A few people have mentioned developing loadstone for the android platform.
This could happen at some later date but at the moment there's some problems
with this idea.
The first is the same as developing for the iphone, if there's no money for
apple hardware then there's also no money for android hardware. Even if
they're cheaper android phones still aren't free and since our fundraiser
currently sits at 0 I guess that pretty much rules out a port to anything.
So much for the power of social media.
The other big problem with the android platform is accessibility. In pretty
much every comparison I've been able to find accessibility in android seems
to lag quite far behind the iphone. Some of this is probably a matter of
opinion but it seems to be a consistant theme. I imagine as time goes on
this will change, hopefully.
The other problem could be the developer tools. I actually had a look at
this a couple years ago and it looked like it might be very hard if not
impossible for a blind person to use the android sdk and tools. Maybe this
has changed since but I haven't been able to find any documentation about
this one way or another.
As for android being more popular, that also seems to be a matter of opinion
or maybe where you live. Strangely enough I don't know a single person that
has an android phone. I wish I did so I could get a look at one and compare
the accessibility.
On Sun, 4 Oct 2015, Jacob Kruger wrote:
I'll also put in my 2c - android is definitely made use of in a lot more of
the regions of the world other than the USA, etc., and entry level android
phones cost less than 10% of the price of an iPhone, but anyway.
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
"Roger Wilco wants to welcome you...to the space janitor's closet..."
----- Original Message ----- From: "Emanuel Boboiu" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2015 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Loadstone] Loadstone for iPhone fundraiser
For iPhone there is already Blind Square.
As a perspective, Android will be used on more and more devices, people in
less developed countries afford it.
Manu
-----Original Message----- From: Tilakprasad Joshi
Sent: Saturday, October 3, 2015 5:23 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Loadstone] Loadstone for iPhone fundraiser
Dear Shawn,
Indeed it’s a good initiative and I am sure there will be lot of
helpful hands at the same time please keep in mind Android Platform
because majority of people are using android because its
affordability.
Warm Regards,
Tilak.
On 10/3/15, Shawn Kirkpatrick <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello list.
We would like to start working on a port of Loadstone to the iPhone. To
that
end I've set up a gofundme page at: https://www.gofundme.com/loadstone-gps
to try to raise the needed funds. Please feel free to share this link as
widely as possible and of course donate. The sooner enough funds are
raised
the sooner development can start.
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