Comments on: Fake Steve on Android Fragmentation, i.e. Why It's Harder to Develop for than iPhone

By: Mol

Mol — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:41:03 +0000

Ok on bbolime website they basically broke down the plan for the iphone further for better understanding it seems. So the phone plan has not changed.Anyway my 2 cents on the future of bbolime and the iPhone is that I am curious to see what will happen when the iPhone 5 comes out. The rumors is that this will be in septermber and with the usual logistics as to which countries will get them when is phased out, I can see a steady availability everywhere probably in January 2012. So in 6 months will bbolime be upgrading to the iPhone 5 because the 3GS would be classed obsolete and the iPhone 4 will be demoted to the price and storage capacity of the present 3GS as has been the case will all iPhone models to date. Will bbolime have enough stock till April 2012 before upgrading to the iPhone 5 because I believe Apple will cease making its present models probably in 3 months (if the next model do come out in September).Well that was my 2 cents on the subject matter and will be holding onto my 3GS till then as an upgrade is needed but only to the iPhone 5

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By: Surya

Surya — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:08:08 +0000

Honeycomb iaecrfnte? very clunky, not yet polish just a collection of widgets and icons This is the real honeycomb UI (albeit for smartphone):youtube.com/watch?v=2GE1lvRirIgyoutube.com/watch?v=LFlDJdphyt4

By: Khem

Khem — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:08:17 +0000

Honeycomb itnfreace? very clunky, not yet polish just a collection of widgets and icons This is the real honeycomb UI (albeit for smartphone):youtube.com/watch?v=2GE1lvRirIgyoutube.com/watch?v=LFlDJdphyt4

By: Betito

Betito — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:34:44 +0000

Isn't there a problem with one OS, one manufacturer as well? After a while, that company rests on its laurels and stops innovating. Look at Palm and Blackberry are they not losing marketshare?

By: iProRings

iProRings — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:13:09 +0000

^ The point is that without consistency in the UI the apps simply won't be as functional. And functionality counts for a lot in a mobile platform.

By: ari-free

ari-free — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:59:21 +0000

There is no consistent UI experience on the internet. There was one for AOL. Guess which won out in the end? Woe to those who choose not to adapt. People want to customize, to experiment and try out new things. You can't treat people like delicate porcelain dolls that break down if anything is a little different.

By: Lady Kaede

Lady Kaede — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:07:52 +0000

Yep, not new, & Fake Steve overstates the case for all the reasons you cmntrs have stated. But the grain of truth in his sandbox is that it's easier to make one app for one gatekeeper (however weird) than to ensure common performance on disparate hware/sware combinations. The Apple model (as usual) is the worst model . . . except for all the others.

By: derloos

derloos — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:30:17 +0000

So what? WM has the same situation, with all those 400x240, 800x480, 320x200 and such making developer's life a nightmare (which I observe daily), and so... what? The whole case might not be overly pleasant but there's one sure thing about it - it's not new.

By: Amu

Amu — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:14:56 +0000

Wow, how many years did it take that person to realize that all by himself ??! Hahaha. This is what happens when consumers want different types of handsets. The good thing about Apple is that it makes the software and hardware work almost flawlessly, compared to MS (although they could do the same but face lawsuits endlessly). If Apple were to decide to make a completely new device and bumped up os (higher resolution, higher megapixel camera, front-facing cam, etc...) it wouldn't matter a lot because any app/software could get changed effortlessly since Apple is the only one makes the device and software, unlike other OSes which run on different devices/hardware and firmware. iPhone = one os and one device. Others = different os versions, multiple devices. The PC market is completely different. Why? Because anyone can change the hardware inside and make adjusments (ie add ram sticks, add/remove hdd, change motherboard, overclock/underclock, etc...) to one's wants/needs, unlike a cell phone. Also, since PCs don't really have a limit on the hardware devs can create endless programs. However if you go to a Mac you won't find apps-to-apps compared to a PC. Yes people say a PC gets viruses and what not, but what do you expect if the PC is used more?

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:08:21 +0000

You're kidding right? This old school journalist sees through Lyons and his BS. I gave up long ago hoping some kind of fair, even-handed information could come out of this guy when he's not channeling Steve.

By: ddx

ddx — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:05:46 +0000

@cardfan, the UI is built on TOP of the OS, its nothing more than a skin...look at the HTC HD2, its all Windows Mobile 6.5 but with a snapdragon processor and HTCs UI on top, it doesnt affect anything with the apps running.

By: ddx

ddx — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:03:11 +0000

@bman i was seriously about to say the same damn thing

This isnt that big of a deal that some would make it out to be. Most Apps are made with a baseline to support such a OS (for blackberry 4.5 is the cutoff for most phones even though there are numerous older builds).

Fake Steve is worried about every phone not having the same apps because some hardware features may be missing or companies using a new skin over the phone? (thats mostly what those are...new skins). Google easily controls this by setting requirements for the device to meet depending on OS build and these requirements dont make a massive jump every update, if it meets said requirements then the apps should work (its not always that easy but at worst you might have to go in and change a few lines to optimize for a device).

In all honesty, it wouldnt surprise me for Apple to pull an Apple (oshit...world destruction incoming) and cut support/features from the iphone and 3G in favor of the 3GS and whatever new model comes along next year because who knows, maybe the new baseline will be 256MB of RAM for multitasking and that would leave the previous models out in the cold.

By: cardfan

cardfan — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:52:03 +0000

PC's don't all have different UI's. If you buy a dell or hp, you get windows. Not windows with Dell UI to differentiate or whatever.

By: bman

bman — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:46:23 +0000

Hello? PC development has been doing this for years.... what is the difference?

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