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.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
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 :)
auspicious moral thought: 嘉仁念
I figure now that I work at Sony I should know these things :)
Sunday, January 17, 2010
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 :-)
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 :-)
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Most common email message
I googled for the term "most common email message" and only got 1 hit, so I am posting this.
What do you think the most common message sent by email is?
What do you think the most common message sent by email is?
Thursday, December 3, 2009
HTC!
Bahamas, Bravo, DesireC, Dragon, Dream, Espresso, Halo, HeroCT, HeroC, Hero, Huangshan, Incredible, Legend, Liberty, Memphis, Paradise, PassionC, Passion, Sapphire, Supersonic
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Some companies are their 3rd party ecoystem
For all the big players in technology it seems to one of their real assets is the 3rd party developer ecoystem they foster, and often depend upon.
Been thinking about the iPhone appstore, enjoying my Droid, and then I thought again about Palm and Flash.
Flash could really help save Palm, and I think the reason why is Flash has an army of 3rd party developers who have created simple flash apps, and content providers already proving their content through flash.
I've had the opportunity to talk with some people at Flash in the past, and I've watched their mobile efforts closely. It's still fascinating to watch.
I read a comment recently someone made that talked about how Nokia allows you to use all sorts of 3rd party verticals for application development. Their native symbian, or java, or flash, or silverlight, etc. The same is true of Windows Mobile.
It's not remotely true of the iPhone. It's not especially true of Android yet either. There are some phones that support flash in the browser, but the HTC is the only phone I'm aware ofthat supports such, and I believe that Flash is one of the reasons the Hero is stuck on the 1.5 Android firmware. That could be business reasons though, for all I know.
If I was a professional blogger I'd have a point here. Perhaps someone else can provide one as a comment? ^_^
Been thinking about the iPhone appstore, enjoying my Droid, and then I thought again about Palm and Flash.
Flash could really help save Palm, and I think the reason why is Flash has an army of 3rd party developers who have created simple flash apps, and content providers already proving their content through flash.
I've had the opportunity to talk with some people at Flash in the past, and I've watched their mobile efforts closely. It's still fascinating to watch.
I read a comment recently someone made that talked about how Nokia allows you to use all sorts of 3rd party verticals for application development. Their native symbian, or java, or flash, or silverlight, etc. The same is true of Windows Mobile.
It's not remotely true of the iPhone. It's not especially true of Android yet either. There are some phones that support flash in the browser, but the HTC is the only phone I'm aware ofthat supports such, and I believe that Flash is one of the reasons the Hero is stuck on the 1.5 Android firmware. That could be business reasons though, for all I know.
If I was a professional blogger I'd have a point here. Perhaps someone else can provide one as a comment? ^_^
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