"One thing I give Apple a lot of respect for is that they don't produce apps to compete with the developers they are trying to encourage to use their platform"
No they just dont let any applications through their review process that infringes on existing or future Apple released functionality. Ergo you dont see applications that compete with Apple because they never get released, so it looks like Apple dont produce applications that compete. On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 10:01 AM, mike quinn <[email protected]>wrote: > My personal view is that this kind of competition is a good thing, it will > hopefully make developers produce products that have unique selling points > and "look" professional. > > All things being equal though, in terms of functionality and look, I would > probably go with Google > > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Andreas Kostyrka <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Am Thu, 9 Apr 2009 08:37:02 +0100 >> schrieb "Al Sutton" <[email protected]>: >> >> What did you expect? And it's not exactly competing, it's open source, >> and so by definition more valueable, because people can check it's >> working. Closed-Source Crypto software is, by definition, fishy. >> >> Andreas >> >> >> > >> > http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2009/04/secrets-for-android.html >> > >> > And >> > >> > http://www.openintents.org/en/node/205 >> > (which was previously http://code.google.com/p/android-passwordsafe/) >> > >> > http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.splashidandroid >> > >> > http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.alienmanfc6.passwordvault >> > >> > http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.android.keepass >> > >> > It would seem that even products where Google don't have a current >> > equivalent product could be at risk of getting rolled on by the Google >> > machine. >> > >> > Al. >> > >> > --- >> > >> > * Written an Android App? - List it at http://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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
