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While Apple was proud to have reinvented the smartphone, iPhone ran behind the competition in the market to regain ground. Such competition has generated a lot of innovation. And many of the features that iPhone users have on their phones today started first with Android. The site Business Insider listed 10 of these tools that are now part of Apple's smartphone, but have already been with Android.
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10 features that iPhone copied from Android
1. Multitasking
Apple took three years to take multitasking to the iPhone, and did different from what users expect. The open applications are placed on hold, and on double-clicking the Home button, they return to work where they left off.
Android is capable of performing multiple tasks since the first version.
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10 features that iPhone copied from Android
2. Bar notifications
A new bar notification in iOS is very similar to most Androids.
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10 features that iPhone copied from Android
3. Wireless Synchronisation
The iPhone will be able to sync wire-lessly with iTunes with the launch of iOS 5, whereas Android users have synchronised music, movies and contacts via Wi-Fi with the home PC long before.
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10 features that iPhone copied from Android
4. Apps on the lock screen
The iPhone will allow the opening of a calendar alert or other notification from the device lock screen.
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10 features that iPhone copied from Android
5. Customisable wallpapers
Just last year the iPhone users could get the option to choose their favourite photos to use as wallpapers on the phone. This was already possible in Android, which still has the options of animated wallpapers.
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10 features that iPhone copied from Android
6. Wireless updates
Most Android phones are able to receive updates without synchronisation with computers. Apple will begin to allow this when launching iOS 5.
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10 features that iPhone copied from Android
7. Front camera
HTC EVO was released with a front camera weeks before the iPhone 4. iPhone narrowly lost it.
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10 features that iPhone copied from Android
8. LED flash
Many Android devices have LED flash on their cameras, which was made available with iPhone from last year only.
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10 features that iPhone copied from Android
9. Multiple carriers
This is more for users in the US. Android handsets were only sold by T-Mobile, but spread across the four largest US carriers. iPhone stuck with AT & T until February this year, and is available in only one more operator.
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10. Voice control
While Android handsets have integrated voice control features, the arrival of the same feature to iOS is just a rumour.
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