On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Incognito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I haven't looked at server activity in a few days, though. Since >>Monday. I'd rather wait for word than check it every 5 minutes and >>not see anything (which is depressing). > > Your words show true wisdom my fellow jedi. > > >>IPhone is the other obvious option, and >>would probably follow on the windows mobile version pretty quickly. > > You mean to say that the IPhone is going to be released with the > windows mobile operating system? >
No. I mean that if I was going to do more than one platform, #2 would be IPhone. The frustrating thing is how fragmented the phone application world is. Wimo needs one language/platform. IPhone has its own. JME tries to be portable, but it is significantly different on each platform. Then, of course, Android. Then all the others I'm not even looking at (Palm, Simbian, etc). > >>I've been looking at windows >>mobile, actually. As unsexy as it is, the barrier to entry is pretty >>low, the development tools are fairly mature, and the platform is in a >>lot of phones. > > I may consider this platform too. Must do some research first. > >>JME seems fragmented. > > Is really more the issue of having to test it on every single device. > However, I don't think that windows or android can escape that fate. > Yeah. You have to test on many phones, but it seems like JME is much worse with regards to that. Its not just display size differences. The interface controls, menus, dialogs, etc differ from platform to platform. I find Microsoft, and windows, annoying in that its a very top-down design philosophy. "Bill makes, the world takes" sort of thing. But in certain cases, it works. This looks like one of them. I think Android could be a great platform in a couple years, but if an app releases into the woods and there's nobody there to install it, its hard to get started. Winning the contest bridges that gap to some degree. There won't be a lot of Android phones, but EVERY ONE will see and hear about your app. Plus, you know. Some cash to pay the rent while you're waiting for the masses to show. > > On May 8, 10:05 am, "Kev Gman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I've been trying to figure that out. I've been looking at windows >> mobile, actually. As unsexy as it is, the barrier to entry is pretty >> low, the development tools are fairly mature, and the platform is in a >> lot of phones. JME seems fragmented. JavaFX feels like vaporware, or >> at least wait-and-see-ware. IPhone is the other obvious option, and >> would probably follow on the windows mobile version pretty quickly. >> However, the choice is coming down to the fact that I have a windows >> mobile phone, and C# seems easier to pick up than Objective-C. That, >> and you don't need to deal with the "store". On top of that, there >> was mention of either a 3rd party selling a tool to convert java to >> native IPhone code, and of Sun implementing something on the IPhone. >> I'd rather work on the winmo version and let that play out for a >> couple months and see where its going. >> >> I was going to put a lot of effort into the round two of this contest, >> but I've mentioned ad nauseam my issues with the testing process. Dan >> M basically said to hold on and all will be explained, or whatever, so >> I wait. From what I've seen, though, it doesn't appear that the >> judges reviewed the apps very much, which would make round 2 a dubious >> venture. >> >> I haven't looked at server activity in a few days, though. Since >> Monday. I'd rather wait for word than check it every 5 minutes and >> not see anything (which is depressing). >> >> >> >> On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 8:30 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > If the SDK will let me show what I want to show i.e. no more 19% and >> > plays audio on Vista. I will continue. >> >> > The favorite part of my work is listening to way out ideas, or dreams, >> > and showing that they are within reach and can be realized, even with >> > finite resources. The Android SDK and emulator let folks show >> > feasibilty in the world of mobile phones. >> >> > It is like all the promotion around what the iphone can do, except >> > with less emphasis on enterprise/games... Things will happen in this >> > arena and android is the best vehicle if you need network effects and >> > cooperative personalities. >> >> > On May 7, 11:45 pm, jazz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > I for one am seriously thinking of putting my Android project on hold >> > > until I see some valid market momentum after Android has been released >> > > to the general public. Until then, any of my effort would be futile. >> > > What are your plans options? iPhone, Winmo, or anything?- Hide quoted >> > > text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" 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/android-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
