Google has a traditionally been incorporating an Easter
egg inside every version of Android, that can be viewed by repeatedly
tapping the Android version number within the Settings app. In Ice Cream Sandwich,
you could find the Android Ice Cream Sandwich logo and if you touch and
hold it, it would expand and eventually you’d see a Nyan Cat style
animation of the logo.
In Android 4.1, you see a Jelly Bean with the tell-tale Android
antennae on the top and if you press and hold the image, a large number
of cel-shaded jelly beans appear on the screen and you can flick them
around as much as you like. You can catch a video of this in action
after the break.
We already know everything there is to know about the upcoming iOS 6 and let’s face it – it’s not going to be the jump Apple is trying to convince us it is. Everything is pretty much the same, with a few tweaks here and there, an overdue Facebook integration and extended Siri functionality. The major new feature with the iOS 6 is the new Maps app, now with TomTom map data and, of course, the addition of navigation. Well, people do use Siri and navigation for sure, but those people have also been using this same tired iOS interface for 6 years now. They need something new, refreshing and they are not getting it this year. Joost van der Ree published a few inspiring ideas that could easily fit into iOS, boosting the user experience along the way. Some of them are so obvious that makes you wonder why Apple didn’t come up with them in the first place. But maybe they have?
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