For one, an app that you like, maybe I won't, and vice-versa. But yes, there's probabily a lot of junk out there.
It doesn't have anything to do with the OP, because if this was the case, Google could simply let everything in - "like Apple does". Don't be restrictive - then they'd have the quantity and quality of apps that Apple has.
However, it's obvious from the OP that this isn't the case. There are indeed fewer Android apps, and/or fewer quality Android apps. If it weren't the case, they wouldn't be scrambling to get people to play catch-up with Apple.
Okay - but if you really liked the food, and the smoke wasn't so bad by the window, and the other 5 restaurants in town were all Arbys', what would you do?
I know - but this isn't a full-time job, or a calling. It's just something I do for fun. It's a really nice phone, and I have a lot of fun writing little Apps for it which are amazingly slick and cool. And I make a little money at it, so it basically subsidizes itself.
If Android were as nice, I'd much rather work on a more "open" platform, but oh, well, whatcha gonna do? I'm an engineer because I like writing code and seeing things work and having fun with it - not because I receive personal gratification protesting the policies of companies which I don't agree with.
One of my stereotypical cases for why I hate Java is Eclipse. Like I said, as a language - Java isn't too bad - sort of like C++, without all the crap that makes me hate C++ - or more like a streight-forward Object-Oriented "C". I find - like you said - it takes up a ton of memory, and tends to be unstable. I find it also to be slow - and maybe I'm not always running the most modern hardware. I often find annoying issues - like it not liking the version of Java I am running, and insisting on me updating, then being confused as to which of the bunch of different Java packages I am actually supposed to install. (I still don't know the differences between J2ME, J2EE, and a bunch of other stuff I used to be asked about when I was a BlackBerry Java developer). Anyways, when I get it all installed and running, Eclipse (or any other Java SDK) looks and feels completely different than the native OS I am using - no matter what that Native OS actually is!
Anyway - I'm not trying to argue that one of us is "right" and the other is "wrong" - I'm just trying to sort of answer the question posed by the OP - As someone who likes and embraces Linux, and Open-Source technologies - why am I an iPhone developer, and not an Android developer.
If they stopped caring - to the point where their product sucked - I'd stop buying.
Just liked I stopped buying Mac computers after System-7 timeframe when they switched to Power-PC, and Windows-95/98 was out - which wasn't great - but supported more of the stuff I needed to do than MacOS.
Look, if Apple were impregnating Nuns and using cartilage from their forcefully aborted fetuses to make the cases of the iPhone, yea - I would have an ethical problem with that.
I would much rather work on an open-source-based platform - as would most people, I believe. I would rather work on a "free" platform, as would most people, I believe. I would rather work on whatever hardware I wanted to, as would most people. I would rather not pay Apple $100 a year to develop on their platform.
However - even with all those things going against it - Google still hasn't gotten it right. And you're illustrating my point - that people aren't going to switch over on "principle" (however it's spelt) alone. If they keep telling themselves that, that won't necessarily result in more apps being developed for their platform.
Being a fan of "Open Source" doesn't mean that I'm willing to use a crappy product, or take responsibility for fixing a product, which admittedly, by a large organization like Google (who has a lot more engineers able to do something about it than me), as being nowhere up in "usability" as iOS. I'd like to use it - and I'd like for it to win. I'd love to see them stick their thumb in Apple's eye.
But until then, I'm going to spend my money on, use, and develop for a platform that I really like.
Oh, and by the way. I hate Java - not the language, but the "user experience". Interpreted code runs like crap. I have no "freedom" to do this differently in the Android environment. If you disagree, tell me why the Android OS is so sluggish and cumbersome compared to iOS.
By "Developers" of you mean "companies", who are in it for the money - you may be right. (I really don't know).
For me - it just comes down to my belief that the iPhone platform is much better then Android. Therefore I use it, and develop for it. I do it mostly for fun, and and rewarded by making a little money off of something which is really just a hobby, so it's win-win.
1. Apple does not just let "anything" on the AppStore. If anything, Apple gets more negative press about their censorship, and being too restrictive than how permissive they are.
2. "Fart" apps have an important place in the App ecosystem. Having the best apps in the world aren't what necessarily makes a phone interesting. Having a variety of apps is. You get a game - you play it - you get bored after a while - you delete it and get another game. That's what keeps the platform fresh. Not that you have one (or a couple) games that are soooo good that you'll play them for the next 5 years.
Yes, that's the point. The iOS platform is SO nice, that it beats out any of the "intellectual" Android arguments about being "Open" or "Free" - or even it having a larger marketshare. I'm not going to have to walk around with a clunky, crappy, inferior smartphone in my pocket just because of "principals".
Android is the #1 shipping smartphone platform, a completely open system, with free, publicly available tools. You can do it under Windows or Linux (the later, being also free) - on cheap, commodity PCs you can buy from any vendor.
So maybe we should ask the question of exactly why it is lagging in the app department. Apple never ran out and hired a billion people to write apps - yet they have more.
Is it the language? (C-Like vs. Java)? The "sleekness" and appeal of the OS itself? The mere fact that it's been on the market longer?
I, for one, am an open-source fanatic. I work as a Linux/kernel development engineer, and think Apple is evil.
I also own an iPhone, and write iPhone apps in my spare time. Why? Personally for me, the phone and the OS are beautiful and elegant. I love the platform, and the outcome of my work - and it's easy too to make money with one appstore to have to sell it on (even if the Apple bastards take 30%).
I find Android slow, clunky, and Java-based SDK's (like Eclipse and the Blackberry dev environment) to be the same - where XCode is smoothe and elegant - even if I did have to go buy a Mac in order to develop for it!
So that's the reason why I develop for iPhone. My point though is the following: Answer the question for a majority of iPhone developers, and you'll discover the remedy to the problem - don't just think that hiring a hundred - or a thousand Android app developers will fix the gap!
Movies were originally in Black and White. That was also contrary to millions of years of evolution. As was the fact that they were in 2D only - and that they were being flashed at us at a slow refresh rate. The contrast ratio is nowhere near what it is in reality, and either is the level of color saturation. Even with these limitations, our meager brains still were able to defy millions of years of evolution and enjoy the format.
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I'm not saying 3D doesn't suck, of course it sucks. I'm just saying it doesn't mean the format can't be improved upon.
If it were up to me - I'd advise the indistry to focus more on improving the basic 2D format, so when I go to the movies, I'm not constantly disapointed that my 52" plasma TV at home, showing HD video looks better than what I'm seeing at the theatre.
In their docs, they mentioned something about working with other Major ISPs. From what they indicated, other ISPs (Google, Yahoo, AOL, etc) track metrics on emails - people who click them as "spam", "objectional", etc. These ISPs forward this information back to Amazon. If they detect that someone is sending out mail which is being flagged as objectional by too many users, they can shut you down.
Very interesting point! I'd never heard of that - and it took a bit of time and visualization for me to confirm that! Very scarcely documented - even in a Google search! Although, I do not believe many of the actual launches actually follow that path.
Yes. It is prime for launching because among all spots in the continental United States, it is:
1. Close to the equator - good to achieve equatorial orbits
2. On the eastern seaboard. Orbits typically go from West to East. So from there, they can launch to the east, and be going over the ocean, so if anything goes wrong, well, it's over the ocean
Probably also because of mild weather, year-round, too.
I can't find any info anywhere about the flight path the object. Anyone find it?
They say they want people to look and listen - but yet provide no details??
When they released SuitSat a number of years ago - we had specifics on when and where to look and listen. This time - nothing..
How do you switch between the two? With a mechanical switch?
Seems to me like that would be more difficult than just adjusting your gaze between the two lenses, like with normal bifocals...
One could argue that people launching DDoS "attacks" are in-fact perusing a rightful protest.
Isn't having a script to continually request a page for one web site the technical equivilant of marching back and forth in front of a building holding a picket sign?
Why should people have the right to do both if they are unhappy with - and wish to protest a government, company or organization?
I am *not* saying it is right or legal for people to write trojan horses to set up botnets to con others' computers to unknowingly (or unwillingly) do ones bidding - but isn't it completely within an individuals right to do this themselves, from their own homes, with their own equipment?
P.S. I don't think the Wikileaks leaks did *any* damage whatsoever. It may have "undignified" a few "dignitaries" - but that's it. Period. In reality, I think it does the world a *lot* of good when everyone suddenly can see everyone elses cards - and know their thoughts and opinions.
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For one, an app that you like, maybe I won't, and vice-versa. But yes, there's probabily a lot of junk out there.
It doesn't have anything to do with the OP, because if this was the case, Google could simply let everything in - "like Apple does". Don't be restrictive - then they'd have the quantity and quality of apps that Apple has.
However, it's obvious from the OP that this isn't the case. There are indeed fewer Android apps, and/or fewer quality Android apps. If it weren't the case, they wouldn't be scrambling to get people to play catch-up with Apple.
Okay - but if you really liked the food, and the smoke wasn't so bad by the window, and the other 5 restaurants in town were all Arbys', what would you do?
If Android were as nice, I'd much rather work on a more "open" platform, but oh, well, whatcha gonna do? I'm an engineer because I like writing code and seeing things work and having fun with it - not because I receive personal gratification protesting the policies of companies which I don't agree with.
Anyway - I'm not trying to argue that one of us is "right" and the other is "wrong" - I'm just trying to sort of answer the question posed by the OP - As someone who likes and embraces Linux, and Open-Source technologies - why am I an iPhone developer, and not an Android developer.
Just liked I stopped buying Mac computers after System-7 timeframe when they switched to Power-PC, and Windows-95/98 was out - which wasn't great - but supported more of the stuff I needed to do than MacOS.
I would much rather work on an open-source-based platform - as would most people, I believe. I would rather work on a "free" platform, as would most people, I believe. I would rather work on whatever hardware I wanted to, as would most people. I would rather not pay Apple $100 a year to develop on their platform.
However - even with all those things going against it - Google still hasn't gotten it right. And you're illustrating my point - that people aren't going to switch over on "principle" (however it's spelt) alone. If they keep telling themselves that, that won't necessarily result in more apps being developed for their platform.
Being a fan of "Open Source" doesn't mean that I'm willing to use a crappy product, or take responsibility for fixing a product, which admittedly, by a large organization like Google (who has a lot more engineers able to do something about it than me), as being nowhere up in "usability" as iOS. I'd like to use it - and I'd like for it to win. I'd love to see them stick their thumb in Apple's eye.
But until then, I'm going to spend my money on, use, and develop for a platform that I really like.
Oh, and by the way. I hate Java - not the language, but the "user experience". Interpreted code runs like crap. I have no "freedom" to do this differently in the Android environment. If you disagree, tell me why the Android OS is so sluggish and cumbersome compared to iOS.
For me - it just comes down to my belief that the iPhone platform is much better then Android. Therefore I use it, and develop for it. I do it mostly for fun, and and rewarded by making a little money off of something which is really just a hobby, so it's win-win.
Hitler was Evil. Apple is just a company who I wish had more developer-friendly policies.
1. Apple does not just let "anything" on the AppStore. If anything, Apple gets more negative press about their censorship, and being too restrictive than how permissive they are.
2. "Fart" apps have an important place in the App ecosystem. Having the best apps in the world aren't what necessarily makes a phone interesting. Having a variety of apps is. You get a game - you play it - you get bored after a while - you delete it and get another game. That's what keeps the platform fresh. Not that you have one (or a couple) games that are soooo good that you'll play them for the next 5 years.
Yes, that's the point. The iOS platform is SO nice, that it beats out any of the "intellectual" Android arguments about being "Open" or "Free" - or even it having a larger marketshare. I'm not going to have to walk around with a clunky, crappy, inferior smartphone in my pocket just because of "principals".
So maybe we should ask the question of exactly why it is lagging in the app department. Apple never ran out and hired a billion people to write apps - yet they have more.
Is it the language? (C-Like vs. Java)? The "sleekness" and appeal of the OS itself? The mere fact that it's been on the market longer?
I, for one, am an open-source fanatic. I work as a Linux/kernel development engineer, and think Apple is evil.
I also own an iPhone, and write iPhone apps in my spare time. Why? Personally for me, the phone and the OS are beautiful and elegant. I love the platform, and the outcome of my work - and it's easy too to make money with one appstore to have to sell it on (even if the Apple bastards take 30%).
I find Android slow, clunky, and Java-based SDK's (like Eclipse and the Blackberry dev environment) to be the same - where XCode is smoothe and elegant - even if I did have to go buy a Mac in order to develop for it!
So that's the reason why I develop for iPhone. My point though is the following: Answer the question for a majority of iPhone developers, and you'll discover the remedy to the problem - don't just think that hiring a hundred - or a thousand Android app developers will fix the gap!
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I'm not saying 3D doesn't suck, of course it sucks. I'm just saying it doesn't mean the format can't be improved upon.
If it were up to me - I'd advise the indistry to focus more on improving the basic 2D format, so when I go to the movies, I'm not constantly disapointed that my 52" plasma TV at home, showing HD video looks better than what I'm seeing at the theatre.
In their docs, they mentioned something about working with other Major ISPs. From what they indicated, other ISPs (Google, Yahoo, AOL, etc) track metrics on emails - people who click them as "spam", "objectional", etc. These ISPs forward this information back to Amazon. If they detect that someone is sending out mail which is being flagged as objectional by too many users, they can shut you down.
Very interesting point! I'd never heard of that - and it took a bit of time and visualization for me to confirm that! Very scarcely documented - even in a Google search! Although, I do not believe many of the actual launches actually follow that path.
Yes. It is prime for launching because among all spots in the continental United States, it is: 1. Close to the equator - good to achieve equatorial orbits 2. On the eastern seaboard. Orbits typically go from West to East. So from there, they can launch to the east, and be going over the ocean, so if anything goes wrong, well, it's over the ocean Probably also because of mild weather, year-round, too.
When they released SuitSat a number of years ago - we had specifics on when and where to look and listen. This time - nothing..
Unless the producers of the play were signatories to the convention, it doesn't apply to them!
And unlike said-watch - how does one transmit data back the other direction?!
How do you switch between the two? With a mechanical switch? Seems to me like that would be more difficult than just adjusting your gaze between the two lenses, like with normal bifocals...
"A lapdance is so much better when the Stripper is crying" - The Bloodhound Gang
They're still around?! I thought I recognised "Tom" squeegying my windows at a red light the other day...
Hey...At least it'll be finalized before Duke Nukem Forever... [knock on wood]
Yea - the last thing we need is another Australia...
Ever hear of "fact checking?!"
Isn't having a script to continually request a page for one web site the technical equivilant of marching back and forth in front of a building holding a picket sign?
Why should people have the right to do both if they are unhappy with - and wish to protest a government, company or organization?
I am *not* saying it is right or legal for people to write trojan horses to set up botnets to con others' computers to unknowingly (or unwillingly) do ones bidding - but isn't it completely within an individuals right to do this themselves, from their own homes, with their own equipment?
P.S. I don't think the Wikileaks leaks did *any* damage whatsoever. It may have "undignified" a few "dignitaries" - but that's it. Period. In reality, I think it does the world a *lot* of good when everyone suddenly can see everyone elses cards - and know their thoughts and opinions.