I agree with what Peter said.
On 2 May 2013 16:40, Peter Ingham <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with Joylon's comments in other forums. > > Some guesses based on previous EMB history: it will be 12 months until we > see an Android version (XE5). Which will prove to be very raw. When a > usable version comes out in XE6, XE5 Android support will then be claimed > to be a "technology preview". You can also expect that some excuse will be > found for you to need to pay extra all the way along the treadmill. > > Like Joylon, I fell for the marketing material that came out with XE2, > expecting that for the upgrade price I would receive (within 6 months or > so) a product that would provide support for Win32/Win64/IOS/Android. > "Bait and Switch" by any other name. > > I've been a supporter of Delphi for a long time, and have bought many > upgrades over the years. All the recent upgrades I've purchased have * > never* used for other than minor experimental code, whilst their newer > licensing mechanisms remain a pain in the rear. > > I certainly won't be holding my breath and watching 1000's of other > developers grabbing market share whilst waiting, and waiting for EMB to > actually ship the product they promised as XE2. > > > Regards > > On 2/05/2013 3:56 p.m., Jeremy Coulter wrote: > > I have Basic for Android which is super cool, and good support plus other > nice things.....but the idea of using the same (or at least close to) code > for iOS and android IS appealing. > > > On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Leigh Wanstead > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Why not program in Java which is free offered by Google? It is fun to >> program in a different language other than Delphi. >> If you want the speed, you can program in C#. I am writing code in C for >> android which is free too using ndk-build. :-) >> >> Just my 2 cents >> >> Regards >> Leigh >> >> >> On 2 May 2013 15:47, Jeremy North <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I suspect no one will tell you publicly. Perhaps contact one of the >>> members of devrel directly. >>> >>> It would be nice to see a road map. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Jeremy Coulter <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Hi All. >>>> I have had a look around and I am looking for SOME sort of idea when >>>> EMB. are looking at releasing the Android stuff? I am trying to decide >>>> whether or not to buy the Software assurance for the Support & >>>> Maintenance - Mobile Add-On Pack for Delphi XE4 Professional which I >>>> am about to buy. >>>> Anyone offer any time frames - roughly. if its not in the next 12 mths >>>> I wont bother. >>>> >>>> Thanks, Jeremy >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list >>>> Post: [email protected] >>>> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi >>>> Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] >>>> Subject: unsubscribe >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list >>> Post: [email protected] >>> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi >>> Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with >>> Subject: unsubscribe >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list >> Post: [email protected] >> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi >> Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with >> Subject: unsubscribe >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: [email protected] > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with > Subject: unsubscribe > > > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: [email protected] > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with > Subject: unsubscribe >
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