Sorry but shiny crystal style icons on a black background isnt a hall mark of Apples iPhone, QTopia have been using this layout for over 4 years so dont throw stones in glass houses.
Umm...large, easy to press buttons. Sure they look like iPhone buttons...there there aren't very many ways that you can make large, easy to press buttons without it looking like that.
Umm...large, easy to press buttons. Sure they look like iPhone buttons...there there aren't very many ways that you can make large, easy to press buttons without it looking like that.
Look just cause it's touchscreen doesn't mean Apple should be the only ones allowed to make it.
Ideas Apple iPhone borrowed:
1. Cell phone 2. Having internet on a handheld device 3. Having maps on a handheld device 4. Having a touchscreen on a phone (besides the Prada one, there were other touchscreen phones that had buttons) 5. Having a camera in a phone 6. Having a calendar on a phone., etc. 7. Having high resolution displays on phones 8. Detecting and automatically switching to landscape/portrait when the phone is turned (myOrigo had this)
Ok, these may be lame to the fanboys .. but the fact is Apple didn't invent cell phones. And some of the ideas already existed. Sorry to burst people's bubble on that.
However, Apple was first to contribute certain ease of use ideas (multi touch etc.).. no dispute about that.
THIS is why I'm dropping my Mac sometime this year. Beyond the fact that I LOATH Leopard with every fiber of my being. I'm so sick of being included in this group of things....That and the fact that my purchase contributed to the increase of that blowhard's ego. I'm sick of watching asshats get their dicks in a damn twist over copy this...copy that. ITS GOD DAMN ICONS!! Who the hell cares?!? GAH! I wish someone would just outright buy Apple and give all their patents away. The resulting heart attacks around the world from these religious Macnut freaks would solve the zealot question once and for all.
If we can get ridiculously large amounts of storage (say, 160GB) on future MIDs and the processing power to handle 720p x264 video, I'm throwing away my Archos.
Sarcastic responses to people calling this an iPhone-clone:
(1) So guys, I guess it's out of the question that this OS actually RUNS safari and isn't copying it.
(2) I don't believe Engadget makes mock-photos to use on their articles, so this has to be real.
(3) It can't be an iPhone, dumb-dumb; it's got Office capabilities!
(4) Microsoft needs to stop copying Apple. It's not as if both companies benefited themselves and the consumer by copying each other in the past, especially during the late 80's and early 90's. That's just boulder-dash.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
js @ Jan 10th 2008 6:03PM
What an iPhone ripoff: both in function and form.
waiownsyou @ Jan 10th 2008 6:07PM
Seriously. What's with that Safari Mobile (iPhone) icon?!
kepper @ Jan 10th 2008 6:08PM
think before you post.
please god.
especially if you are going to post hate.
this article is discussing Ultra Mobile Pcs vs. Mobile Internet Devices (iphone is a MID with phone capabilities.) NOT IPHONE ALTERNATIVES
a lot of people are confused about the differences. (Ultra mobiles being, in layman's terms, a pocket sized laptop.)
austin @ Jan 10th 2008 6:15PM
keeper, that still doesnt explain that interface and icon that is apple all over the place
Richard @ Jan 10th 2008 6:22PM
Sorry but shiny crystal style icons on a black background isnt a hall mark of Apples iPhone, QTopia have been using this layout for over 4 years so dont throw stones in glass houses.
quiksilv3r @ Jan 10th 2008 6:24PM
Umm...large, easy to press buttons. Sure they look like iPhone buttons...there there aren't very many ways that you can make large, easy to press buttons without it looking like that.
quiksilv3r @ Jan 10th 2008 6:25PM
Umm...large, easy to press buttons. Sure they look like iPhone buttons...there there aren't very many ways that you can make large, easy to press buttons without it looking like that.
Brandon @ Jan 10th 2008 6:25PM
Does the Safari Web Browser icon & OS X's WiFI menu bar icon belong to QTopia too? Nice.
austin @ Jan 10th 2008 6:26PM
the safari icon, richard, the safari icon
Richard @ Jan 10th 2008 6:31PM
2 icons != rippoff, try harder boys. also were did the original code for Safari come from, oh yes Konqueror another QT/KDE product.
Johan S @ Jan 10th 2008 6:55PM
Look just cause it's touchscreen doesn't mean Apple should be the only ones allowed to make it.
Ideas Apple iPhone borrowed:
1. Cell phone
2. Having internet on a handheld device
3. Having maps on a handheld device
4. Having a touchscreen on a phone (besides the Prada one, there were other touchscreen phones that had buttons)
5. Having a camera in a phone
6. Having a calendar on a phone., etc.
7. Having high resolution displays on phones
8. Detecting and automatically switching to landscape/portrait when the phone is turned (myOrigo had this)
Ok, these may be lame to the fanboys .. but the fact is Apple didn't invent cell phones. And some of the ideas already existed. Sorry to burst people's bubble on that.
However, Apple was first to contribute certain ease of use ideas (multi touch etc.).. no dispute about that.
bertbusdriver @ Jan 10th 2008 7:06PM
The picture above seems more like a mock-up. For all we know, it could just be a GUI skin for a portable device created by an avid Apple fan.
Jon Doe @ Jan 10th 2008 8:02PM
Who cares. Its not an iPhone which automatically makes it 10x more useful and 10x less obnoxious.
Jon Doe @ Jan 10th 2008 8:34PM
THIS is why I'm dropping my Mac sometime this year. Beyond the fact that I LOATH Leopard with every fiber of my being. I'm so sick of being included in this group of things....That and the fact that my purchase contributed to the increase of that blowhard's ego. I'm sick of watching asshats get their dicks in a damn twist over copy this...copy that. ITS GOD DAMN ICONS!! Who the hell cares?!? GAH! I wish someone would just outright buy Apple and give all their patents away. The resulting heart attacks around the world from these religious Macnut freaks would solve the zealot question once and for all.
E71 @ Jan 10th 2008 9:38PM
If we can get ridiculously large amounts of storage (say, 160GB) on future MIDs and the processing power to handle 720p x264 video, I'm throwing away my Archos.
Hung @ Jan 11th 2008 12:15AM
Sarcastic responses to people calling this an iPhone-clone:
(1) So guys, I guess it's out of the question that this OS actually RUNS safari and isn't copying it.
(2) I don't believe Engadget makes mock-photos to use on their articles, so this has to be real.
(3) It can't be an iPhone, dumb-dumb; it's got Office capabilities!
(4) Microsoft needs to stop copying Apple. It's not as if both companies benefited themselves and the consumer by copying each other in the past, especially during the late 80's and early 90's. That's just boulder-dash.