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Awesome!I've always fancied myself as a bit of a beatboxer... anyone know if it's available on the android?

by Roridge 17y ago

sofal 17y ago
The Android sound API is unfortunately very far behind the iPhone. There is as of yet no low level native API for sound whatsoever.
- Frazzydee 17y ago
  The way Apple has been able to attract developers to making all kinds of applications is really amazing. And this is despite all the bad press over the App Store's review process. Having a strong developer community is typically where Microsoft has excelled. What happened? Even the biggest incumbents have already been left in the dust. I've been looking for some 'cool', high-quality symbian apps, and as far as I can tell there aren't very many.
  - Roridge 17y ago
    No there aren't many, i've totally given up on my Symbian phone.. so should Nokia imho
  - cheald 17y ago
    The iPhone has market share. Developers go where the market share is. Microsoft's desktop developer community is so strong because they own such a dominant slice of the desktop market. The iPhone is no different. The Android market is making a really strong showing. It's not to the scale of the iPhone app economy yet, but with stuff like the N1 and Desire coming out, the potential for Android's market share to increase is quite strong, and with that come developers. If Android phones were to become popular enough, I have no doubt that developers would desert Apple and its punishing app store policies and gateways in record time.
    - Frazzydee 17y ago
      There must be something else. Symbian still has the lion's share of the market (47%). Apple only has 15%: http://www.canalys.com/pr/2010/r2010021.html http://www.canalys.com/pr/2010/r2010021.html Is it much easier to develop for the iPhone over Symbian phones? Are iPhone users more willing to pay money? Or perhaps Apple makes the payment process easier for developers, who no longer have to set up their own payment processing? I don't know what the answer is, but it's not just market share.
- Roridge 17y ago
  mores the pitty :(

Awesome!I've always fancied myself as a bit of a beatboxer... anyone know if it's available on the android?

by Roridge 17y ago

Awesome!I've always fancied myself as a bit of a beatboxer... anyone know if it's available on the android?

sofal 17y ago

The Android sound API is unfortunately very far behind the iPhone. There is as of yet no low level native API for sound whatsoever.

Frazzydee 17y ago
The way Apple has been able to attract developers to making all kinds of applications is really amazing. And this is despite all the bad press over the App Store's review process. Having a strong developer community is typically where Microsoft has excelled. What happened? Even the biggest incumbents have already been left in the dust. I've been looking for some 'cool', high-quality symbian apps, and as far as I can tell there aren't very many.
- Roridge 17y ago
  No there aren't many, i've totally given up on my Symbian phone.. so should Nokia imho
- cheald 17y ago
  The iPhone has market share. Developers go where the market share is. Microsoft's desktop developer community is so strong because they own such a dominant slice of the desktop market. The iPhone is no different. The Android market is making a really strong showing. It's not to the scale of the iPhone app economy yet, but with stuff like the N1 and Desire coming out, the potential for Android's market share to increase is quite strong, and with that come developers. If Android phones were to become popular enough, I have no doubt that developers would desert Apple and its punishing app store policies and gateways in record time.
  - Frazzydee 17y ago
    There must be something else. Symbian still has the lion's share of the market (47%). Apple only has 15%: http://www.canalys.com/pr/2010/r2010021.html http://www.canalys.com/pr/2010/r2010021.html Is it much easier to develop for the iPhone over Symbian phones? Are iPhone users more willing to pay money? Or perhaps Apple makes the payment process easier for developers, who no longer have to set up their own payment processing? I don't know what the answer is, but it's not just market share.
Roridge 17y ago
mores the pitty :(