What you "could" have done, and what was actually done are two different things. Both J2ME and Android had this facility for a long time. Apple, like Microsoft, dragged their feet and badmouthed this feature, then finally ended up implementing it. Now we will be told it is amazing and magical. And of course, the usual excuse will be proffered "Apple held back on it until _it could be done right_".

Remember 7inch tablets would need you to file down your fingers to use? Or that "if you see a task manager, they blew it" and low and behold, a task manager appeared on iOS.

I'm all for Apple implementing these features, but I'm tired of them badmouthing things they don't have, only to trot them out as amazing once they do have them.

Microsoft used to badmouth HTML5 Canvas, then when they finally got a great implementation in IE9, all of a sudden, its WebGL that sucks.

Don't badmouth features just because a competitor has them and you don't, badmouth them if they are indeed, bad features.