And its friday, so pretty motivated to rant ;) take care, Muthu Ramadoss.
http://linkedin.com/in/tellibitz +91-9840348914 http://androidrocks.in - Android Consulting. 2009/2/27 Al Sutton <[email protected]> > > If it gets a rant out of you then I know it's a serious problem :). > > Al. > > Muthu Ramadoss wrote: > > Oh yeah, 256 to 512MB upgrade?&#! > > > > The first thing after getting my ADP1 was to change my 1GB sdcard to a > > 4GB one. I would have swapped it for 16GB if it was available here. I > > guess this is what most users do. Why do they do it? They do it so > > they can store more of their stuff on sdcard. Not just music and > > videos. We want the apps there. We want the data there. We want > > whatever junk we can put in there. To be honest my sdcard is lying > > idle. But you know what, a lot of apps got uninstalled already because > > the device ran out of storage space trying to test our new app. And > > this made me think about the idle sdcard. The untouched tiny little > > sdcard. I could've used the sdcard.. if only Android.. you know I > > coulda.. [breaks into uncontrollable sobs] > > > > [regains composure] > > > > hmm hmm.. > > > > Hope Android team is aware of this limitation, and are seriously > > considering this as an high priority issue and fix it fast to make > > their end users happy. > > > > [hits the pub indefinitely along with his brand new sdcard buddy] > > > > take care, > > Muthu Ramadoss. > > > > http://linkedin.com/in/tellibitz +91-9840348914 > > http://androidrocks.in - Android Consulting. > > > > > > > > 2009/2/27 Al Sutton <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > > > > I think the latest effort to help with that problem is having > > double the > > internal flash on the HTC-Magic over the G1, but as we all know > > limiting > > storage on a device is never a good idea as someone will always > > fill it :). > > > > Al. > > > > Muthu Ramadoss wrote: > > > All valid points. > > > > > > The biggest oversight is that of the internal memory. I don't > really > > > understand the point of "Paid Android Market" when you don't > > have any > > > place to put those apps in. > > > > > > People were concerned about paid apps sales number sometime back. I > > > mean with this big gaping hole, how can any apps sell? Ed raised > > valid > > > points in another thread when he said users are constantly > > > uninstalling apps to fit it some other app in its place. > > > > > > Right now G1 is for GMail, and Pacman. Nothing else. > > > > > > take care, > > > Muthu Ramadoss. > > > > > > http://linkedin.com/in/tellibitz +91-9840348914 > > > http://androidrocks.in - Android Consulting. > > > > > > > > > > > > 2009/2/27 Al Sutton <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > > > > > > > > I'm not really feeling pitty for then as a lot of the problems > > > have been > > > brought about by a bad development and release process. > > > > > > - Someone, somewhere signed off on a design which had > > limited internal > > > memory and no ability to install apps outside of the > > internal memory. > > > Did this person or group not think that users would ever want > to > > > install > > > 10+ apps? > > > - Did no-one think about supporting the ADP1 when a 1.1 > firmware > > > codebase was handed over to T-Mobile?, or did someone just > > not think > > > about rolling new firmware for ADP1s when Google started > > selling them? > > > - Someone signed off on taking live the paid-apps > > implementation, did > > > they not think about the problems it would create for the > > existing > > > owners of ADP1s? > > > > > > To me it just seems that the mentality is that of a development > > > shop run > > > wild. > > > > > > One of the most of the successful projects I've worked on > > had a QA > > > manager who would organise peer reviews, look for > > inconsistencies in > > > approaches to problems and put developers together to see which > > > approach > > > offered the best benefits, but they would never claim they > > knew which > > > approach was "best" because they didn't write code for the > > product > > > (about the only things he would challenge developers on was > > spelling > > > mistakes and basic coding errors, apart from that he'd just > > > arrange for > > > two or more developers to highlight problems and work out > > solutions). > > > This would have thrashed algorithmic problems such as > > copy-protection > > > being easily circumventable and having the debug flag left > > on which > > > allowed the "type reboot to reboot" problem. > > > > > > After the QA manager rubber stamped a release it would then > > go to a > > > release manager whose sole job was to look at the big picture. > > > He'd say > > > to developers things like "How does this affect the version > > we have > > > running at customer X's site?", or "Is this release really > > of value to > > > our customers or are we making it because a developer has > > come up with > > > something cool that they want to show off?", and maintained > > a list of > > > issues and considerations for the various deployments. This > > is where > > > things like not allowing developers to see comments on their > > own apps, > > > not allowing developers to list prices in other currencies, > > and not > > > being able to create a firmware release for the ADP1 would have > > > arisen. > > > > > > To me it seems that these two jobs are either missing from > > the Android > > > process or not being done very well. > > > > > > Al. > > > > > > Muthu Ramadoss wrote: > > > > I can only feel pity for the poor Googs. Man, my head is > > > spinning with > > > > the number of must fix issues going rounds already. > > > > > > > > Increasing internal memory > > > > SDcard applications support > > > > ADP1 updates > > > > ADP1 paid app support > > > > Providing Google binaries > > > > > > > > and on and on and on > > > > ... > > > > > > > > take care, > > > > Muthu Ramadoss. > > > > > > > > http://linkedin.com/in/tellibitz +91-9840348914 > > > > http://androidrocks.in - Android Consulting. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2009/2/27 vendor.net <http://vendor.net> > > <http://vendor.net> <http://vendor.net> > > > <vendor.net <http://vendor.net> <http://vendor.net> > > > > <http://vendor.net>@gmail.com <http://gmail.com> > > <http://gmail.com> <http://gmail.com>> > > > > > > > > > > > > Don`t be so sure. There is no official statement about > > that. > > > I`ve > > > > asked google (JBQ as a representative) if there will > > be paid > > > apps and > > > > copy protected apps in ADP 1, but he didn`t answer me > with > > > positive > > > > maybe because they don`t know or don`t want to tell us > > their > > > plans... > > > > The whole concept of Android and the first android > > phone and > > > ADP1 was > > > > great till I found that we were kicked out of the paid > > apps. > > > This > > > > issue should be (I think - must be) resolved and ADP 1 > > > should support > > > > installing paid apps. > > > > > > > > On 25 Фев, 04:58, Muthu Ramadoss > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > <mailto:[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > > <mailto:[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > <mailto:[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>>>> wrote: > > > > > Yes, paid markets will be visible only after ADP > > updates that > > > > google will > > > > > hopefully provide soon. > > > > > > > > > > take care, > > > > > Muthu Ramadoss. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://linkedin.com/in/tellibitz+91-9840348914http://androidrocks.in- > > > > Android Consulting. > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Troglodad > > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > > <mailto:[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>>>> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Sorry for the noob question, but do I understand > > that we > > > can't > > > > access > > > > > > paid apps on the Dev1 until we get it updated? And > > that > > > > whether we get > > > > > > an update is up in the air? > > > > > > > > > > > (I got my Dev1 in hopes of havign the time to > > learn the code > > > > and start > > > > > > making apps, but work and life are conspiring > > against me and > > > > devouring > > > > > > all my free time) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/* > > > > > > ====== > > > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > > > company number 6741909. 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