mobile applications, touch screens, motorola, google, google OS and other...
Thursday, 16. July 2009, 19:48:55
Hi there,
last time i post two entries in my native language, i said (maybe someone understand), that i'll translate it later... well i lied... hrhr. Erm, ok, only a bit. This time my post will be, let's say, am, conclusion of the previous one. So, if you have some time, and think that my english is good enough, go ahead and read below text...
last time i post two entries in my native language, i said (maybe someone understand), that i'll translate it later... well i lied... hrhr. Erm, ok, only a bit. This time my post will be, let's say, am, conclusion of the previous one. So, if you have some time, and think that my english is good enough, go ahead and read below text...
Ok, as above, it should be some kind of conclusions of the polish posts, so...
The first one, was about mobile application. It was a kind of complain for the current situation that we have on the market...
For example: Let's look for the iPhone, and Android... These are both mobile platforms, but iPhone has bigger Application Store. Well ok, android will have it soon, but, do we need it ?
I think, we don't. iPhone is equipped with WebKit based browser, so... we have something that is standard compilant and can run only the same online applications as normal browsers. So, why they want us, or even, why they made aplications by themselves only for that specified iPhone platform? I don't get it...
The same thing is with Android... they made extra platform that allow to write apps for smartphones powered with that system.
So, again, the same question: do we need that? I don't think... They shoot themselves in the foot...
Why do they close for only one system, while they could have interoperatibility (dunno if this is correct word)... For example, it's much more cheaper to write only once the app, and to sell it or, charge for the usage, from thousands of people using different systems/phones/computers. But that's not all... Few days/weeks ago, google said something about their new system. It will be based on the webkit engine. Ok, that's good. Some kind of m$ windblows operating system, but from my point of view, google will made it correctly. But, if they made a system that is very friendly for webmasters, why android and with special platform, and separated software?
I think, the way is to have everything online, like games, software...If you don't know what i'm talking about, try search for quake3 online, or google docs etc... But if it's still difficult to understand what i'm talking about, try to remember, the times, the old times, when we're using special program to check out, our e-mails... And... now we're doing it online, checking, composing, sending...
For example, i almost don't use any program for my personal mailbox... i'm doing it online, from computer or phone...
The same thing will be with the other software....but it will be in the next few years ....
The second post was about toch screen phones and qwerty equipped ones...
Many times i see on the forums, and comments, that people like to have standard qwerty keyboard in the phone... And again my favourite question - why? Why do we need this...
I think, touch screen is the way we should go now... and leave the old, comfortless pseudo standard...
It's human nature to touch/click/lick/suck (erm... yyy, forget the last two)... But you know what i mean. Ok, take the old car on the table, and... you open the door, turn it on, then, probably you'll want to change the cooling/heating so, you press some button and it lights up, or just, move some switch and you see that it changed... The same is with the touch screens...
You pick up that kind of phone, and just click on the function button you want to use. You don't need to point the item by cursor key, or even, mouse... but you just click it by your finger and it's working... wow.. amazing... just like the old times...
So, why people still want's to use the qwerty keyboards in the phone? Ok, i've got one explanation. Cause there is still big problem with small screens, but i hope, kyocera whill help us with that very soon, (check this out).
Ok, the only problem is when we want to call someone, and we just need to enter the number, then i think the standard 10 digits cell phone keyboard will be enough, but it's up to you to decide...
Well that's all for now, sorry that this post is a kind of divided... but i think, it's better for reading...













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