Archean said:
Conceptually it looks like a copy of iOS, and I stand by my observation, and I don't offer any unthoughtful/stupid comments like that without my reasons. As an OS yes Android is a very different animal, but look at the mess a customer can find him/herself into when trying to decide about which one to buy, a good customer experience is never guaranteed. Now about the UI's which telecom companies are slapping on the these devices on top of Android's interface even more compounds the issue. Lastly, 3D vertical scrolling appeared only with gingerbread, which may look cool but that is that.
@aj
Yes it does, my assumption was the same as well, but I am not sure frankly. Also I do have Go Launcher EX, and it is much more stable than the TW UI, but somehow it drains battery a lot faster on my SGS.
This is the first time I've ever read someone contradict himself, AFTER contracting himself.
You said:
Archean said: ...but when it comes to OS and user interface, WP7 is well ahead of Android's cheap looking copied interface
So, to you, Android's UI is a copied, cheap-looking interface. Alright. But then you say that as an OS Android is a different animal. Ok. By different, you mean, what? I suppose you mean,
seemingly different (because it's a given the OS is different than the others), am I correct? So, to you, what is truly cheap looking and copied? The OS or the UI? And if you meant the former, how can YOU tell it is "copied, and cheap-looking?"
But wait, lets just say you meant the latter. You blame it on the manufacturers who put on their UI. Oh you said, telecom companies? Well, around here they are called manufacturers, but let's call them how you call them. These "telecom companies" slap their interfaces on top of Android, so doesn't that mean Android ISN'T cheap-looking, or copied, since these "telecom companies," cheaply copied other interfaces? If that's indeed the case, then it's not Android's fault that customers have a "hard time" choosing a device, but the manufacturers'. Ops, I meant telecom companies.
Android's default interface is compromised of very specific, unique elements such as the notification bar up top, the scrolling 2D (now 3D) App drawer, live wallpapers, etc. Manufactures simply add a flavor of their own, but all the Android native elements remain there. Just because, for example, HTC Sense's launcher is curved, doesn't mean it's a different UI. Sure it's curved, probably a different color and what have you, but the elements, the elements sir, are there, and that's what makes an Android an Android. It is exactly the very reason why, to you they might seem all different, but yet, all
Android...?
You love WP7's fast, fluid, and simplistic approach? Great, but please, do us a favor, and don't subjectively judge, specially if you don't know that telecom companies have absolutely no say over design decisions on an Android device.
And about that supposed hard time consumers have choosing an Android device... You should ask yourself, why would they even go through the "trouble?" But I digress...
