robojerk

Did Android Really Look Like BlackBerry Before the iPhone?

This article from OSnews.com discusses those pictures showing an Android demo that looked like a Blackberry, and whether or not Google copied Apple's approach by doing a full touch screen device. The author believes that Google had multiple form factors being tested, and that Google had plans of doing a full touch screen all the time.

Yeahha

You tell me, I don't know the date of this photo

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chanchan05

Android started developing in 2003-ish. Touch screen devices werent a viable option then. And Android didnt copy Apple by doing a full touch screen approach. You can credit the full touch screen approach to LG, who launched their Prada full touch screen device a full year before the iPhone.

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jroc

Its all on the net. Look at the clip.





There is a touch screen version in it too. Its that phone you see before the clip starts. It still looked like a BB clone UI wise but it was a version with less buttons or a trackpad, cant tell what he's actually using with the touch screen one.

As to which way Google woulda went, its all hindsight. And like the above post mentions...the LG Prada doesnt get enough credit for the touch screen experience everybody decided to use. It wasnt as elegant as the iPhone but that doesnt mean it should be dismissed. The Prada was out before the iPhone with a capacitive touch screen, which IMO is the best screen to use...I HATE resistive...lol. The iPhone initial claim to fame? MULTI TOUCH capacitive touch screen...

The Prada deserves more credit than it gets and shouldnt be dismissed by pro Apple, iPhone folks.

What I'm curious about is how did the iPhone look during its development stages? Alot of stuff about the iPhone is so hush hush about its beginnings while almost every other mobile OS is like an open book..makes you wonder...

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Last edited by jroc; October 28th, 2011 at 05:21 PM.

Doubleatheman

Its cool to see blasts from the past like that.