Apple: Ugh. God. Why Is Apple Making Everything Look Like an Ugly Wild West?(via @Gizmodo)
HAHAHAHAHA! This is fantastic. I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks Apple’s UI designs have been way off-mark lately.
Everyone’s gushing about how awesome Apple is for introducing new features in iOS5
But Android phones (like my awesome Nexus S) have been doing many of these “new” features for quite a while.
Here’s my own short list of things that Android already does well that Apple is finally catching onto:
- Twitter integration - Android ups the ante by seamlessly integrating sharing among *every* social app on your phone — not just Twitter
- Pull-down notifications - If I’m not mistaken, Android’s been doing this from the very start
- Cloud-based syncing - Apps, contacts and, recently, music are all synced to your Android device. When I bought my new phone, all I had to go was sign into my Google account, and it automatically downloaded all my contacts and apps for me
- Free e-mail, document, and photo storage - Gmail, Google Docs, and Picasa have been letting you do this for years
OK, I’m done ranting. I love Apple — I really do. I just hate how everyone writes Android off as a lesser operating system, when in reality it’s got a lot of benefits that I don’t have time to go over here.
