Do most software folks work for salaries in the enterprise space? Anyway, when I looked at the I-Fund and borrowing money from VCs, after one nights sleep it was clear that I could make no guarantee of timely repayment because there were too many timing aspects I did not control. The same is true of Android. ANY investment is purely speculative from a return perspective.
I've been trying to get something to exist, since purchasing my first cell phone 4 years ago, that needs background processes and tower/cell/ sector ID infomation. Android is the first phone to offer that in a coherent SDK. Those also appear to be the ONLY things that make Android substantially different from the i-phone or the latest Nokia, etc phone. Since Android did not choose our ADC entry, Android shall surely dye from a lack of true differentiation ;-)Forever in the shadow of Apple in the gaming and enterprise spaces. Forever behind Nokia in serving developing countries with low cost phones. "If only they had known!" Yes, now Android is sadly stuck in a traffic jam. Hardware costs that exceed Apple's with less cache and relationship power and hardware and total costs that exceed Nokia with less relationship power. "If only they had known!" The SDK as it stands is brilliant. Relationships with developers are less inportant than relationships with carriers. Google may have activated their immune systems... But there is still time! Make a hands free, eyes free phone that tells people who don't read maps how to find what they need in life (this would include lost family members and beer) and sells for less than $25. Let merchants carry the cost of service. Anyway, the SDK is brilliant. It would be evil to let it die. Google will find some way to make it useful. Sometimes things morph in the process. Don't quit your day job. ed On Jun 11, 3:46 pm, David Given <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wiktor wrote: > > Gee... I really believe that Google developers are just hiding > > Android's real progress, and hoping it's doing just fine. But I do > > admit that even if Google has many innovative applications and ideas > > they can't do simple stuff like proper documentation. > > Well, I used to work for a company that produced an embedded OS with > SDK, and let me tell you, the OS is the *easy* part of the job. You > would not believe how incredibly, hideously, radically hard a good SDK > is to do. I'm actually really impressed at how *good* the Android SDK is > given its prebeta state and rate of change. > > And compared to a lot of *traditional* mobile phone operating systems, > the API documentation is outstanding --- like, there is some! > > -- > ┌─── ｄｇ＠ｃｏｗｌａｒｋ．ｃｏｍ ─────http://www.cowlark.com───── > │ "I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my > │ telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out > │ how to use my telephone." --- Bjarne Stroustrup > > signature.asc > 1KDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new M5 SDK! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/02/android-sdk-m5-rc14-now-available.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
