Now i know what an espalier is ;) On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 5:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Control. Quality of user experience. Android has the ability to > freeze background processes based on priority, without this > functionality (which may be patented-able), processes will freeze, but > who knows which one? Apple does not want that experience. It would > destroy their ad campaign. > > With the Macintosh, they missed the enterprise space vs PCs, and have > regretted it. Enterprise folks typically like control. In good > economic times, businesses can buy the high end phone. The graphics on > the iphone make it a good sharing tool. Apple has defined the sandbox > to force focus on market they missed in the past. Not unlike a > gardener using a trellis to shape a fig bush into an espalier. A few > paragraphs in and you will see what they are trying to do. > > http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1216/is_n2_v180/ai_6286265 > > Google is doing the same sort of thing with deadlines and sample code. > If there is deadline pressure one will use what is available rather > than invent. List 6 speech view is my favorite. If our team did not > have such a commitment to hands free, eyes free applications our > entire documentation package would use that UI. We choose not to > include those files at all to help the judges realize through body > languge that our app does not consume attention but rather conserves > it. I think we ask them to look at the phone for a grand total of 140 > seconds! Yes, it is an "It is not about the phone" application. > > Anyway props to List 6 Speech View. With demo code like that and a > little schedule pressure, Google will have a more useful, more > accepted hand set. The key will be putting purpose specific skins on > android so that customers will recognize why they should choose > Android, without having to make any significant intuitive leaps. Apple > is saying to the enterprise folks, "We work for you and are the > obvious best choice for handsets." Most enterprise guys have sprained > an ankle here and there, so they will balk at a leap. > > !!Off to work. I hoped this helped, > Ed > > > > On Apr 17, 2:03 am, "Muthu Ramadoss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is an unbelievable limitation.. Anyone know the reason why SJ & co > went > > this way? > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 12:29 PM, cr0vax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > IPhone is not in competition. Sorry but with less than 1% of the > > > market, Apple isn't a competitor at all. > > > > > And if you consider developping, the fact that you can run only one > > > third-party app at a time, and that this app cannot go background, > > > then you understand that you simply have no usefull app at all from > > > the iPhone community. > > > > > On 16 avr, 15:28, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Android User Display:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRxsxynZV8I > > > > > > Games and display enhancements won't provide the user with "Needed" > > > > functionality, > > > > > > What applications can provide Android with superior user > > > > functionality, not available elsewhere? > > > > > > A separate issue: > > > > > > iPhone is in direct competion to corner this market, and preclude a > > > > free user interface. What functional applications can be provided > to > > > > make Android more desireable than iPhone? Not following iPhone and > > > > mimicking their functionality, but leading and producing > functionality > > > > that iPhone does not provide. > > > > -- > > take care, > > Muthu Ramadoss. > > > > http://mobeegal.in > > find stuff closer.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- take care, Muthu Ramadoss. http://mobeegal.in find stuff closer. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
