On Oct 27, 11:39 am, Ludwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (I think this should change, but it seems that the G1 is considered a phone > first, with some applications, rather than an application platform that also > comes with a phone).
This is a statement that makes no sense. Android is not a phone, it is a an OS that runs on devices that have ram and flash memory. If it is to compete in this market then it should allow for efficient loading and unloading from the flash memory. I don't see the big difficulty in on-demand loading of applications from the SD card rather than installing them into the device memory. Yes, the user will have to wait a little longer for an app to load, but assuming that the app developers are smart they will not load the entire app with its resources into memory at once (they will run out of memory). Basically, the way this works right now makes it a headache to deploy applications on this platform. I have to first think about whether the user is using a phone like the G1 or a phone that supports larger applications?! Then I have to deploy the executable separate from the data !! I also will have to maintain servers to allow for download of resource files and also protect them for security ! What is the use of the android market then for a developer, I might as well deploy on my site as 30% of my sales for listing an app is crazy! The Apple appstore is a one place download for applications not a catalog. I am sorry but this is a big shortcoming if it is indeed a permanent design decision. How can this be a smart decision? If you look at Apple appstore sales you will see that games make up the largest percentage of sales. Those are always larger than 5mb. It is a 3G phone and people are buying it for apps like games and not to use it as a phone only! Dont believe me? go check out the tmobile support forum for complaints about running out of memory. I saw the older posts but it was not clear to me whether that was a permanent deal or just a temporary issue. Do we have a consensus now? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
