Alex wouldn't even have to run on these devices, I would gladly settle for something like the Fred voice or the old macintalk voice that Outspoken used, anyone remember that? On Mar 20, 2009, at 6:58 PM, Martin Pilkington wrote:
> I think it isn't as much a case of the processor not being up to it, > the processor in the iPhone and iPod touch isn't that much less > powerful than the lowest processor Tiger could run on. Running Alex > may require more processing power though. The big issue is > interaction. There is no physical keyboard and no concept of hover, > the multi touch screen is very much a look and touch interaction > model. What would change this somewhat is a haptic feedback screen > that would let you feel around for buttons. > > As for the RAM, the iPhone and iPod touch have 128MB of RAM, but > developers really only get about 64MB to play around with. > > --------------------------------- > Martin Pilkington > Writer of Weird Symbols > [email protected] > > > On 20 Mar 2009, at 5:28 am, Chris Blouch wrote: > >> The actual processor and RAM footpring might not >> be up to the task. This could explain the great lengths used to avoid >> multiple concurrent apps and the whole push notification system. >> What if >> they really only had 128MB to work with? > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" 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/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
