If its any consolation you are not alone in this. We have all been sucked in by Google. I just get the feeling we have already been spat out!
While Google continue to make billions of $$$ what they need is additional resource to test their code, the grunt work. That is where we come in. If anyone thinks for a minute Google care, think again! Very sad, very sad indeed! Pd. Al Sutton wrote: > Now before I start on the iPhone comparison I'm going to pre-empt the normal > "But Android is open source....." response by saying lets be honest and > admit it as it stands Android is not an open source project because the > public "open source" repository is pretty worthless in its' current state. > > The last time I tried to build the master branch it failed missing some > Google internal API classes. The SDKs I've produce from the cupcake branch > seem to be considered by Google employees as pretty useless with comments > like "This is why we want to be clear it is "unofficial," because it is not > actually a working SDK" being thrown around and networking in the emulator > still being broken a week after users started reporting the showstopper > problem (And Romain did hint that Google have a fix, I read > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/msg/41fcefc36bd16d44 as > "there is a version where this is fixed"). And as we all know you can't use > it to build the exact versions of the open source parts of either of the two > firmware versions that have shipped on the G1. > > To me it seems little more than code dump which is aimed at ensuring Google > can keep saying "But it is open source and not just a Google project" > > Now, in the last week I had few conversations with iPhone developers so I > could compare the Android developer experience to that of what is perceived > as our nearest competitor and they are laughing at us (seriously, when I > mentioned the G1 most of them responded by initially chuckling). The general > consensus among them was; > > - Yes, you pay $99 for the iPhone dev kit, but you get "free" external > testing (i.e. at apple) and commercial quality support with many queries > being turned around in hours or a couple of days at worst. Compare that to > some of the support queries on b.android.com for basic problems things like > a Android failing to connect to wireless lans with hidden SSID > (http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1041) which, after *five > and a half months* is still marked as "New" and doesn't have a single > response from a Google employee. > > - The most common cause of App Store listing rejections are things that > users would complain about anyway. This includes things like performance > characteristics, UI anomalies, and inconsistent behaviour. This is the type > of stuff that is left for users to find out on Android and only comes to > light when 1* or 2* comments are posted and even then you don't know if it's > a one off on the users device or possibly something specific to their region > (http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2372). > > - The normal amount of time from submission to app store listing is around 7 > days. Some apps take months to go through the approval process, but that is > because of intellectual property concerns, concerns over offensive content, > or is because the app has to be re-reviewed a few times to meet the apples > performance and behaviour guidelines. Yes it's not as fast as Android, but > you know that once it's on the market it's of a quality where you're not > going to get bombarded with user queries about problems straight off. > > - Most of the developers actually feel valued by Apple and feel that Apple > does what it can to make sure they get the tools they need to do their job > and ensure they're apps. This has been re-enforced by allowing the > developers to beta test the new firmware and develop against it. > > Personally, it's made me shell out $99 for an iPhone SDK, dust off my Nokia > N81, and spend $75 on eBay on a Blackberry so I can explore the > alternatives. > > Al. > > --- > > * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * > > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > subsidiaries. > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
