I agree. The Google VP who preaches that "a browser is enough to run any kind of app" is invited to create a phone backup or a dialer enhancement and then generate revenue from ads. I doubt he has an Android phone himself. The assumption that a phone is just a scaled down PC is clueless, as any heavy mobile user can attest.
On Jul 18, 8:38 pm, JP <[email protected]> wrote: > In my mind it is totally premature to abandon native apps and the > Market. As far as mobile apps are concerned, native apps are the only > viable way to leverage mobile apps into platform market share for > years to come. It is a mistake not to at least give it a better shot, > and to leverage the Android API that gives Android a competitive edge > into putting the crowd of devs into a position to bridge the gap. > That's an obvious approach to me, as other platforms are struggling to > shoehorn app development into their given coordinate systems. At any > rate, this kind of approach will chase devs away from Android, right > into the arms of Apple, all the while browser based app development > remains elusive. It only takes a quick checkup of Google Maps API 3 to > find that the mobile side just isn't there, and might never will be. > Similar things can be said about HTML 5. In the end, this strategy > might turn against Android itself, as devs have defected to Apple, > allowing Apple to gain increasing market share. By the time Google > could point to a viable ecosystem of browser based apps, it might > already be irrelevant to Google (read: Android gone, at least on > handsets). > > Another issue that the panelists that support the all-out browser > argument, at least to me, underestimate, are the challenges that the > constraints of carrier spectrum, coverage and ground capacity put on > mobile apps. Given the current progress, it will takes years, perhaps > a decade, for networks to support an all out web browser based > approach, at least here in the US. > > On Jul 18, 2:28 am, "Eric Wong (hdmp4.com)" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Great article but I doubt that will actually happen anytime soon. > > > Even if that becomes true, there is always a reason that a locally > > installed apk is required. E.g. patchy 3G coverage. > > > I think it is more like Google do not see themselves making much > > profit through Android Market. Hence, not willing to put more > > resources on it. > > > Cheers > > Eric > > > On Jul 18, 5:19 pm, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >http://blogs.ft.com/techblog/2009/07/app-stores-are-not-the-future-sa... > > > > Sounds like they're not committed to Markets future. > > > > 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. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
