It was an impressive performance, but I do see where Mike is coming from. Thing is, I’m also remembering what Android looked like at MWC in February – blocky icons, empty menus, it felt more like a proof-of-concept than an upcoming platform. A few months down the line and it certainly looks like something you could buy tomorrow; obviously they’ve only shown us the glossy parts, but the promise is there.

For me, the “wasn’t influenced by Apple” part is the compass/Street View integration. Okay, right now it’s just a way of panning a picture around, but if you’re obsessed with augmented reality (as I am) then you’ll be squealing about the possibility of tagging Google data on top of location-aware graphics. For me it’s the biggest sign that the Android developers are looking at the platform from a mobile, not a desktop perspective: how will people actually use mobile data while in their daily lives? Right now I can access most websites on the move, and fast too thanks to HSDPA, but would I want to? I’d only do it because I needed the information right that second; a specific shop or address, directions maybe. I don’t want to have to translate to the real world what it says on a tiny screen – I want the phone to do that for me!

Sorry, longer comment than I intended