Ok now I know this has been done to death. I seriously think this will be the death of android. This is currently not a priority and I think that is something that someone needs to reconsider. The primary competitor for the android platform is of course the iphone. The primary feature of the iphone is a large amount of storage space. Yes I know the g1 is the first phone and the following may have larger capacity etc... I don't know how much stock google puts into marketing, and first reaction but it is crucial. When the g1 came out with a big launch touting the android platform it became crucial that the phone be an impressive success from the start. What is going to keep that from happening... Besides spotty 3G and service issues, the main thing will be when the user goes to install the shiny new app from the marketplace only to find they have no space left. Now this can happen on an iphone of course but then all one has to do is free space by removing music etc... This has and will create increasingly bad press surrounding the phone.
Those waiting for an android phone with a large amount of space are also going to suffer from sticker shock. Apple's prices are able to be what they are because they own the kit and kaboodle. They paid off their r&d on the phone with the first sales and then the market sales are all gravy. The android platform doesn't have this luxury, the phones will more than likely continue to have a higher price tag (e.g. HTCs touch line). However if the price tag can be kept down, as it is with the g1, by not requiring large amounts of storage internally and relying on an sdhc for much of the storage. Yes I know the cost of the os being removed will reduce the overhead, but the hardware is the issue here. I have seen the dev's issues with this and there is no easy answer. A repartitioned sd card may provide at least a temporary solution, allowing the security of each application having its own user access restricting others and providing the much needed space. In time this method could be replaced, although migration may be sticky. Although in theory an app could be written to mount both partitions and make a backup, and if an encrypted linux vfs was used as the end game the data could be rewritten back after the reformat to fat. Long story short, this should be a top priority. Thats my 2 cents Eric --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
