I should have added a #3 to the end of my last tirade, which is: 3) app sizes will grow larger over time.
Anyway, I am continually baffled by the <1GB onboard storage approach, when the best smartphone on the planet (you know who) offers 8GB or 16GB options. Unless, of course, Google's plan is to actually use that SD card slot someday. Is that what you're hinting, Al? On Feb 26, 10:00 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > Well the HTC Magic (i.e. the G2) has 512MB of Flash instead of the G1s' > 256MB. The specs are at; > > http://www.htc.com/www/product/magic/specification.html > > and JBQ pointed out that flash is counted as ROM not RAM > (http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss/msg/0b691b0f22bfdcad) > > Al. > > > > Ed wrote: > > The issue of using the SD card for me is not about backing up my apps, > > but simply having more room for applications. I have already > > uninstalled OVER A DOZEN applications on my phone because I was out of > > space with the G1's weak onboard memory. I have heard of other G1 > > users uninstalling multiples of that amount. How stupid is that? All > > the work YOU developers have done is getting uninstalled because > > people have to decide whether YOUR app is as important to them as some > > other app from a SPACE-SAVING perspective (not a value perspective). > > > Let me say that again: Yes, that's right--people have uninstalled YOUR > > APP that you spent hundreds of hours creating to SAVE SPACE on their > > phone, even if they liked it. > > > Flexible storage (like the SD card) is the future. Don't be fools, > > Google, get it done. Otherwise, everyone else can get ready to lose > > revenue as developers. Please don't tell me that the G2 or G3 or G4 > > will have more onboard memory, because: 1) storage always fills up-- > > check your own hard drives, and 2) a flexible storage option allows a > > given product to compete over a longer period of time (in case anyone > > hasn't noticed, this phone business is all about competition). > > -- > > * Written an Android App? - List it athttp://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 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
