I wasn't passing judgment on Steve Jobs, I just think he was tangled in his product and lashing out.
I've heard the Blackberry thing before; that's why I mentioned the touch screen that was no-doubt inspired by Apple. (I had seen touch screen phones in Singapore long before Apple had one, but that's neither here nor there).
Once touch was settled on as the main input source, the convergence of design decisions was almost a certainty. Calling Android a clone of iOS on that fact alone belies the fact that the underlying programming (Intents, etc..) feels completely different. The claim that the UI feel is similar is fair, but it's not as if we have completely different steering wheels on different cars. Standing on the shoulders of giants, great artists steal, etc..
I was being charitable by describing Jobs as emotional months after the fact, thus clouding his judgment. The alternative reading was that he was being purposefully dense, or intellectually dishonest.
I've heard the Blackberry thing before; that's why I mentioned the touch screen that was no-doubt inspired by Apple. (I had seen touch screen phones in Singapore long before Apple had one, but that's neither here nor there).
Once touch was settled on as the main input source, the convergence of design decisions was almost a certainty. Calling Android a clone of iOS on that fact alone belies the fact that the underlying programming (Intents, etc..) feels completely different. The claim that the UI feel is similar is fair, but it's not as if we have completely different steering wheels on different cars. Standing on the shoulders of giants, great artists steal, etc..
I was being charitable by describing Jobs as emotional months after the fact, thus clouding his judgment. The alternative reading was that he was being purposefully dense, or intellectually dishonest.