenspace to such a meaningless feature if you know your job as ui developer.
And IF you do it ... well all i could say is i would fire you because you suck.
Second -> even IF maps would be a complete desaster
(which it is appearently NOT if you look at the facts, ONLY 3d view and poi had a problem but this is something that gets better every day. You CAN'T map the whole word in 2 years, google neded more than 10 years and especially where i live apple maps is far more accurate than google maps) ... don't use it. use google maps. Thats why it is an OS. It is called
OPERATING SYSTEM
An Operating System is the BASELAYER for applications.
It's ONLY !!! task is provide mechanisms so that APPLICATIONS can work and communicate.
And if you don't like an application, USE ANOTHER !!!!!!
Would you say linux is absolute ******** because Libreoffice don't has a word feature ?
No because OS and APP are two completely different things.
Sorry ... i read about 2 years macrumors. And i can only state that most comments get more stupid every day.
Especially because they are written from dorks who think they are the coolest, know everything, have to criticise but don't have the slightest cue about even the most basic mechanisms like the difference between technical innovations and ui features or about the roles of APIs, OS, Apps, UIs or similar.
And this thread was just the final point why i finally registered myself.
I could not longer endure the stupidity of 90% of the commenters.
Yes call me hater, ******* or whatever. But if people are stupid and think they are so intelligent that they have to shout their stupidity into the world ... i can't any longer read without getting aggressive
Huh? For quite a while BB was the leading smartphone. Recall the term "Crackberry"? because people were addicted to them. It was Apple that dethroned it. That's what makes Mr Heins' statement so ironic and painful. BB died because it's leadership sat on the BB laurels too long, assuming big biz would not switch to iOS. History is setting up to repeat as Apple is now the "it" phone, but its star is less bright than a couple years ago because Apple has of yet don't anything with iOS other than a superficial polish.
I don't know if BB10 is a true competitor just b/c the BB brand is badly damaged and consumers have moved on. But that doesn't mean Apple is not vulnerable to a new OS that is innovative if Apple doesn't show off efforts to renew iOS at WWDC or sooner.
Apple has given us nothing new almost since iOS was released other than to plug holes that Android made apparent -- things like cut/paste, notifications, "multitasking" (still a joke on iOS), limited app & file organization).
I think iOS just needs a new look. It looks just like it did in 2007, it's time for a bit of a re-design. Look at something like the phone app icon with it's super-glossy glass effect with stripy lines, couldn't apple give it a new look?
Same for the lock screen as a whole. Just redesign it a little, freshen it up. Imagine if we still had these folder icons on Mac:
Apple's designers are certainly capable of creating a new look for iOS that bring it into 2013 a bit more.
Same for the lock screen as a whole. Just redesign it a little, freshen it up. Imagine if we still had these folder icons on Mac:
Apple's designers are certainly capable of creating a new look for iOS that bring it into 2013 a bit more.
This seems to be the new catch phrase here on macrumors. It has overtaken "it just works", as far as I can tell. I don't think people want change for the sake of change. There are a handful of features that I have seen people often bring up. Throughout the years, these sorts of features trickle into iOS, generally through a full version update. The competition has done the same thing, but from my vantage point they have not really held back any of these features, for whatever reason. I think the thing that iOS has over anything else is this perceived better ecosystem. I say perceived because everything I can think of can be done on other platforms (I don't know about blackberry, my last bb was the pearl back in 2004-ish), it's just that Apple does it all with one login. And so, we go back to simplicity. I feel simplicity is where iOS shines, but I still wouldn't say people are looking for change for the sake of change. If anything, the screen size bump on the 5 was change for the sake of change IMO.
And I don't say this to pick on you, it's just that you were the latest "change for the sake of change" post is all.
At this point I am locked into the apple ecosystem and I am not willing to rebuy all of my apps to run them on an android or blackberry based device.
That being said, I do think apple is falling behind. One of the things that has always distinguished apple products, both in terms of hardware and software is the elegance and simplicity of design. It is seeing a new feature, like magnetic locks on power cords, that makes you think how could it have ever been done in a different way?
Compare the way IOS and Android handle CAPLOCK. In IOS double clicking the cap lock key turns it blue to indicate you are in capital lock mode. I just read recently that on Android, entering CAPLOCK mode turns all of the characters on your virtual keyboard into capital letters and exiting CAPLOCK mode turns all of the characters into lower case characters. Why didn't apple do this feature first? When will apple copy Android and incorporate this feature into IOS?
That being said, I do think apple is falling behind. One of the things that has always distinguished apple products, both in terms of hardware and software is the elegance and simplicity of design. It is seeing a new feature, like magnetic locks on power cords, that makes you think how could it have ever been done in a different way?
Compare the way IOS and Android handle CAPLOCK. In IOS double clicking the cap lock key turns it blue to indicate you are in capital lock mode. I just read recently that on Android, entering CAPLOCK mode turns all of the characters on your virtual keyboard into capital letters and exiting CAPLOCK mode turns all of the characters into lower case characters. Why didn't apple do this feature first? When will apple copy Android and incorporate this feature into IOS?
Really? Isn't Siri still in Beta..?
Whoa. Kinda right, but chillax man!
If his goal was to get himself and his ailing company in the press then, mission accomplished.
There is more magic yet to come from Cupertino, of this I have no doubt. Be wary of what you wish for Mr Thorsten Heins. The next big release from Apple, Google or Microsoft could be the final nail in the coffin.
There is more magic yet to come from Cupertino, of this I have no doubt. Be wary of what you wish for Mr Thorsten Heins. The next big release from Apple, Google or Microsoft could be the final nail in the coffin.
Don't get sucked up in this innovation argument. It is a psychological distraction many companies use to sway users from a competitor's product and onto theirs.
Don't blame the consumer for Apple's goof. What you write IS true, but its also why Apple had NO business cutting the Google's Map contract short. Apple did so only as a vendetta against the company, and not in the best interest of its product (and by extension, shareholders, or customers. Apple admitted they made a goof, but they should have had better foresight and not released it in the first place until it was more ready for prime time.
And iOS can now use Google Maps, but recall they could not when iOS6 was first released, and months after that too.
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Came here just to say the same, though, I admit, it wouldn't be as well written as yours. xD
Came here just to say the same, though, I admit, it wouldn't be as well written as yours. xD
It might not be OpenMP, but pretty much every OS out these days leverage the GPU in some shape, form, or fashion.
Hmm. Not sure. I'll pass on this one.
Windows Phone 7-8 with it's Xbox Live integration. There might be something similar for Android, though I'm not totally sure.
This one's true. iTunes integration might have its downsides, but this is definitely not one of them.
Android, with access to all it's Google services. iCloud overall isn't all that impressive.
I will give you Photostream, though. I like taking a picture with my iPhone and having it show up a couple seconds later on my iPad. Google offers something similar, but it isn't nearly as straightforward.
I'm not sure I'd credit the OS so much as Apple's vetting practices. This is something I've always thought Google and MS should do. They don't have to be as draconian about it as Apple, but having a team of people check the quality of their apps on their platform wouldn't hurt at all, and would offer a better experience for their customers.
All of them offer something like this, I'm sure.
Windows Phone 7/8 run buttery smooth on older, less optimized hardware.
Blackberry, now with BB10.
Metro/Modern/Whatever? It's about as simple and straightforward as iOS.
I spent 2 months teaching my Grandma how to use her iPad, and she still gets confused on occasion. iOS being so easy to use even a completely computer illiterate person can just pick it up and use it like an old pro is a myth.
Apple does have the statistical advantage, I'll give you that.
Okay, I've gotta laugh at this. iOS is simpler and cleaner, sure. That's cuz everything is siloed and sandboxed to hell and back. It's nowhere near as full featured and flexible as a desktop OS.
What is innovative about the Z10? Other than the keyboard (I'm stretching it with this) there is not a single feature that has made anyone say "wow." They basically just came up with different ways to do exactly what the iPhone can already do. I have yet to read a single review that praises their OS as being innovative. Using a gesture instead of a tap to read email is not breaking new ground.
Could Apple step it up with iOS? Sure they can and I look forward to see what is in place once Ive has had ample time to change direction.
Could Apple step it up with iOS? Sure they can and I look forward to see what is in place once Ive has had ample time to change direction.
Except that iOS is basically the same as when the iPhone was released as a content consuming device, but iOS device users now both consume and create content. Apple needs to rethink iOS to fit how its use has evolved, but has not yet...maybe will see glimpses as WWDC, but right now, it has failed to show any new innovation in iOS. Its not a bogus argument for detractors or supporters to make.
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Are you joking? In the 90s/early 2000s their push email system was leading edge. Even BES today far exceeds anything available on iOS or Android.
Yes BB7 and below were stale, but BB10 is a good crack at something new.
Apple is falling into BB's pattern of riding on their coattails. If iOS doesn't have something spectacular in iOS 7 or a fantastical new iPhone doesn't come out in the next year or so, Apple is in danger of becoming the next Blackberry.
I agree with those who believe in quality over quantity.
Change for the sake of change can be disastrous.
In my opinion, the iPhone is a very powerful and stable device. What exactly, are people needing in their day to day life, that can't be done on their iPhone already?
Change for the sake of change can be disastrous.
In my opinion, the iPhone is a very powerful and stable device. What exactly, are people needing in their day to day life, that can't be done on their iPhone already?