Must be that 4G network his Android can deliver that is just too fast for the mail servers. I bet you don't have that problem with the iPhone 3g service. LOL!
________________________________ From: Rob Alexander <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 5:07 PM Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Non-Gator related... Dude, where do you get the wacky idea that iOS has only a 'select few' developers? It costs $99 / year to be in their program and that includes all the development tools. I'm pretty sure that doesn't shut out anyone with an interest in the platform. And that makes sense, when you think of it, since it took more than a select few developers to write the 425,000 apps in the app store. iOS developers are neither select nor few, but they do have to meet rigid quality and content requirements to get their apps accepted in the store. And, yeah, I agree with you about Apple being control freaks about the software they accept. They have a clear vision of what they want the platform to be, and they aren't flexible about it if you have a different vision (especially if your vision is that it would be cool to put out a Trojan horse that looks like a Netflix app). I do agree with the article and you that one of the disadvantages of an open architecture is fragmentation. I experienced that with the Windows Mobile platform and it was very frustrating. You never knew for sure whether a particular app would work on a given model, and you were at the mercy of your handset maker and carrier about whether you were ever going to see an OS upgrade. With iOS, even the 2 1/2 year old iPhone 3GS just got the iOS 5 upgrade that came out last week. I disagree with the article, though, in it's implication that this is going to make people abandon the Android platform. You live with the problems of fragmentation. We live with the lack of customization that comes with a locked down system. It's all about trade-offs and different people will value different things. There's plenty of room in the market for lots of different approaches. Rob P.S. I like the Android feature on Leon's new phone that automatically sends four copies of every email, just in case any of them get lost on the way. <LOL> Sent from my iPad On Oct 18, 2011, at 7:18 AM, "Randy Lyons" <[email protected]> wrote: Good article and accurate for the most part, however, she is describing the problems inherent in any system with “open architecture”. Yes, it opens the door for MANY more developers to get involved, but that can lead to a lack of organization. On one extreme you have Apple being the supreme “control freak” by locking everyone but a select few out and on the other end of the spectrum, you have the Android people running in circles. Meanwhile, Blackberry sits quietly in the corner grinding to a halt while it dies a slow death. What to do? I like to keep moving even if it’s in circles. J > >Randy > >From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >Of Badrish >Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 6:53 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [gatortalk] Non-Gator related... > >...just for general >knowledge: http://ct.cnet-ssa.cnet.com/clicks?t=1102771135-c43df5665d3e4530b5efe75dd805093f-bf&brand=CNET-SSA&s=5 > >I am neither an iPhone nor Android person...but a BB user (that too...company >given!), so there is no hidden agenda here :-) > >-BadMan >-- >GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! >1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions >2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions >2008 National Football Champions | >Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), >Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- >GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! >1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions >2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions >2008 National Football Champions | >Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), >Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
