The Android intent system is great. I want to let the user select an image they have taken so I can do something with it? I want to get contact details of one of the user's contacts? I want to let the user send an email? I don't have to …

This is a rant post, and is purely my own opinion.

Now I'm sure that Google have done their customer research. I'd hate to think that someone sat in a room and said "Apple have a 6-inch phone and people rave about it so we have to have one too …