2009/5/26 andisu <[email protected]>:
>
> Thank you Peter for that information. I am thinking of getting a
> smartphone in near future but have not decided yet which system.
> To run mnemosyne on it would certainly be quite attractive.
> G1 is my favorite, but I am open to others as well.

Yes, the G1 runs Android I believe? NTT Docomo will soon release an
Android-based phone in Japan (where I am) - unfortunately not knowing
this, I got an iPhone recently (mainly because it was free with a
contract) and am very very disappointed. You have to pay Apple US$99
per year just for the privilege of writing applications for your own
device. Had I done my research, I would have known about the imminent
NTT phone and the development license but... too late now. Softbank
wouldn't take it back (even though it's been only a week) so I'm now
stuck with a platform that I'm not really keen on developing for. Open
source on the iPhone is practically dead, probably because developers
have to pay to develop for it.

So... now that I have it I'm not sure if I'll work on an iPhone client
because I'll have to shell out US$99 to do it. I'm tempted to cut my
losses and cancel to get the Android phone later (although this would
be a big waste of money, obviously), wait until Softbank release an
Android phone (which they may) and switch to that (still costly, but
not as much as canceling) or wait until an Android PDA or some similar
portable, not-to-expensive device comes along and get that.

All in all, I learned a valuable lesson in being patient with
phone/contract purchases. Oh well.

Robert

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