I guess you've forgotten about the young man who was arrested while visiting in Egypt. He had enough time to send a twitter comment that he had been arrested. His professor and some friends from Stanford saw the tweet and arranged to get him help. I'm sure if I was that guy, I'd think twitter was the shiznit. To each his own lb, just remember that.
On Jul 17, 10:03 am, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: > In use, sure, as a corporate marketing BS word. It really doesn't have > any other use. > > And clearly you aren't understanding something about #3... It is a > waste of space, so if you want it, install it yourself. There's no > reason to force crap like that on people who don't want or use it. SMS/ > MMS = obsolete and expensive. twitter/facebook = pure and absolute > garbage with no beneficial use whatsoever, likely a BARRIER to corp > adoption due to potential for abuse. I certainly wouldn't want my > employees wasting time on that crap when they're supposed to be > working, and NO, most business aren't going to go off and build their > own system. > > On Jul 17, 10:18 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > lb you really need to chill out and do some research; Synergy is a word > > that's been in use since the mid 1600's and refers to the co-operative > > action of two or more components. > > > As for your point 3, it's nice that you share your views, but they are your > > views and many others find SMS/MMS/Twitter/Facebook useful. > > > Al. > > -- > > > * Written an Android App? - List it athttp://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. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of lbcoder > > Sent: 17 July 2009 15:10 > > To: Android Discuss > > Subject: [android-discuss] Re: make the best software > > > Well, to address your concerns; > > > 1) synergy is a nonsense word -- it is a marketing B.S. word with no > > meaning. > > 2) you obviously don't know anything about android if you think it > > doesn't multitask. Learn how to use it and it is great. There are two > > big things to think about regarding multitasking... there are > > activities and there are services. Activities are typically UI > > elements and thus, if that activity isn't in the foreground, there is > > no reason for it to be active. Services run in the background. If you > > want to develop a program capable of demonstrating high multitasking, > > you develop it as a service and develop an activity to interface with > > it, that way the application continues to operate in the background > > when you close the UI. Of course, many applications aren't designed > > for background operation, and that is simply a choice of the developer > > (i.e., there may be no reason for the app to run in the background) > > and not a reflection of the platform. > > 3) Yeah, it wouldn't be too bad if the contact email address linked up > > with the email apps a little more strongly. Don't see any reason to > > worry about sms/mms nonsense though when you have full email > > capabilities -- they really are pointless. Facebook and twitter > > nonsense crap should absolutely be KEPT OUT. I don't want that crap > > anywhere near my phone, so if you really want them, add third party > > apps. > > 4) You seem to have missed the app labelled as "Google Talk" -- that > > is a native IM app. > > > On Jul 17, 7:28 am, sonisoe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > well its easy, i guess... adapt palm-pre synergy and multi-tasking > > > convenience, and what htc hero or the rumored sony-ericsson rachael is > > > doing ie. communication convenience (you see a contact, and you can > > > easily see your communications with him/her be it sms, mms, email, > > > even facebook status, and twitter, i dont know about im though... even > > > i think htc & SE are already doing what palm pre is doing to some > > > extent ie. importing a contact's facebook photo to the contact dbase > > > on the handset)... oh one more thing i like about the palm pre is that > > > native instant messaging app... you dont have to install an IM app, > > > it's already part of the communication app and i think this IM app > > > autmatically checks if your buddies are online...- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
