On Jan 27, 8:46 pm, Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Vince O'Sullivan > <[email protected]>wrote: > > Needed but not sufficient. To date all the "interesting smart-phone > > stuff" happens on the iPhone first and often only. I'm not aware of a > > contrary case on the Android > > Off the top of my head, I would pick Navigation and NFC as two obvious > counter examples to your claim. There are many more.
These are good examples, but they are examples of functionality provided with the phone. What I meant (but didn't properly write) by "interesting stuff" was third party apps. All the interesting third party apps are developed first - and often only - for the iPhone. How long have Android phones had NFC (I even had to look up what it was) and how many apps use it? Maybe a dozen tops. If the next version of the IPhone includes NFC then everyone will know about it and you can guarantee that with there will be scores of apps within weeks that use it; for selling stuff, for exchanging data, for games, for paying for stuff, for identifying people, etc., etc. The iPhone development sphere is vibrant in the way that the Android world can only dream of. Its development environment and phone facilities (and market share) may lag behind Android but the apps - in terms of quantity, quality, variety, innovation and desirability - don't. -- 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.
