Then kill me, kill me now. I don't want to waste my high resolution screen on some awful default Wordpress theme or some annoying OMG ADD THIS TO THE HOMESCREEN NOW.

Let me preface this by saying, thank god for Reeder and Google Reader.

We have the choice of default Wordpress themes that try to make you feel like you're in some pre-retina display iOS app, you know the theme you see everywhere.

But don't worry, we'll just change the colour scheme -- it's all good.

Let's make the assumption that you're using Safari and you are happy to deal with this annoying add-to-homescreen spam before you can enjoy the site you came to see. It's irrelevant if you're in an app using UIWebView and there isn't an add to homescreen button. Also what the hell is with the caps?

Ads are meant to look good and be unobtrusive, right?

Baidu (the Chinese based web company) has shown off its demo video which details its mobile OS based on Android. It has no originality whatsoever, it's borrowing UI elements from Apple and Google.

Is it so hard in China to find creative agencies or local designers that companies (Meizu, Baidu) are forced to take individual bits from iOS and Android to create this Frankenstein OS?
I am honestly curious as to the state of product and user interface in design in China. China's rich history shows us how creative they are in their inventions and ancient art but when it comes to today's modern technology it feels like China is just playing catchup. They are capable of producing the behind the scenes hardware that powers these beautiful operating systems but can't invent their own ideas for what a phone should look and feel like?

Check out the video at YouTube

If you're going to copy the iOS Messaging app, at least change the colour

An obvious clone of the Google mobile web app

Apple isn't the only one to implement the great UITableView

Always been a big fan of the UISegmentControl