Well. Oh my. ;)
On Feb 26, 10:39 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote:
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> http://groups.google.com/group/android-platform/browse_thread/thread/...
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> Al.http://andappstore.com/
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> Ed wrote:
> > 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:
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> >> 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).
>
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