I do think long term, an Android framework will be a good thing and I'd develop my apps for it. That said, I find Android to be much more difficult to use than iOS and frankly, it's quite confusing in a lot of ways. I think the Samsung Galaxy Tab is really a sweet tablet and it has a far better motion processing system in it than what the iPads use.
I'd also like to get hold of an Android tablet. And I think the Kindle is a pretty slick device as well. I think the OP was just simply asking if Real is planning on an Android framework.įYI Brad, I have an Android device - a Nook. Why must you project your own thoughts on others? If they want to hire more staff to work on an Android framework so be it, but I don't think that's in the cards at this point. But given the amount they have on their plate now, I don't want any more effort diverted away from what they are doing at present with the staff they have. I think your statements about window resizing are just a little naive. So with Android a couple of years old now, the problems with hardware fragmentation are myriad. They will tell you that you can take two new identical machines, do installs and have different problems on each one.
Remember the days in Windows how one driver would work on one machine and one on another ("Dad, I wanna see the dinosaurs…")? Heck, just ask any system installer tech that installs Windows server platforms. The world and Windows has just evolved over 20 years that it's a lot more controlled these days. It's always been a problem with Windows as well. We have modules that crash on some tablets but not others. We have crashes with some devices that don't affect others. I did not write this but working with the guys that did, it's clear that the Android hardware fragmentation IS a problem. And if you want to deploy on a Nook, the approval process is more ridiculous than Apple's. Amazon has an approval process on their store.
Yes on Google you don't require any approval to deploy and app. Some have vibration and some do not.Īlso, your statement about asking permission is not entirely correct. The problem Brad is that handset apps are typically designed to do specific tasks with specific hardware.