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You could make an Android phone that had things like that, and companies have done so (like Amazon). The downside is then you wouldn't be able to license the Go
by zigzigzag 10y ago
You could make an Android phone that had things like that, and companies have done so (like Amazon). The downside is then you wouldn't be able to license the Google services on top.
Android is both open source and expensive to develop. It seems like a reasonable compromise to me, especially as Google keeps the fragmentation problem somewhat under control this way.
- stephenr 10y agoYou call the current situation with android fragmentation "under control"? The single highest installed version according to Google is 3 major versions behind and 3 years old.
- zigzigzag 10y agoI said "somewhat under control". You aren't qualified to complain about Android fragmentation unless you've tried to write mobile apps before Android/iPhone came along. I have. Trust me - no matter how bad you think Android is, it's much better than the previous state. And a big part of that is the ecosystem of sticks and carrots Google set up around the open code base.
- sangnoir 10y agoMost folk didn't have to deal with targeting MIDP profiles, J2ME and the incompatible vendor extensions... Give me a fragmented Android any day, 1 build will run across all OEMs 99.9% of the time, rather than 15%