It used to be that iOS and Android were considered polar opposites: One was all about a locked-down, walled-garden that delivered a very smooth user experience while the other was a wide-open platform whose freedom came at the expense of consistent user experience. However, Jan Dawson at Techpinions points out that over the past couple of years, Apple and Google have been working to make iOS and Android a lot more alike than either company would like to have you believe. In Android’s case, Google is doing a lot more to lock down what its biggest vendors partners can do with it to help ensure a stronger-user experience. Next year Google and its partners will unveil the first phones that



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