I always thought Samsung was trying to go it along, but never realised have far they have got to actually achieving this goal. Since owning my Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and watching the S4 launch, this is where Samsung has got –

1) it’s own app stores, film, music and more stores for purchasing content but in one convenient place and all nicely presented now.

2) The ability to upload your music to their cloud and stream songs back

3) S Voice was a joke, but it is now much more polished and works very well

4) Maps and Navigation – this is still Google

5) it’s has its own email app

6) it’s uses Chaton for communications like iMessage

7) It has a Learning Hub – a take on Apple’s education offering

8) S Heatlh – the beginning of offering accessories like the iPhone

9) Backup of key data to its servers and using Dropbox

10) and lastly its has its new Home Sync box to create an Eco system in people’s homes.

And all the services work a lot better or are new since I had the Samsung Galaxy S3 last year.