I don't know. Palm has some really great people on board. They basically had the iPhone with the Treo if they had continued to develop it instead of letting it sit for 5 years. Fortunately their new CEO is the guy who made them scrap everything and build the Pre, so I'd say they have a bright future ahead of them.
- Josh On Jun 12, 2009, at 7:32 AM, Viktor Klang wrote: > Aside from iPhone I'd expect it to become the largest smartphone OS. > > Time will tell wether I'm right or not ;) > > Viktor, > Scala Loudmouth > > 12 jun 2009 kl. 16.20 Joshua Marinacci <[email protected]> skrev: > >> Are there that many apps already? Android is still a very new >> platform as well. Palm is building a device where they control the >> entire user experience. They would adopt Android over their own >> technology only if there were huge compelling technical advantages, >> or a tremendous amount of apps and market adoption. I don't know if >> that's the case. If the Pre were coming out 2 years from now the >> story might be different, but today they went with the simplest way >> to access the largest group of developers: JavaScript. As a >> developer on a competing platform (JavaFX) I certainly hope they >> will allow richer applications in the future using better a better >> platform than JavaScript (since they already have a JVM), but I >> completely understand why they went with pure JavaScript. >> >> Is there something that compelling about Android that I'm missing? >> >> - Josh >> >> On Jun 12, 2009, at 6:49 AM, Viktor Klang wrote: >> >>> I'd argue that being able to tap into the growing number of >>> Android apps would be better than having to rely on people to >>> rewrite apps for a rather small market (Palm Pre). >>> It's really all about being able to increase adoption rate by >>> offering a rich platform at launch. >>> >>> Viktor, >>> Scala Loudmouth >>> >>> 12 jun 2009 kl. 15.27 Joshua Marinacci <[email protected]> skrev: >>> >>>> I'm not sure why you think it was a bad decision to not use >>>> Android? Their current solution lets anyone who knows JavaScript >>>> write apps for the platform? While it may be limited compared to >>>> other technologies it gives them the widest number of developers. >>>> >>>> On Jun 12, 2009, at 12:03 AM, Viktor Klang wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Joshua Marinacci <[email protected] >>>>> > wrote: >>>>> Why us that? >>>>> >>>>> Developers, developer, developers developers... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> - Josh, on the go >>>>> >>>>> On Jun 11, 2009, at 11:56 PM, Viktor Klang >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I'm loving the unit, the design and hardware, but in my mind it >>>>>> was a rather bad decision _not_ to use Android. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 4:11 AM, RogerV <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> One of my developers already has the Palm PRE. I like it. Well, >>>>>> for >>>>>> one, I do a lot of email so a physical keyboard would be a >>>>>> premium >>>>>> item for me. I tried out the PRE slide out keyboard and was >>>>>> able to do >>>>>> well with it. >>>>>> >>>>>> Otherwise, very iPhone-ish experience. The browser has pinch >>>>>> gestures >>>>>> for zoom much like iPhone Safari. >>>>>> >>>>>> I like the size better than iPhone too. A wee bit more compact >>>>>> but >>>>>> perhaps with a bit more thickness than iPhone. >>>>>> >>>>>> This individual already had the PRE's imap email client hooked >>>>>> up to >>>>>> suck email off our corporate Exchange server. Our Exchange >>>>>> server has >>>>>> HTTPS Internet web access, but just by entering that URL, he >>>>>> was able >>>>>> to configure the client to do imap with Exchange. >>>>>> >>>>>> This individual also says it can connect to iTunes and that he >>>>>> can >>>>>> download content - I was not aware that Apple permitted non-Apple >>>>>> clients to connect to the iTunes service. Hmm. That's a biggie. >>>>>> Of >>>>>> course there's some sort of Palm store too. Perhaps Amazon can be >>>>>> hooked up as well. Not sure on that... >>>>>> >>>>>> And there's an app on there called SprintTV. Not sure if this >>>>>> comes >>>>>> bundled with Sprint service plan or if is an extra cost option. >>>>>> Didn't >>>>>> get into any of the particulars about service plans. >>>>>> >>>>>> I rather liked this phone. Hope it does well. Am tempted to >>>>>> dump my >>>>>> Blackberry Perl, is just that the company pays for the >>>>>> blackberry and >>>>>> its service plan. If I got a PRE, I'd be on my own. Same with >>>>>> iPhone, >>>>>> though. So I stay in my Blackberry rut. Course can't knock the >>>>>> berry >>>>>> when it comes to corporate email, which is my life. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Viktor Klang >>>>>> Scala Loudmouth >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Viktor Klang >>>>> Scala Loudmouth >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
