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This excites me. I work with a lot of geospatial industry tools, many mobile tools are still based on old window CE/pocket PC/windows mobile platforms; I hope t
by xemoka 9y ago
This excites me. I work with a lot of geospatial industry tools, many mobile tools are still based on old window CE/pocket PC/windows mobile platforms; I hope to see these snapdragon devices overtake this area.
Mobile data collection tools on iOS and android devices are rather poor (at least open source ones), hopefully this will help solve this problem—we'll just be able to use windows applications that work and are better developed. The windows ecosystem still seems easier to me than iOS / Android, perhaps that's just my bias or that I see more development options.
This could be a huge turning point for Microsoft's mobile divisions.
x86 drivers are still something I'm curious about here...
[edit: I should also mention, the reason why geospatial tools comes into play here is because the snapdragon CPUs have integrated GSM and GNSS (GPS) on the die. Currently, x86 based tablets have to use a separate component, and many don't come with it or even provide GNSS as an option]
- pishpash 9y agoIt's not your bias. The Windows ecosystem has always been pretty good for developers. If it weren't for the ten-year Ballmer purgatory, MS would have been all over this space, where little iOS and Android toys still haven't hit puberty. Reinventing the wheel has been an overall giant waste of time for the industry.