We don't! My pathetic little phone can only squeeze out a single copy of each email I send. I tell you what... I'm going to complain to Apple about this!
Rob Sent from my iPad On Oct 18, 2011, at 5:20 PM, Scott Lucas <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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