On Feb 1, 3:48 pm, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> wrote:
> I want to be able to write my own Java and Scala apps for the device, and
> install them painlessly.
> In fact, I want to be able to use it for any content I already own
> AND for flash video.
AFAIK, you can't do that with any phone right now. Flash Player 10.1
is supposed to come for anything but the iPhone this year, so you may
be able to have Flash video in a couple of months. I don't know what
content you own, but with DRM you may be out of luck on any phone, too
(e.g., music subscription services or video streaming). Finally, I
don't think you can just run your Java/Scala program on any phone
right now, either.
> Oh, what happend to the ideal world? The only people doing a good job with
> multi-touch have priced the patent too high for others to use. Within this
> space we have an incumbent with a near monopoly, and they use that to stop
> me doing what I want with hardware and content that I have purchased and
> should be able to use freely.
Based on market share, Apple is number three in smartphones (after
Nokia and RIM), so I wouldn't call them a monopoly. And as long as
you have DRM, you have lock-in for content (try playing your Zune
subscription music service on an Android phone or watch an Amazon on
demand video on a Nokia phone). Each platform has restrictions, none
allow you to do everything - the bucket stops with the apps which are
non-transferrable, so all platforms are "dictatorships" in your world
since you can't run, say, an Android app on a Blackberry or a Windows
Mobile app on Android. But then you could argue that Apple is the
most benevolent dictator since they force you to chose from 140,000
apps where as Android forces you to chose from just 25,000... ;-)
But I give you that Apple is more control-freakish and closed with
their iPhone / iPad / iPhone touch platforms than, say, Android. If
you don't like this, then buy something else and experience their
restrictions ("I want a decent desktop media/PIM sync out of the box
with Android but the Google dictator just wants me to sync with the
cloud!"). That's why it's good to have Android around since it will
hopefully force Apple to open up - and the continued success of the
iPhone will hopefully push Google to have an iTunes-like program as an
option.
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