Morisato13 wrote: > I believe that, feature-wise, > there are no requirements... so basically just the basic numeric pad, > direction pad, call and end call button, and a viewing screen (the > basics of any cell phone) would be the minimum requirement. Am I > right?
Don't think about hardware. Think about user capabilities. For example, take the "basic number pad". On some devices, that might be hardware. On some devices (e.g., in-car displays, G1), it might be via a touchscreen. However, it's pretty much a guarantee that there will be some sort of numeric input system, just because you need to be able to enter phone numbers. Similarly, the direction pad might be a D-pad, or a joystick, or a joyball, or a touchpad (not a touchscreen), or something else entirely. But there will always be some facility for the user to choose things that appear on the screen (e.g., contacts). > I'm just wondering, for future ideas of an app that will run on > any android phone. This is the major issue of Android in comparison to > the always consistent iPhone specs. By "always", I assume you mean "presently". In other words, you assume that the iPhone will be "always consistent". "Always" is a rather long time. If Apple comes out with the iPhone Nano, with no touchscreen and a clickwheel + number pad, then the "always consistent iPhone specs" will no longer be consistent. Ditto if they add models with sliding keyboards or the like. And, of course, don't forget the minor inconsistency that is the iPod Touch (no telephony). It is not safe to assume any platform will be "always consistent" in the fullness of time. Either the platform is "presently consistent" and "always changing", or the platform is "dead". -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com Android Training on the Ranch! -- Mar 16-20, 2009 http://www.bignerdranch.com/schedule.shtml --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
