Agreed. This is such a major limitation which needs to be fixed asap. Application installation on SDCard must be allowed to work around the very minimal internal storage issue. I think cupcake does this, if i'm not mistaken.
take care, Muthu Ramadoss. http://linkedin.com/in/tellibitz +91-9840348914 http://androidrocks.in - Android Consulting. On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 9:10 PM, Ed <[email protected]> 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). > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
