your point of "iPhone's no threading and no background processing" is
pointless.
please study before you speak.
iPhone OS programming guide says:
"iPhone Infrastructure -
High-level infrastructure for running your application's main processing
loop
Support for interface abstractions such as windows and views
Support for handling Multi-Touch events
Support for security features such as encryption, certificate
management, and trust policies
Support for internationalizing your software
Support for communicating between applications using URL schemes
Access to low-level features such as threads, ports, and standard I/O
Support for basic data types such as collections"
also, iPhone OS quits ur app from ur app's main processing loop does not
mean it stops all background threads.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Android Challenge" <android-challenge@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 2:58 AM
Subject: [android-challenge] Re: Boycott of ADC II
>
> -1 - there is literally no reason that we should boycott ADC II -
> losing is not a bad thing - it is common in any contest - it helps you
> gain more insight for your next winning submissions.
>
> @Biosopher - very true iPhone dev is very much locked down - not sure
> any third party innovative apps will ever come from such a locked down
> environment and I really doubt that the iFund will really be awarded
> to anyone for being innovative. Say if you develop a VoIP app - Apple
> will simply turn it down for being against the interest of its
> telecomm partners, say if you write a better media player - Apple will
> think you as a competitor for their very own app and will again turn
> you down. And with no threading, background processing - I am not sure
> how a better app to exploit iPhone would ever be born. So only
> calculators, simple games are going to end up - or take the web apps
> route for iPhone than the SDK route.
>
> On May 19, 12:03 am, Biosopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > -2 I just spoke with a couple colleagues at Apple and was amazed at
> > how locked down the iPhone system is. I had already downloaded the
> > iPhone SDK to familiarize myself with the differences between
> > Android's & the iPhone's SDK, so I knew many of the differences. But
> > I was surprised at how much I didn't know.
> >
> > If everyone here thinks Google is so bad, then sign up for Apple's dev
> > center and look into recreating your Android app on the iPhone. At
> > this point, none of the top 50 Challenge winners could port their apps
> > to the iPhone.
> >
> > So if your non-winning-but-should've-won app is even more advanced or
> > better or novel or indispensable, then you can guarantee it will not
> > be runnable on the iPhone.
> >
> > OK...maybe Google has problems but let's get beyond that for a moment
> > and think about what Google is doing right. They have provided us the
> > opportunity to create something we can't do anywhere else. AND THAT
> > is something Google has consistently provided to the world time & time
> > again.
> >
> > Apple's "locked down" media player-only-focused approach for the
> > iPhone is a major limitation, and Android is making that increasingly
> > apparent.
> >
> > SO please...can we all stop fighting amongst ourselves and move
> > forward?
> >
> > Otherwise can all these Google haters get off this forum and move to
> > Apple's website forum for awhile? Spend a couple days there and
> > you'll be back here soon ready to participate in Round 2.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Anthony
> >
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