tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6495998559522302927.post6679892892742989443..comments2008-11-28T20:09:01.177-08:00RocketManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17924141490259045149notesfromtherocket@gmail.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6495998559522302927.post-22917992743602647282008-11-28T20:09:00.000-08:002008-11-28T20:09:00.000-08:00Hi Robbie,<BR/><BR/>Android is going to suffer the same problems J2ME and BREW suffered from: Device Fragmentation.<BR/><BR/>Write once. Debug everywhere.<BR/><BR/>If Google doesn't enforce the hardware spec with an Iron Fist™, they will have a bunch of very similar devices in the marketplace that developers will need to buy at least one of each in order to develop for, simply because OEM 1 and OEM 2 decided to implement something as basic as how the keyboard works in a very slightly different way.<BR/><BR/>That way lies madness.<BR/><BR/>iPhone will dominate for the foreseeable future. I know you don't like it but they will be selling for 100 bucks with a year.<BR/><BR/>Android will corner some geek marketshare but I don't see them "dethroning" Apple anytime soon. Apple would have to really, really blow it for that to happen.<BR/><BR/>Yes Apple is Apple, and does some really annoying shit (No Bluetooth API? WTF?) but the iPhone is a really, really nice system to develop for overall.<BR/><BR/>For me, it all comes down to the Alan Kay quote: "If you really care about software, make your own hardware."richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03060010281039718718noreply@blogger.com