If you were really serious about developing for Android you would already know that this is not an issue as their are ways to make your content dynamic. You can develop for all sorts of devices by using parameters such as wrap_content, fill_parent which set the layout for various screen sizes. There are also many other ways to toggle features through the UI which can be disabled for devices that don't meat the requirements. Developing for Android 2.2 will be a better experience as far as support goes with the new Crash Reports that are built in and notify the developers directly. Hardware differences for phones are not an issue despite what many will lead you to believe as long as you program with best practices and avoid making static entries and fixed width Views. Also another plus for developing for Android is that your not just developing for phones now, you will be developing for Google TV, Chrome OS and Tablet Android devices. These are supposed to be "easily" portable from Android to other APIs with minimal effort. So you will eventually be reaching an extremely large audience in the not so distant future.
As a Sys Admin at a community bank I can tell you a few things that are setup to supposedly prevent this. All banks that are insured by the FDIC have to be audited by state and federal auditors on a year to year rotation. Most of the procedures they follow look like they were written in the early 90's. They are very trusting and data can easily be forged and turned in. Most of these auditors seem to have little to no education in Computer Science or related fields, especially in security. They tell me that all open source software is prohibited as it is not secure, but that is a cover up for their inability to regulate it or create procedures to audit it. Our last audit consisted of 1 day of asking about 20 questions, they said that IT is on the bottom of the list this year as they are focusing more on loans and lending practices. Sometimes I worry a little about banks with lesser educated staff and how prone they are to internal and external attacks.
I actually only play this game because of the auctions and virtual economy. So this game isn't just for people who like to raid or pvp. I don't quest unless I need to level and I don't raid to get gear. I just make money and buy my gear, with the occasional pvp here and there. There are many different ways to have fun in this game but this is by far the least time sinking.
WOW is a time sink if you let it, I typically spend 10 hours a week on this game, with auctioning and arena. Just about any raider will have to log 20-30 hours a week to keep up with raiding requirements.
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If you were really serious about developing for Android you would already know that this is not an issue as their are ways to make your content dynamic. You can develop for all sorts of devices by using parameters such as wrap_content, fill_parent which set the layout for various screen sizes. There are also many other ways to toggle features through the UI which can be disabled for devices that don't meat the requirements. Developing for Android 2.2 will be a better experience as far as support goes with the new Crash Reports that are built in and notify the developers directly. Hardware differences for phones are not an issue despite what many will lead you to believe as long as you program with best practices and avoid making static entries and fixed width Views. Also another plus for developing for Android is that your not just developing for phones now, you will be developing for Google TV, Chrome OS and Tablet Android devices. These are supposed to be "easily" portable from Android to other APIs with minimal effort. So you will eventually be reaching an extremely large audience in the not so distant future.
As a Sys Admin at a community bank I can tell you a few things that are setup to supposedly prevent this. All banks that are insured by the FDIC have to be audited by state and federal auditors on a year to year rotation. Most of the procedures they follow look like they were written in the early 90's. They are very trusting and data can easily be forged and turned in. Most of these auditors seem to have little to no education in Computer Science or related fields, especially in security. They tell me that all open source software is prohibited as it is not secure, but that is a cover up for their inability to regulate it or create procedures to audit it. Our last audit consisted of 1 day of asking about 20 questions, they said that IT is on the bottom of the list this year as they are focusing more on loans and lending practices. Sometimes I worry a little about banks with lesser educated staff and how prone they are to internal and external attacks.
I actually only play this game because of the auctions and virtual economy. So this game isn't just for people who like to raid or pvp. I don't quest unless I need to level and I don't raid to get gear. I just make money and buy my gear, with the occasional pvp here and there. There are many different ways to have fun in this game but this is by far the least time sinking. WOW is a time sink if you let it, I typically spend 10 hours a week on this game, with auctioning and arena. Just about any raider will have to log 20-30 hours a week to keep up with raiding requirements.