Aside from iPhone I'd expect it to become the largest smartphone OS. Time will tell wether I'm right or not ;)
Viktor, Scala Loudmouth 12 jun 2009 kl. 16.20 Joshua Marinacci <jos...@gmail.com> skrev: > Are there that many apps already? Android is still a very new > platform as well. Palm is building a device where they control the > entire user experience. They would adopt Android over their own > technology only if there were huge compelling technical advantages, > or a tremendous amount of apps and market adoption. I don't know if > that's the case. If the Pre were coming out 2 years from now the > story might be different, but today they went with the simplest way > to access the largest group of developers: JavaScript. As a > developer on a competing platform (JavaFX) I certainly hope they > will allow richer applications in the future using better a better > platform than JavaScript (since they already have a JVM), but I > completely understand why they went with pure JavaScript. > > Is there something that compelling about Android that I'm missing? > > - Josh > > On Jun 12, 2009, at 6:49 AM, Viktor Klang wrote: > >> I'd argue that being able to tap into the growing number of Android >> apps would be better than having to rely on people to rewrite apps >> for a rather small market (Palm Pre). >> It's really all about being able to increase adoption rate by >> offering a rich platform at launch. >> >> Viktor, >> Scala Loudmouth >> >> 12 jun 2009 kl. 15.27 Joshua Marinacci <jos...@gmail.com> skrev: >> >>> I'm not sure why you think it was a bad decision to not use >>> Android? Their current solution lets anyone who knows JavaScript >>> write apps for the platform? While it may be limited compared to >>> other technologies it gives them the widest number of developers. >>> >>> On Jun 12, 2009, at 12:03 AM, Viktor Klang wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Joshua Marinacci >>>> <jos...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Why us that? >>>> >>>> Developers, developer, developers developers... >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> - Josh, on the go >>>> >>>> On Jun 11, 2009, at 11:56 PM, Viktor Klang >>>> <viktor.kl...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm loving the unit, the design and hardware, but in my mind it >>>>> was a rather bad decision _not_ to use Android. >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 4:11 AM, RogerV <rog...@qwest.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> One of my developers already has the Palm PRE. I like it. Well, >>>>> for >>>>> one, I do a lot of email so a physical keyboard would be a premium >>>>> item for me. I tried out the PRE slide out keyboard and was able >>>>> to do >>>>> well with it. >>>>> >>>>> Otherwise, very iPhone-ish experience. The browser has pinch >>>>> gestures >>>>> for zoom much like iPhone Safari. >>>>> >>>>> I like the size better than iPhone too. A wee bit more compact but >>>>> perhaps with a bit more thickness than iPhone. >>>>> >>>>> This individual already had the PRE's imap email client hooked >>>>> up to >>>>> suck email off our corporate Exchange server. Our Exchange >>>>> server has >>>>> HTTPS Internet web access, but just by entering that URL, he was >>>>> able >>>>> to configure the client to do imap with Exchange. >>>>> >>>>> This individual also says it can connect to iTunes and that he can >>>>> download content - I was not aware that Apple permitted non-Apple >>>>> clients to connect to the iTunes service. Hmm. That's a biggie. Of >>>>> course there's some sort of Palm store too. Perhaps Amazon can be >>>>> hooked up as well. Not sure on that... >>>>> >>>>> And there's an app on there called SprintTV. Not sure if this >>>>> comes >>>>> bundled with Sprint service plan or if is an extra cost option. >>>>> Didn't >>>>> get into any of the particulars about service plans. >>>>> >>>>> I rather liked this phone. Hope it does well. Am tempted to dump >>>>> my >>>>> Blackberry Perl, is just that the company pays for the >>>>> blackberry and >>>>> its service plan. If I got a PRE, I'd be on my own. Same with >>>>> iPhone, >>>>> though. So I stay in my Blackberry rut. Course can't knock the >>>>> berry >>>>> when it comes to corporate email, which is my life. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Viktor Klang >>>>> Scala Loudmouth >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Viktor Klang >>>> Scala Loudmouth >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
