Is there any definition/guidelines about user experience of Apple and Google?

Question

I like the both Apple and Google user experiences. But visually they are different. Though, I need to know their basic concepts/theory about user experience.

So we will take their inspirations not copying.

Answer 1

Yes there is.

• Apple OS X UX Guidelines: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/Intro/Intro.html

• Apple iOS Guidelines: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/userexperience/conceptual/mobilehig/Introduction/Introduction.html

• Android UX Guidelines: http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/index.html

Answer 2

The Basic Concepts - are actually covered on in this part of the Apple UX Guidelines.

They used to explain this in more detail - and it's got cut down over time.

Originally there was a very handy reading list, which used to list all the academic research which supported the interface design. (takes a while to load as its on the Wayback Machine)