never got to here the outspoken voice, any demos of it? haha On Mar 20, 2009, at 8:38 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote:
> > 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 >> pi...@mcubedsw.com >> >> >> 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? >> >> >>> > > > > Michael Babcock GW Hosting, Your Dedicated Home On The Web Phone: +1-888-272-3555, ext 54121 email: michael.babc...@gwhosting.net administrative e-mail: ad...@gwhosting.net url: http://gwhosting.net --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
