backwards-facing hack

backwards-facing hack -- and the Chief Thief at Google who initially copied the button-festooned Blackberry design for the first Android prototype, but then quickly switched gears to copy the full-screened, touch-screen phone concept after seeing the iPhone and crapping his pants. I think his idea of a "modern" phone had about 70 buttons on it. Sheesh. He's an insult to true innovators.

You don't get it. Apple does not change the interface just for the sake of change -- and listen carefully now -- Apple customers don't want constant change, especially when iOS already is a brilliant and classic piece of functional art. Evolutionary change at a planned pace is fine, but the iOS foundation is solid (unlike this lousy Discus Commenting System, which is a constant problem to use).

Again, innovation extends far beyond the look-and-feel of the OS interface, which is just one aspect of all that Apple brings to mobile computing.

Syncing with the iPhone, iPad and Macs works fine for me and Apple customers with visual training recognize that Apple Maps is far more beautifully-designed (and eventually will be more usable) than the sort of clunky Google Maps App. Apple Maps certainly is not better -- yet, but it will be, and we can be patient when we know we don't have to put up with Google advertisers and marketers tracking our every step and turn.