This isn't a practical question. It's a summary of how you feel you can beat the system and waste away with devices no one in the real world has heard of or care about. There is such a thing as the Emulator. It emulates the device behavior so you have somewhat of a decent chance to actually know what your app can or cannot do. Is it full proof? No, of course not. You're cutting your own throat wasting time weighing the pro's and con's on an exciting new platform when you should be reading up on the API's. Quit your stalling and get to work.
On Jun 11, 2:42 pm, Sundog <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jun 10, 10:10 pm, A <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > I have a practical question. > > > I might be interested in coding for Android. I have some J2ME programs > > that I could port that are very useful. > > > But I am wondering, why bother? Consider: > > > 1. > > Looking at the documentation for Android it seems to me that the > > learning curve for working with Android is large. > > If you've been doing J2ME it shouldn't be THAT hard. I learned the > whole platform and had my first app online in about a week. > > > > > 2. > > Looking at the available phones they are all about $500 without a > > contract. We're in a Recession and $500 is a lot of money. Compare > > that to my 3-inch touch screen Sciphone i68 which was $100 and has > > MIDP support. > > You have to spend at least a little money to make money. TANSTAAFL. > > > 3. > > I don't do contracts. I have heard that Android phones are hobbled by > > the requirement that I'd have to have a contract. I use prepaid > > exclusively to keep my phone bills down. > > Seems to me that one or the other of these pretty much cuts you out of > the smartphone market entirely, not just Android. > > > > > 4. > > No contract means no data plan. > > By all means, tell us about the data plan included with your prepaid > phone. Sounds interesting. > > > 5. > > I can get a Windows Mobile phone for $260, called the CECT M88+. It > > will run native apps and J2ME. That's half the cost of an Android > > phone. > > Go for it, I say. > > > 6. > > Regular consumers know we're in a recession. They are going to avoid > > expensive phones and long contracts more now than ever. Will $500 > > luxury Android phones take hold? I'm skeptical. > > Please don't take this the wrong way, but you don't sound very > knowledgable about the state of the cell phone market, or its pricing > structure. What fool paid $500 for an Android phone (except the dev > phone)? > > > 7. > > I am not someone who is easily impressed by Google. There is no "wow" > > factor for me in using Android. > > Non-sequitur. Any "wow" factor impressing anyone is because of Android > itself, not Google. > > Summing up, I'd say you've answered your own questions. Android is not > for you. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
