Comments on: Google Phone in January 2010? http://www.macgasm.net/2009/12/13/google-phone-in-january-2010/ Apple Tips, Apple News, Apple Everything. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: EMILY FIGUEROA http://www.macgasm.net/2009/12/13/google-phone-in-january-2010/#comment-18350 EMILY FIGUEROA Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:30:34 +0000 http://www.macgasm.net/?p=10747#comment-18350 Wow!This is a very nice post.I am learning a lot from this one<a href="http://hubpages.com/hub/GOOGLE-ANDROIDS-Dominating-the-Mobile-World-with-Google-Androids" rel="nofollow">.</a>Very informative. Looking forward for your new post. Thank you very much! Wow!This is a very nice post.I am learning a lot from this one.Very informative. Looking forward for your new post. Thank you very much!

]]> By: lmjabreu http://www.macgasm.net/2009/12/13/google-phone-in-january-2010/#comment-16946 lmjabreu Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:06:38 +0000 http://www.macgasm.net/?p=10747#comment-16946 Do you have any experience developing apps for iPhone/Android? Though so, peace. Do you have any experience developing apps for iPhone/Android?

Though so, peace.

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]]> By: Sofia Fontes http://www.macgasm.net/2009/12/13/google-phone-in-january-2010/#comment-10850 Sofia Fontes Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:52:42 +0000 http://www.macgasm.net/?p=10747#comment-10850 But with the iPhone people can always upgrade to the latest OS, which is available for everyone. It's not the same with Android: 2.0 is only available for the Droid if I'm not mistaken. So if an app is built for 2.0 and only runs on 2.0 a consumer with the Eris for example has no choice but to wait until Android 2.0 is available for his specific handset. Someone with the iPhone doesn't have that problem, they can always run the latest OS and its apps (except when there's hardware limitations of course). Yes, it's true that developers should always try to make their apps backwards-compatible but that is not always possible. But with the iPhone people can always upgrade to the latest OS, which is available for everyone. It’s not the same with Android: 2.0 is only available for the Droid if I’m not mistaken.

So if an app is built for 2.0 and only runs on 2.0 a consumer with the Eris for example has no choice but to wait until Android 2.0 is available for his specific handset. Someone with the iPhone doesn’t have that problem, they can always run the latest OS and its apps (except when there’s hardware limitations of course).

Yes, it’s true that developers should always try to make their apps backwards-compatible but that is not always possible.

]]> By: Corey Harris http://www.macgasm.net/2009/12/13/google-phone-in-january-2010/#comment-10849 Corey Harris Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:39:38 +0000 http://www.macgasm.net/?p=10747#comment-10849 The same is true with the iPhone as with Android. When a new SDK is available you need to start using the new SDK. Many developers immediately start using the new SDK as soon as it is out, If a developer does that, their application will work on all platforms. If today I built an iPhone app using the iPhone 2.1 SDK it would not work on any iPhone that is upgraded to 3.0. However if the iPhone 4.0 SDK came out today, I would develop my application with that and it would work all the way down. Backwards compatibility is built into the SDK's. It is up to the developers to stop having sloppy code and to use the latest SDK. I have 1.5 on my HTC Hero. I run applications that are built on the android 2.0 SDK. That is how these things work, Especially in todays rapid moving technological world. The same is true with the iPhone as with Android. When a new SDK is available you need to start using the new SDK. Many developers immediately start using the new SDK as soon as it is out, If a developer does that, their application will work on all platforms. If today I built an iPhone app using the iPhone 2.1 SDK it would not work on any iPhone that is upgraded to 3.0. However if the iPhone 4.0 SDK came out today, I would develop my application with that and it would work all the way down. Backwards compatibility is built into the SDK’s. It is up to the developers to stop having sloppy code and to use the latest SDK. I have 1.5 on my HTC Hero. I run applications that are built on the android 2.0 SDK. That is how these things work, Especially in todays rapid moving technological world.

]]> By: Sofia Fontes http://www.macgasm.net/2009/12/13/google-phone-in-january-2010/#comment-10847 Sofia Fontes Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:53:16 +0000 http://www.macgasm.net/?p=10747#comment-10847 I know that Android is Android but the difficulty comes from the fact that different devices have different versions of Android available. The Droid was released with 2.0 and the Eris, which came out around the same time, will only get it around 2010. That causes compatibility issues in terms of apps and makes life harder for developers and for the consumer. There were also a lot of complaints from developers with the compatibility issues between 1.5 and 1.6. With the iPhone is different, when a new OS update comes out it comes out for all the devices. I know that Android is Android but the difficulty comes from the fact that different devices have different versions of Android available. The Droid was released with 2.0 and the Eris, which came out around the same time, will only get it around 2010. That causes compatibility issues in terms of apps and makes life harder for developers and for the consumer. There were also a lot of complaints from developers with the compatibility issues between 1.5 and 1.6.

With the iPhone is different, when a new OS update comes out it comes out for all the devices.

]]> By: Corey Harris http://www.macgasm.net/2009/12/13/google-phone-in-january-2010/#comment-10846 Corey Harris Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:18:24 +0000 http://www.macgasm.net/?p=10747#comment-10846 When it comes to android, android users are just as passionate about their android phones as apple users are to their iPhones. I have both an android device and an iPhone. I prefer my android device over the iPhone though. Were I don't see a big deal with the "Google Phone" I think android users are excited because they finally get to see googles full take on the platform. That being said, many developers are going to android because their isn't so much an issue with support for the phones, they main thing they really need to add for support is for the customized builds of the platform, that really isn't necessary though either. Android is Android where ever it is, on any phone. The advantage of having so many android devices comes from being able to actually pick out a phone that is right for you instead of what one company wants you to have like apple does with it's iPhone. Android is really built around the user and usability and for the user to be able to completely customize, which is not able to do on an iPhone. The market place is growing, and growing fast, it is easier to develop for android, and if a fix is out for an application on android, you get it immediately. There is no middle man when it comes to apps in the market place, no approval process. I can talk about android all day. I love it, But I think the google phone is over rated and will be way over hyped, just like the apple "Tablet" is being way over hyped, if we even see a tablet from apple. When it comes to android, android users are just as passionate about their android phones as apple users are to their iPhones. I have both an android device and an iPhone. I prefer my android device over the iPhone though. Were I don’t see a big deal with the “Google Phone” I think android users are excited because they finally get to see googles full take on the platform.

That being said, many developers are going to android because their isn’t so much an issue with support for the phones, they main thing they really need to add for support is for the customized builds of the platform, that really isn’t necessary though either. Android is Android where ever it is, on any phone. The advantage of having so many android devices comes from being able to actually pick out a phone that is right for you instead of what one company wants you to have like apple does with it’s iPhone. Android is really built around the user and usability and for the user to be able to completely customize, which is not able to do on an iPhone.

The market place is growing, and growing fast, it is easier to develop for android, and if a fix is out for an application on android, you get it immediately. There is no middle man when it comes to apps in the market place, no approval process.

I can talk about android all day. I love it, But I think the google phone is over rated and will be way over hyped, just like the apple “Tablet” is being way over hyped, if we even see a tablet from apple.

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