> My guess is that android based phones over time will be about > performance first
On the contrary, therein lies Android's Achilles Heel. The UX on Android phones will rely on these factors: 1. Back-end service hardware 2. Back-end service software 3. Front-end client hardware 4. Front-end client OS 5. Front-end client apps 6. Carrier network 7. Third party hw/sw/services Remember, Google's declared mission is to have Android run on all kinds of mobile devices, even beyond cell phones. Apple developers know what the operational variables they have to deal with are, Android developers have little idea. We could easily be back to the era of Windows supporting 3,968 sound cards 1,876 video boards and 4,423 print drivers, million legacy codebases, bugs, etc. That's the price you pay for ubiquity, a la Vista. So Google perhaps can control #1, #2 and #4, but beyond that they are at the mercy of "partners." Good luck with that UX approach. -- Kontra http://counternotions.com ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
