I don't think anyone would argue that Apple isn't innovating on the Mac front (still love my rMBP).
The charges of Apple "falling asleep" at the wheel are more targeted toward the iPhone and iOS front. And the charge still stands for the most part.
I don't see how.....I think people look at the surface and are getting stuck on the new design. They think its too "childish" and then forget to look into all the dev APIs and new behind the scenes features that will be coming to iOS 7.
To be quite honest, I'm not quite sure what else Apple could do at this point. There are only a handful of gripes that I hear that are actually legitimate (even if I don't agree):
(1) default app switching
(2) larger screen option
(3) updated stock keyboard (better keyboards would come with the addition of default app switching)
(4) ???
I contend with the question - What did Google do this year with I/O? Added a Game Center clone, more dev APIs and tools (to rival Apple's dev environment), additional Google Now features (many of which Siri had).....
I think we've simply entered the maturity phase of smartphone's and mobile OSes.....until we reach the merging point of the desktop OS and mobile OS (which Microsoft is desperately trying at least on the tablet front), I don't think we'll see any more HUGE innovations.....
I think Apple did exactly what they need to and set out to do. Next will be the iPhone hardware - will we see the cheaper and larger options? Based on the somewhat radical directions we saw at WWDC, I'd guess ya. Or at least we'll see something we may not have expected.
We can't expect for a reinvention of the wheel every year. Nor is it fair or right to expect Apple to back out of their philosophy and completely change course. iOS is iOS - it will always "look and feel" like iOS. Expecting it to become Android or some Android/iOS hybrid isn't realistic.
As I've said 1000 times, that's why all these platforms exist. They are interpretations/implementations of differing design philosophies both software and hardware wise. You don't like iOS now, you'll likely never like it and should simply move on.
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We disagree JR.
Aye
WWDC has made me excited for whats in store this fall though. The radical new Mac Pro design, the controversial iOS 7 redesign shows Apple isn't simply regurgitating for the sake of maintaining the status quo.
Perhaps we see some surprises at this fall's events?