IMHO Apple does a good job of taking what others have done and drastically improving on those ideas.
The one true innovation we can thank Apple for is bringing the consumer smartphone market to where it is now. Before iPhones came along Palms, Blackberries, Windows 6, and every other smartphone on the market were geared towards the business market and they were arguably a mediocre experience. Even Android seemed to bear some strike resemblances to the pre-iPhone marketplace with it's BBM styled UI and hardware.
I'm not gonna lie Apple does a pretty good job at what they do. They are responsible for this whole smartphone boom. The iPhone 4 is a pretty solid unit, good looking and works pretty smooth. I just prefer android, it lets me do certain things that i wouldnt be able to do on ios.
Just got it for my iTouch, can honestly say I hate it so far.
Don't get me wrong it's really spiffy, I just can't stay connected to WiFi network for longer than 5 minutes, and when it d/cs I gotta delete the network and input the info all over again. =/
iOS 5 doesn't seem to run well on 3GS models or older, or any of the old gen itouch models. Iphone 4 and 4S run it just fine (obviously. It was designed for those two.)
and the Ipad 2. I am sure it runs fine on the original ipad, but I havn't heard any news on that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JURDFe2PNE
