An enterprising student whipped up a set of icons to give her Android phone the look of Apple's next-gen mobile operating system. Why? "To show my iOS friends what Android can do." June 13, 2013 9:11 AM PDT Student Gail Santos created this iOS 7 look for her Android phone. (Click to enlarge.) (Credit: Gail Santos) Android users who want to see if the grass really is greener on the Apple side of the fence now can try out the new color scheme debuting in iOS 7. Gail Santos, a 20-year old "polygadgetrous" student who likes to experiment with her Samsung Galaxy Note II's home screen, whipped up a set of icons that gives her Android phone the iOS 7 look. "I just did it for the sake of doing it. After taking a screenshot, I went back to my previous homescreen settings," she said on Google+ on Thursday. She also posted her icons on Dropbox and said she uses TeslaCoil Software's Nova Launcher home screen replacement app. iOS vs. Android can be a polarizing debate, and she evidently grew annoyed with some of the Apple-vs-Google fanboy squabbling. "In my opinion, both are good platforms," she said. "I'm not saying Apple is better just by doing this. Come on, don't make this a big deal. The point of Android is you can do anything with it. I did this to show my iOS friends what Android can do." Related stories Game change: iOS 7 welcoming game controllers is a big deal Will iOS 7 make my old iPhone like new? Hidden iOS 7 feature puts panoramas in lock screen iOS 7 looks great, but can it lure this Android user? Why the MacBook Air didn't get a Retina display The new look of iOS 7, which Apple debuted on Monday at its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), adopts a cleaner look in favor of more elaborate icons and apps that employ skeuomorphism -- a calendar app that looks like a real-world desktop calendar, for example -- that Apple has used so widely for years. The new, more colorful look has generated some mockery, though, including the Jony Ive Redesigns Things blog by Sasha Agapov.
An enterprising student whipped up a set of icons to give her Android phone the look of Apple's next-gen mobile operating system. Why? "To show my iOS friends what Android can do."
Student Gail Santos created this iOS 7 look for her Android phone. (Click to enlarge.)
(Credit: Gail Santos)
Android users who want to see if the grass really is greener on the Apple side of the fence now can try out the new color scheme debuting in iOS 7.
Gail Santos, a 20-year old "polygadgetrous" student who likes to experiment with her Samsung Galaxy Note II's home screen, whipped up a set of icons that gives her Android phone the iOS 7 look.
"I just did it for the sake of doing it. After taking a screenshot, I went back to my previous homescreen settings," she said on Google+ on Thursday. She also posted her icons on Dropbox and said she uses TeslaCoil Software's Nova Launcher home screen replacement app.
iOS vs. Android can be a polarizing debate, and she evidently grew annoyed with some of the Apple-vs-Google fanboy squabbling.
"In my opinion, both are good platforms," she said. "I'm not saying Apple is better just by doing this. Come on, don't make this a big deal. The point of Android is you can do anything with it. I did this to show my iOS friends what Android can do."
Related stories
- Game change: iOS 7 welcoming game controllers is a big deal
- Will iOS 7 make my old iPhone like new?
- Hidden iOS 7 feature puts panoramas in lock screen
- iOS 7 looks great, but can it lure this Android user?
- Why the MacBook Air didn't get a Retina display
The new look of iOS 7, which Apple debuted on Monday at its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), adopts a cleaner look in favor of more elaborate icons and apps that employ skeuomorphism -- a calendar app that looks like a real-world desktop calendar, for example -- that Apple has used so widely for years.
The new, more colorful look has generated some mockery, though, including the Jony Ive Redesigns Things blog by Sasha Agapov.
