I do feel that Android has been keeping a very close eye on iPhone and if you look at the hardware that got included on G1 (touch screen, accelerometer, marketplace), I think we can all agree that the Google engineers have done a fantastic job implementing the best features of iPhone.
Most comparisons on web are between Android and iPhone, not between Android and Blackberry, although the latter exists as well. So with all this great hardware available on Android, its a shame that quality games are still looking some way off. I know we don't all play games, but we all want our platform to flourish. And many of us want to sell apps on Android to supplement income (I am actually an app developer, not a game developer). But if people making purchasing decisions are all buying iPhones because the feeling is there are no good games on Android, this will affect the rest of the platform, and the market for selling apps will be much smaller - it is this last point that concerns me personally. On Mar 30, 2:03 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] wrote: > > Can Android compete in a smartphone marketplace if the games are just > > not there? > > Yes. > > There is no doubt that iPhone is an entertainment device first and > foremost based on app sales: > > http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/03/books-is-the-fastest-growing-categor... > > However, iPhone isn't the only mobile OS in town, and I do not get the > sense the other mobile platforms are quite so dependent upon > entertainment for their success. I'd love to see charts akin to the ones > in the post linked to above for Symbian and Blackberry, for example. > > If you have links to such data, please post it! > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 2.0 Available! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
