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just a nit to pick: > Android has 4 buttons Android does not define the number of buttons. My Android phone has three buttons. The Motorola Xoom tablet runnin
by cryptoz 16y ago
just a nit to pick:
> Android has 4 buttons
Android does not define the number of buttons. My Android phone has three buttons. The Motorola Xoom tablet running Honeycomb (Android 3.0) has 0 of those buttons. It has only power and volume, I believe.
- cletus 16y agoAnd how is that not a worse problem?
- ffumarola 16y agoDepends what you expect. Copied from below: I like that different phone manufacturers have slightly different concepts of what makes the OS the most functional. Because at the end of the day each iteration will better future phone models as they learn what the market likes more. Instead of what one companies design team likes better.
- cryptoz 16y agoFlexibility in an OS to handle a variety of hardware is not a problem at all. In fact, it's a very good thing. Google is letting manufacturers with experience decide the best way to add buttons - or not add buttons - to their devices. Android devices without physical buttons will likely have software equivalents. To most customers, there isn't much difference between a hard and a soft button.