今天,Google的Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich,下稱ICS)正式於香港發佈。相信不少留意手機資訊的朋友,都會乖乖的像小編一樣,坐在電腦前面,收看Youtube的直播。然而,當大家在期待ICS會為大家帶來甚麼創新原素的時候,小編實在對ICS的原創性頗為失望,因為大家應該不難發現,ICS的「新功能」,其實都是把不同OEM廠商的功能和App加到自己的系統而言,未有提供像Mango發佈時把MSN、FB Chat等與SMS合併成Thread的衝擊性概念。更甚的是,是次ICS的更新有不少部份都是自我們的Windows Phone處「抄考」回來,實在令小編失望。在WPCentral上,該站的編輯以及讀者也與小編有同樣看法,讓小編在這麼節錄及整理一下︰
- Swiping between menus instead of tapping them is Metro
- action bar is copied from wp7 (especially making it common between apps, is exactly what Metro is)
- photo album UI looks exactly like WP7 gallery
- contact groups is from WP7
- people app is direct copy of wp7 people’s hub
- folder creation method (dragging two icons together to make a folder) is from iOS
- Lock screen to camera is from WP7/iOS (which iOS copied from WP7)
- switching reply method between email/sms/call in contact card is WP7 (Actually, webOS did that 1st –ed.)
- using card view to switch between different tasks is from WP7 (which was also seen in webOS)
- they even said “Putting pepole at the heart…” instead of “Putting People First”
小編只能説,ICS看來只可以説是Android 2.3「集各家大成」後的升級版,是次升級頗為令人失望。至於對Windows Phone來説,究竟ICS新增的People App能否直接衝擊Windows Phone的重點People Hub功能呢?現在評論的話,時間尚早,看來People App是否仍是以不停開App來達到整合功能,將是ICS成敗的關鍵。使用Windows Phone新世代的People-centric概念,還是停留在iOS、Android舊世代的App-centric做法?這將是手機界未來一、兩年最值得觀察的現像。Let’s sit back and see。
資料來源︰WPCentral
好憎google :@:@:@
Lock screen to camera is from WP7/iOS (which iOS copied from WP7)
乜要等ICS 先有呢個功能咩?
以小編記憶所及有部份廠商自行為其Android手機這項功能 (例如HTC的Sense 3.0),但Android系統本身未有支援這個功能。
另外,Windows Phone仍然是唯一一個於手機睡眠時可以使用實體鍵來直接啓動相機的Smartphone OS!
未覺google是在抄WP7呀,雖然也不太喜歡android