Android Developers Blog: UI framework changes in Android 1.6

Android Developers Blog: UI framework changes in Android 1.6

I am glad that they update old blog posts, crossing out sections that are no longer relevant is very good practice. I like seeing what it used to say, because people repeat it, and seeing the line through it clearly shows that its no longer true.

Auspicious Moral Thought: 嘉仁念

I am told that Kanninen in Japanese could be:

auspicious moral thought: 嘉仁念

I figure now that I work at Sony I should know these things :)

Microsoft needs to try and "Embrace and Extinguish" Android.

Trying to stay backwards compatible is Windows Mobile failed.

Reducing backwards compatibility with Windows Mobile 7 would be a sign of taking a huge step towards raising the quality of the Windows Mobile platform.

The old platform was not good.

Microsoft should go out of it's way to help WinMo developers port their code to the new platform.




But what I want is for Microsoft to try and "Embrace and Extinguish" Android. There is no reason Microsoft couldn't build a phone that is "Windows Mobile 8" and also runs most Android apps. They already started putting good JVMs for J2ME on WinMo, and it helped keep the platform alive for a couple more years.


The biggest drawback to running your own Android distribution is you don't get the Google Apps. I don't think Microsoft would mind :-)