Comments on: In a Nutshell, The Android Problem: Totally Forked

By: atish

atish — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:40:00 +0000

In simple language iPhone 5 is a iPhone 4S with a smaller prettier
casing. I loved the 4S switched go a Galaxy S3 and was horrified when I
got the iPhone 5. I expect Apple to put out something better with each
release but this phone re-invents the wheel. I’ve had my iPhone 5 for
less than 6 hours and am taking it back. Apple will have to prove
itself to get me back after such a let down. A bigger screen, different
camera and pretty metal covering is not innovation. It’s what you do
to your entertainment center. They even used some of the old standard
ringtones from the 4S. That’s just plain lazy for a phone with speakers
as nice as the iPhone 5′s. If you think your missing out on something
you’re not unless you like the paying more for the same thing then it’s
perfect. regards http://mobileinindia.in

By: johnbattelle

johnbattelle — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:17:00 +0000

OK, mixing my metaphors here.

By: Duarte Molha

Duarte Molha — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:10:00 +0000

This is not regarding developers… it is regarding your choice of phone. That is what your post was about wasn’t it??!
Developers can still develop using the sdk targeting the normal Android… it does not make a difference if you are running Sense, Touchwise, Motorola Blur, cyanogenmod or plain vanila Android…

By: johnbattelle

johnbattelle — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:52:00 +0000

“choose a phone with a unlocked bootloader and install Cyanogenmod”

Dude, wtf is a developer to do when they have to expect their base to do THAT?! That’s utterly foreign to mere mortals.

By: Duarte Molha

Duarte Molha — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 18:37:00 +0000

Again …wrong… It is not only a huge exaggeration it is simply wrong!
Are you going to say there are 500 linux OS’s because there are 500 distributions out there?
There are 4 Android OS version on the market. OEM’s and Phone companies make changes to the look and feel of the OS and many unfortunately add crappware that nobody wants to their phones … but that does not constitute a different OS.

App developers do not need to concern themselves with the different OEM skins… all they have to do is develop for the target SDK.

As for the android phone… it is very simple in my view. Stick with Vanila Android (any nexus phone)…. or depending on your willingness to modify your phone, choose a phone with a unlocked bootloader and install Cyanogenmod.

It will add years of upgradability to your phone.

By: johnbattelle

johnbattelle — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 02:18:00 +0000

Yes, I was repeating an exaggeration, however, there are so many devices, and so many crufty OSes on top of those devices, that in fact there are hundreds of flavors, and if you really want your service/app to shine, you have to concern yourself with tailoring it to many of them, is the point made to me by a developer who decided to not make his app for Android (yet)

By: Duarte Molha

Duarte Molha — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 01:31:00 +0000

800 versions of android?? Are you on drugs or something???!!! There are on 3 maybe 4 main Stock versions of android mostly prevalent on the maket Froyo, HoneyComb, ICS and jelly bean…

OEMs then can put on skins on top of the android software but that does not break compatibility of the apps.

Android SDK provides you with an hardware abstraction layer so it does not matter the variations on screen size and CPU/GPU each different phone has. In fact the large majority of apps are cross-compatible between different versions.

Please lean a little bit more about the topic you are going to talk about because you just end up looking foolish.

By: johnbattelle

johnbattelle — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:13:00 +0000

yes very interesting indeed. But Samsung and Google really need each other…

By: dbv

dbv — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:05:00 +0000

Just came across this from Horace Dediu http://www.asymco.com/2012/11/14/google-vs-samsung/.

Quotes: “The reason I point this out is that Samsung’s success is dependent on having ridden on the back of Android. Samsung’s ascent can be precisely timed to their adoption of Android. The groundbreaking Samsung Galaxy launch was the Galaxy S which shipped in June 2010.

Meanwhile, indications are that “mobile” is causing a contraction in Google’s margins.

If nothing else, Android has created a very interesting industry. There are many questions of course: Is Samsung’s trajectory sustainable? Why aren’t there other vendors successful with Android? Why isn’t Google successful with Android? Why isn’t Google’s Motorola successful with Android? What would happen if Samsung soaks up so much profit from mobile that it’s in a position to acquire Google and control the trajectory of their enabling platform?”

By: johnbattelle

johnbattelle — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:43:00 +0000

Thanks. I am going with Nexus 4, will see…I can’t wait to plunge in. It’s coming soon.