When all the 39 different Android phone models are having the same issue, then may be you'd have a point, but the thing is the Droid Eris is only one phone, and a low end one at that (low resolution, low 5 MP camera, no 4G, slow CPU from an older architecture, no physical keyboard, very cheap price).
Gloating about the problems of the Droid Eris would be like an Apple-hater gloating about the fact that the iPod Shuffle is a piece of crap. That very well may be true, but it's not very relevant to the users that only buy the higher end flagship devices for themselves (and would only give the cheaper iPod Shuffles to their six year old kids anyway).
The problem is that Apple/Android/Blackberry are cherry picking the most profitable customers.
Not in the case of Android, plenty of low end (non-touchscreen) android phones are coming out as well. This is due to the fact that Android is giving away its os for free (and unlike its competitors) it's keeping 0% of the revenue from its app stores/markets -- leaving the lion's share of the 30% commission to the network operators/phone manufacturers (and even giving them in addition to that a rev-share of the ad-revenue that google is generating through their networks).
Also in mainland China, the country has decided to completely standardize itself on Android (a low-end version based their own fork from Android 1.6 and a higher-end fork currently based on 2.?). It won't be called Android, and officially, Google won't even be counting those particular handsets, since their code base has been forked and completely re-branded, but it's not like they're disappointed that potentially 1.8 billion people are going to standardize on something that's so similar to their os.
So if anyone is cherry-picking its users, it's Apple and RIM probably, but certainly not Google.
Another study in 2007 showed that men who took two-hour walks in a forest over two days had a 50-percent spike in levels of natural killer cells, and a third study found an increase in white blood cells that lasted for a week in women exposed to phytoncides in forest air."
What they're describing here in this second study is an heightened immune response. Now when I don't have allergies, such an immune response is fine, it's probably healthy too. That being said, when I have allergies, I certainly don't want more killer cells or white blood cells, during those times I already have way too many of those!!!!
to enter the concert you are only asked to have a valid barcode. the identity only comes into play if several people attempt to enter the concert using the same barcode (only the one with the matching ID is allowed in).
Are tickets called in a sequential order? If someone has a copied ticket, what prevents him/her from trying to enter at the earliest possible time to beat whoever has the legitimate copy. I guess this solution should work for some concerts, where calling people sequentially is possible, and this should also work in concerts where assigned seating is strictly enforced and respected, but otherwise I don't see this solution working super well for some of the bigger concert venues I've been to that have lawns as their seating areas.
These same people were telling me that "regex" is better than the primitive methods I described for input validation -- the primitive methods I described were to be simple, compact and likely in assembler.
Let me guess: (1) the software in question was a blogging program much like wordpress (in other words, you must feel that the context of the situation wasn't relevant to your thesis and didn't even need to be shared with us), (2) the kids you were talking may have known about "premature optimization" but were far too young to explain that concept adequately to you, and (3) those same kids didn't know what an assembler was either, that's why they didn't make fun of you for pretending to know how to program in "assembler" instead of ***assembly***.
Since it's backed by Nokia (not just Intel), Meego will have the same problem as Symbian. Nokia's cut for their Ovi app store is 30%. Google's cut for the Android Market is 0% (they're basically giving away that 30% commission to the network operators/phone manufacturers, in addition to that Google is also giving away rev-share to the network operators for all the ads they serve through them).
Not only is this pricing structure encouraging *all* the network operators to adopt and promote the hell out of their own android-based devices, without making them want to try to cripple/disable as many apps as they can (unlike for the Ovi/iPhone App stores), but it will also become that much better once more people start using their phones as pre-paid debit cards, and/or paying for apps through operator-billing/SMS.
Currently, Nokia is paying developers close to 49% when an app is purchased through operator-billing, the 30% commission is taken out twice, once for the operator and once by Nokia). And again in the case of Android, Google is taking 0%, thus the commission is only taken out once even when the billing is solely done through the network operator. This is not something that Nokia likes to openly advertise and even Paul Beusterien (the Symbian guy being interviewed) fails to mention this. And of course, you could choose not to sell your app through operator-billing, but operator-billing, which results in higher conversion rates and access to new potentially untapped populations (that may not even have a credit card to begin with, but that can still prepay through their phones) is simply a growing area that can not be ignored.
Which brings me to my next point, in addition to the lower barrier to entry in Android for the independent and small to medium developers, which there are many, for which Paul Beusterien barely scratches the surface, and for which I won't detail here unless someone asks, Android is also taking away all the big software houses, large consulting companies, VCs, and network operators away from Nokia (not just the media attention) mostly because of the pricing structure Nokia is stubbornly unwilling/unable to match (and of course, it does help that Android is also maturing both in terms of software development for the developer and in terms of overall usability for the user).
I don't think we have it to this extent. The summary says they were stopped in the first station -- I've tried taking photographs in stations in London, hoping to get stopped so I can bitch about it on Slashdot, but am so far unsuccessful.
Tell me about it. When I tried taking pictures inside a Starbucks coffee shop, the corporate policy had already changed, and the Barristas posed for me. The entire experience was quite anti-climactic.
You should ask politely if you are free to go. It's a better question to ask. It assumes goodwill. It assumes a positive outcome. And it doesn't give him any idea about arresting you, because for all you know, the cop does not know about the body in your trunk yet, he was only interested in helping you push your car out of the ditch.
Taking them under direct and permanent governmental control would allow us the people to exert some control over them and prevent this from reoccurring.
Are you saying that a government-run bank couldn't possibly fail? That's a lot of faith you must have in your government. Personally, making the banks even bigger and even more centralized would not solve my worries in the least. I tend not to trust my government.
Or may be, it was just Putin's funny idea to make Obama sweat a little. Remember, considering our current restructuring/retooling efforts with NASA, the US is temporarily -- but almost-entirely dependent on Russia for resupplying the international space station. And if you're of the mind of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, what he said just a few days ago (on the 29th of June 2010), that the timing of the spying allegations seemed entirely too coincidental to his liking, might seem to apply in this particular case as well. May be, just may be, the timing of this first-ever Russian docking trajectory error, seems entirely too coincidental as well?
Some personal treats for the station astronauts are sometimes included, but NASA officials kept mum on anything unique riding on Progress 38. "Anything that would be of interest is probably a surprise," NASA spokesperson Kelly Humphries told Space.com from the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Let's just hope that the personal secret Russian surprise to the astronauts was not just a bunch of high-priced Russian hookers.
I don't support any mandatory registration for guns, but I support mandatory training and stringent exams for any would-be owner covering technical issues, legal issues and handling proficiency. Firearms require discipline to be properly used and stored, and I'm fine with every owner to go through that.
How can you have mandatory training for new gun owners without mandatory registrations? At least, you would have to certify/register the prospective gun owners themselves (if not the guns), and give them some kind of certified guning license with their pictures on it, that they would be required to show, to not just the dealers, but even the private individuals that they'd buy their guns from (since in most States, third private gun sales are perfectly legal, they just don't require any of the checks that a registered gun dealer would do).
Also, training usually solves the knowledge issue. Is this really the problem here? Knowing what to do under exam conditions is different than actually doing the right thing when you go home and no one else is looking. Also, I don't think your suggestion would address the bigger problem of criminals/idiots/untrained people getting guns illicitly through their friends and/or getting guns through the black market.
Who's talking of fixing the spill? It's the end of the World buddy. Download all you want, as much as you want, even if it's just cheap low quality superficial Britney Spears music.
Unmarried hetro couples are now discriminated against.
Nothing prevents an unmarried hetero couple from entering a civil partnership with each other (just go to city hall and have a judge do it). The real victims here are the overwhelming majority of slash-doters, that are 30+ years old that are still living with their mom, and that couldn't get laid with a female (or a male) even if their very lives depended on it (unless it's on some virtual MMORPGs).
And unless marriages in MMORPGs become legal, with all the legal fringe benefits of marriage, without the scary prospect of ever having to meet your virtual wife (or gay partner/husband) in real life; I'm afraid most of us will always be discriminated against.
Seems weird to me that AT&T would only reach break even point now, while Apple is raking billion with the iPhone.
It's a business investment. As long as the eventual pay off justifies it, businesses are used to taking decisions that involve high initial capital investments.
I didn't picture them as such a good hearted company that they would bleed money for 4 years to please iPhone customers, and not even badmouth Apple a little bit. Well stranger thing have happened.
It's a decision made by analysts, not by emotions (I would think). Besides, a company is like a shark. It must keep on moving to stay alive. The alternative to do nothing can be just as damaging to a company (and its CEO) as the act of gambling itself.
It was a Huge gamble, that's just too early to say if it paid off yet. Note that AT&T is paying Apple dearly for its iPhone/iPad exclusivity. As opposed to its Android phone for instance, it's not getting a dime from Apple's app store, and yet it still had to subsidize the iPhone heavily to get the exclusive privilege of selling the iPhone.
And it's currently providing these deals at a loss for itself. The break even point is just around the corner of course, and analysts are optimistic that this deal will ultimately pay off (if current iPhone customers will remain with AT&T once their two-year contracts are up, and that's likely, but AT&T is not out of the woods just yet).
So candidate "Y": how would you deal with RF absorbtion and detuning of a microwave antenna when brought into close proximity of a human body?
candidate answers: This is user-error, I'd just tell the users that they're holding it incorrectly and that if they want phone reception, and look like a brand-new iPhone user at the same time, they better hold it the new *correct* way.
Interviewer writes down answer, says "That's the best damn answer I've heard all day, you're hired. Let me introduce you to someone who's going to be very-very happy to see you. You better take off that tie thought, he doesn't like ties. Here at Apple, we don't like suits, ties, or conformists of any kind."
I think you meant to say: Putin just isn't that sexy anymore. Our previous President may have had a huge man-crush on him, but now I think it's fair to say former President George W. Bush is totally over Putin, and has moved on to bigger and better things.
Yes, but the price for that is that now Google does what it wants with all your data you happily give to them with Android. At least Apple wants just my money and offers good products for it. Google offers you shiny glass beads if you give your digital soul away. What a deal.
Ah! I see where the problem is. You're actually under the mistaken belief that Google tries to lock you into their services, or tries to prevent any competitor from having apps in its Markets. That's just plain wrong on all accounts, but I understand why an iPhone/Apple user would make that kind of mistake.
The last time I checked, you guys were not even allowed to choose what calendar provider you had. Apple had to be your default calendar provider, no matter how many key features were missing for you. Is that still the case??? And how many other crappy stock applications from Apple are you forced to use no matter what? Calendar is one. Voice mail is a second. I take it the web browser is part of the formula as well. How many more default apps are you really still chained to Apple with?
That's why it only sells on the closed networks in the US.
Which closed network? T-Mobile? AT&T? Verizon? Sprint? MetroPCS? Is there even a single actual network that doesn't sell Android phones anymore? Go ahead. I dare you. Name a single one. Or did you mean Android only sold on all the networks of the US (therefore implying that all the networks in the US are closed)? Because, I can tell you. I'm currently in the UK right now, and there isn't a single shop in the UK that doesn't have Android devices on sale right now and that aren't selling like hot cakes. And sure, the iPhone is still very popular in the UK right now, but at the sales counter where it counts, it's getting assaulted by several very good Android phones that are all selling just as well as the iPhone. It's not fair fight anymore. One phone against 39 phones, several of which are actually far superior to the new iPhone.
That's why 75% of Android devices run v1.6.
No, it's more like 50% of the Android devices are running v2.1. I can cite my source. Can you even cite yours?
Being able to port desktop C apps over rather than rewrite in Java only becomes even more important.
Please repeat after me: The C and C++ apps of the Android NDK do not run on the Dalvik VM. The C and C++ apps of the Android NDK do not run on the Dalvik VM. Please repeat this one hundred times.
and the next thing you know "Android will be better next year!"
If anyone is saying that, and repeating it ad nausea um, you're the only one. I've corrected your strawman argument plus several of your other factual errors in your other threads. But you don't even seem to even read my responses, or even care about citing your sources.
That would be a waste. iOS was optimized for very specific mobile hardware, not generic PC touchscreen hardware. In other words, you'd get all the restrictions of DRM and not having enough swap memory, without any of the benefits of a long-lasting battery charge. It would be just as a bad idea as porting Android onto it (although, both are technically doable).
If you want run something from Apple on there, run the Mac OSX (the recent touch-enabled version). That would be a much better idea (although, probably not that legal). No programming necessary, it's a just configuration issue. You could even develop for the iPhone and iPad on there. Or if you want to stay legal (and mostly free of DRM I think), just install Chrome OS. Again, that's just a configuration and building issue.
Still, GP has a point. Astro is an awesome tool, but it's a 3rd party tool. The fact Android doesn't include any built-in, native file manager is a mistake and a shortcoming.
Actually, not discounting your main point which is valid, the actual complaint of the GP must because he's using a non-default third party web browser. With the default web browser, on the Evo at least (which is 2.1, granted it's not the 2.2 that the Nexus was recently upgraded too, but it's pretty close), it directly saves the kitten image to the gallery in the 'All Downloads' album (I know, I just double-checked just to make sure).
The problem with third party web browsers is that some of them choose to save files in their own private sandbox area, and some of them choose to disable the saving feature unless you upgrade to their paid version. At least, I had that issue with the xScope web browser. xScope is by far the best web browser I've seen on any mobile platform, but since I didn't feel like paying for the full version, and I needed the occasional convenience of easily saving files -- I had to revert back to the default web browser that originally came with the phone.
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When all the 39 different Android phone models are having the same issue, then may be you'd have a point, but the thing is the Droid Eris is only one phone, and a low end one at that (low resolution, low 5 MP camera, no 4G, slow CPU from an older architecture, no physical keyboard, very cheap price).
Gloating about the problems of the Droid Eris would be like an Apple-hater gloating about the fact that the iPod Shuffle is a piece of crap. That very well may be true, but it's not very relevant to the users that only buy the higher end flagship devices for themselves (and would only give the cheaper iPod Shuffles to their six year old kids anyway).
The problem is that Apple/Android/Blackberry are cherry picking the most profitable customers.
Not in the case of Android, plenty of low end (non-touchscreen) android phones are coming out as well. This is due to the fact that Android is giving away its os for free (and unlike its competitors) it's keeping 0% of the revenue from its app stores/markets -- leaving the lion's share of the 30% commission to the network operators/phone manufacturers (and even giving them in addition to that a rev-share of the ad-revenue that google is generating through their networks).
Also in mainland China, the country has decided to completely standardize itself on Android (a low-end version based their own fork from Android 1.6 and a higher-end fork currently based on 2.?). It won't be called Android, and officially, Google won't even be counting those particular handsets, since their code base has been forked and completely re-branded, but it's not like they're disappointed that potentially 1.8 billion people are going to standardize on something that's so similar to their os.
So if anyone is cherry-picking its users, it's Apple and RIM probably, but certainly not Google.
Another study in 2007 showed that men who took two-hour walks in a forest over two days had a 50-percent spike in levels of natural killer cells, and a third study found an increase in white blood cells that lasted for a week in women exposed to phytoncides in forest air."
What they're describing here in this second study is an heightened immune response. Now when I don't have allergies, such an immune response is fine, it's probably healthy too. That being said, when I have allergies, I certainly don't want more killer cells or white blood cells, during those times I already have way too many of those!!!!
Is it just me or is making device drivers in .net an absurd idea?
It could be an absurd idea, or a smart idea. Without knowing more about the device and its use case scenario, it could really go either way I think.
to enter the concert you are only asked to have a valid barcode. the identity only comes into play if several people attempt to enter the concert using the same barcode (only the one with the matching ID is allowed in).
Are tickets called in a sequential order? If someone has a copied ticket, what prevents him/her from trying to enter at the earliest possible time to beat whoever has the legitimate copy. I guess this solution should work for some concerts, where calling people sequentially is possible, and this should also work in concerts where assigned seating is strictly enforced and respected, but otherwise I don't see this solution working super well for some of the bigger concert venues I've been to that have lawns as their seating areas.
These same people were telling me that "regex" is better than the primitive methods I described for input validation -- the primitive methods I described were to be simple, compact and likely in assembler.
Let me guess: (1) the software in question was a blogging program much like wordpress (in other words, you must feel that the context of the situation wasn't relevant to your thesis and didn't even need to be shared with us), (2) the kids you were talking may have known about "premature optimization" but were far too young to explain that concept adequately to you, and (3) those same kids didn't know what an assembler was either, that's why they didn't make fun of you for pretending to know how to program in "assembler" instead of ***assembly***.
Since it's backed by Nokia (not just Intel), Meego will have the same problem as Symbian. Nokia's cut for their Ovi app store is 30%. Google's cut for the Android Market is 0% (they're basically giving away that 30% commission to the network operators/phone manufacturers, in addition to that Google is also giving away rev-share to the network operators for all the ads they serve through them).
Not only is this pricing structure encouraging *all* the network operators to adopt and promote the hell out of their own android-based devices, without making them want to try to cripple/disable as many apps as they can (unlike for the Ovi/iPhone App stores), but it will also become that much better once more people start using their phones as pre-paid debit cards, and/or paying for apps through operator-billing/SMS.
Currently, Nokia is paying developers close to 49% when an app is purchased through operator-billing, the 30% commission is taken out twice, once for the operator and once by Nokia). And again in the case of Android, Google is taking 0%, thus the commission is only taken out once even when the billing is solely done through the network operator. This is not something that Nokia likes to openly advertise and even Paul Beusterien (the Symbian guy being interviewed) fails to mention this. And of course, you could choose not to sell your app through operator-billing, but operator-billing, which results in higher conversion rates and access to new potentially untapped populations (that may not even have a credit card to begin with, but that can still prepay through their phones) is simply a growing area that can not be ignored.
Which brings me to my next point, in addition to the lower barrier to entry in Android for the independent and small to medium developers, which there are many, for which Paul Beusterien barely scratches the surface, and for which I won't detail here unless someone asks, Android is also taking away all the big software houses, large consulting companies, VCs, and network operators away from Nokia (not just the media attention) mostly because of the pricing structure Nokia is stubbornly unwilling/unable to match (and of course, it does help that Android is also maturing both in terms of software development for the developer and in terms of overall usability for the user).
I don't think we have it to this extent. The summary says they were stopped in the first station -- I've tried taking photographs in stations in London, hoping to get stopped so I can bitch about it on Slashdot, but am so far unsuccessful.
Tell me about it. When I tried taking pictures inside a Starbucks coffee shop, the corporate policy had already changed, and the Barristas posed for me. The entire experience was quite anti-climactic.
Just ask politely if you're under arrest.
You should ask politely if you are free to go. It's a better question to ask. It assumes goodwill. It assumes a positive outcome. And it doesn't give him any idea about arresting you, because for all you know, the cop does not know about the body in your trunk yet, he was only interested in helping you push your car out of the ditch.
Taking them under direct and permanent governmental control would allow us the people to exert some control over them and prevent this from reoccurring.
Are you saying that a government-run bank couldn't possibly fail? That's a lot of faith you must have in your government. Personally, making the banks even bigger and even more centralized would not solve my worries in the least. I tend not to trust my government.
Or may be, it was just Putin's funny idea to make Obama sweat a little. Remember, considering our current restructuring/retooling efforts with NASA, the US is temporarily -- but almost-entirely dependent on Russia for resupplying the international space station. And if you're of the mind of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, what he said just a few days ago (on the 29th of June 2010), that the timing of the spying allegations seemed entirely too coincidental to his liking, might seem to apply in this particular case as well. May be, just may be, the timing of this first-ever Russian docking trajectory error, seems entirely too coincidental as well?
Some personal treats for the station astronauts are sometimes included, but NASA officials kept mum on anything unique riding on Progress 38. "Anything that would be of interest is probably a surprise," NASA spokesperson Kelly Humphries told Space.com from the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Let's just hope that the personal secret Russian surprise to the astronauts was not just a bunch of high-priced Russian hookers.
I don't support any mandatory registration for guns, but I support mandatory training and stringent exams for any would-be owner covering technical issues, legal issues and handling proficiency. Firearms require discipline to be properly used and stored, and I'm fine with every owner to go through that.
How can you have mandatory training for new gun owners without mandatory registrations? At least, you would have to certify/register the prospective gun owners themselves (if not the guns), and give them some kind of certified guning license with their pictures on it, that they would be required to show, to not just the dealers, but even the private individuals that they'd buy their guns from (since in most States, third private gun sales are perfectly legal, they just don't require any of the checks that a registered gun dealer would do).
Also, training usually solves the knowledge issue. Is this really the problem here? Knowing what to do under exam conditions is different than actually doing the right thing when you go home and no one else is looking. Also, I don't think your suggestion would address the bigger problem of criminals/idiots/untrained people getting guns illicitly through their friends and/or getting guns through the black market.
And yet, here you are, posting on Slashdot.
Who's talking of fixing the spill? It's the end of the World buddy. Download all you want, as much as you want, even if it's just cheap low quality superficial Britney Spears music.
Unmarried hetro couples are now discriminated against.
Nothing prevents an unmarried hetero couple from entering a civil partnership with each other (just go to city hall and have a judge do it). The real victims here are the overwhelming majority of slash-doters, that are 30+ years old that are still living with their mom, and that couldn't get laid with a female (or a male) even if their very lives depended on it (unless it's on some virtual MMORPGs).
And unless marriages in MMORPGs become legal, with all the legal fringe benefits of marriage, without the scary prospect of ever having to meet your virtual wife (or gay partner/husband) in real life; I'm afraid most of us will always be discriminated against.
Seems weird to me that AT&T would only reach break even point now, while Apple is raking billion with the iPhone.
It's a business investment. As long as the eventual pay off justifies it, businesses are used to taking decisions that involve high initial capital investments.
I didn't picture them as such a good hearted company that they would bleed money for 4 years to please iPhone customers, and not even badmouth Apple a little bit. Well stranger thing have happened.
It's a decision made by analysts, not by emotions (I would think). Besides, a company is like a shark. It must keep on moving to stay alive. The alternative to do nothing can be just as damaging to a company (and its CEO) as the act of gambling itself.
I think you meant wives.
It was a Huge gamble, but paid off.
It was a Huge gamble, that's just too early to say if it paid off yet. Note that AT&T is paying Apple dearly for its iPhone/iPad exclusivity. As opposed to its Android phone for instance, it's not getting a dime from Apple's app store, and yet it still had to subsidize the iPhone heavily to get the exclusive privilege of selling the iPhone.
And it's currently providing these deals at a loss for itself. The break even point is just around the corner of course, and analysts are optimistic that this deal will ultimately pay off (if current iPhone customers will remain with AT&T once their two-year contracts are up, and that's likely, but AT&T is not out of the woods just yet).
So candidate "Y": how would you deal with RF absorbtion and detuning of a microwave antenna when brought into close proximity of a human body?
candidate answers: This is user-error, I'd just tell the users that they're holding it incorrectly and that if they want phone reception, and look like a brand-new iPhone user at the same time, they better hold it the new *correct* way.
Interviewer writes down answer, says "That's the best damn answer I've heard all day, you're hired. Let me introduce you to someone who's going to be very-very happy to see you. You better take off that tie thought, he doesn't like ties. Here at Apple, we don't like suits, ties, or conformists of any kind."
Communism just isn't that sexy.
I think you meant to say: Putin just isn't that sexy anymore. Our previous President may have had a huge man-crush on him, but now I think it's fair to say former President George W. Bush is totally over Putin, and has moved on to bigger and better things.
What's preventing the Java interpreter (or Python, etc.) from being recompiled to run on top of the iPhone?
Steve Jobs is preventing it. Obviously, you haven't been paying attention to his latest edicts.
Yes, but the price for that is that now Google does what it wants with all your data you happily give to them with Android. At least Apple wants just my money and offers good products for it. Google offers you shiny glass beads if you give your digital soul away. What a deal.
Ah! I see where the problem is. You're actually under the mistaken belief that Google tries to lock you into their services, or tries to prevent any competitor from having apps in its Markets. That's just plain wrong on all accounts, but I understand why an iPhone/Apple user would make that kind of mistake.
The last time I checked, you guys were not even allowed to choose what calendar provider you had. Apple had to be your default calendar provider, no matter how many key features were missing for you. Is that still the case??? And how many other crappy stock applications from Apple are you forced to use no matter what? Calendar is one. Voice mail is a second. I take it the web browser is part of the formula as well. How many more default apps are you really still chained to Apple with?
That's why it only sells on the closed networks in the US.
Which closed network? T-Mobile? AT&T? Verizon? Sprint? MetroPCS? Is there even a single actual network that doesn't sell Android phones anymore? Go ahead. I dare you. Name a single one. Or did you mean Android only sold on all the networks of the US (therefore implying that all the networks in the US are closed)? Because, I can tell you. I'm currently in the UK right now, and there isn't a single shop in the UK that doesn't have Android devices on sale right now and that aren't selling like hot cakes. And sure, the iPhone is still very popular in the UK right now, but at the sales counter where it counts, it's getting assaulted by several very good Android phones that are all selling just as well as the iPhone. It's not fair fight anymore. One phone against 39 phones, several of which are actually far superior to the new iPhone.
That's why 75% of Android devices run v1.6.
No, it's more like 50% of the Android devices are running v2.1. I can cite my source. Can you even cite yours?
Being able to port desktop C apps over rather than rewrite in Java only becomes even more important.
Please repeat after me: The C and C++ apps of the Android NDK do not run on the Dalvik VM. The C and C++ apps of the Android NDK do not run on the Dalvik VM. Please repeat this one hundred times.
and the next thing you know "Android will be better next year!"
If anyone is saying that, and repeating it ad nausea um, you're the only one. I've corrected your strawman argument plus several of your other factual errors in your other threads. But you don't even seem to even read my responses, or even care about citing your sources.
Then get the source code and port it.
That would be a waste. iOS was optimized for very specific mobile hardware, not generic PC touchscreen hardware. In other words, you'd get all the restrictions of DRM and not having enough swap memory, without any of the benefits of a long-lasting battery charge. It would be just as a bad idea as porting Android onto it (although, both are technically doable).
If you want run something from Apple on there, run the Mac OSX (the recent touch-enabled version). That would be a much better idea (although, probably not that legal). No programming necessary, it's a just configuration issue. You could even develop for the iPhone and iPad on there. Or if you want to stay legal (and mostly free of DRM I think), just install Chrome OS. Again, that's just a configuration and building issue.
Still, GP has a point. Astro is an awesome tool, but it's a 3rd party tool. The fact Android doesn't include any built-in, native file manager is a mistake and a shortcoming.
Actually, not discounting your main point which is valid, the actual complaint of the GP must because he's using a non-default third party web browser. With the default web browser, on the Evo at least (which is 2.1, granted it's not the 2.2 that the Nexus was recently upgraded too, but it's pretty close), it directly saves the kitten image to the gallery in the 'All Downloads' album (I know, I just double-checked just to make sure).
The problem with third party web browsers is that some of them choose to save files in their own private sandbox area, and some of them choose to disable the saving feature unless you upgrade to their paid version. At least, I had that issue with the xScope web browser. xScope is by far the best web browser I've seen on any mobile platform, but since I didn't feel like paying for the full version, and I needed the occasional convenience of easily saving files -- I had to revert back to the default web browser that originally came with the phone.