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Windows 7 does have some resolution independence, but it's very buggy and is very similar to desktop Mac OS X's sub-par implementation: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/e7/archive/2008/09/13/follow-up-on-h...

iOS 4 is the first OS to be completely resolution-independent. Even Android's attempt at resolution independence is not widely supported well by Android apps.

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Android's "attempt" at resolution independence? It's been designed for it from the start, and as a result it's very very simple to work with as a developer. Stop spreading FUD.

Any Android app by a competent developer will look great from one resolution to the next. Now the iPhone can do that too, just with some growing pains as developers update their apps to provide higher-definiton resources.

It's great that the iPhone is progressing, but there's no need to adopt this "finally Apple gets it right!" stance and trash their opponents who have been for years doing pretty much the same things you tout as revolutionary and unprecedented.

It's really hard to say that iOS 4 is resolution independent. Right now, it pretty much just supports two fixed resolutions. And though the public information is pretty limited, what we do know about the API approach suggests that each additional resolution is going to require a fair amount of manual effort to support out of the box.

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