I wouldn't use a pc for live performance... I can just imagine bsoding in the midst of a performance On Feb 21, 2011 1:06 PM, "niko20" <[email protected]> wrote: > I own a Galaxy Tablet and I love using the thing, I use it all the > time at home for browsing, watching videos, music, etc. It's pretty > much always with me while I'm at home. > > However, one thing that was bugging me the other day was a thought I > had while contemplating adding more advanced features to my apps for > use on tablet devices. > > I write audio apps for Android, and I was thinking about new features > I could add to my apps to make them more powerful for use in "live > play", etc. But then I realized something: What is the point of it? I > mean, if a musician wanted to have a portable device with some nice > software that they could use live on stage, wouldn't they just be > better off getting a tablet PC or a small notebook? Then they could > readily grab any software, even open source free software, and use > that as their DAW or live instrument. > > I'm just not seeing a good reason to develop a "deep" functional app > for use on an android tablet when I'm wondering if it's really > "duplicating" software that would be better run from a PC. A PC that > would no doubt have much more power than the tablet ever would and > could give better features in the software anyway. > > To me developing a fairly deep app for use on a phone is worth the > time, since the phone is extremely portable and always with you, but > for a tablet? Not so sure that's a worthy investment in time or not, > especially since you have to do better optimizations since the tablet > won't have as much capability as a PC would (less memory to work with, > slower CPU, etc) > > I mean the only real advantage of a tablet is you can have a touch > screen interface with multitouch, so for some apps, yes, this is a > benefit. But for other apps that's not something that's a big deal. > > What's your guys's take on it? Is it worth trying to supply a "deep" > app for a tablet when a PC variant is readily available (and laptops > are cheaper than tablets anyway?) > > > -niko > > -- > 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. >
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