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Standing up for Android? 70% of apps in android market wont work on Kindle, Plus you cannot directly install from Android market on Kindle as it goes to Amazon

Standing up for Android? 70% of apps in android market wont work on Kindle, Plus you cannot directly install from Android market on Kindle as it goes to Amazon App Store. What Are you even talking about who will test the apps on so many devices ? Android has come a long way: 100 million activations, 450,000 developers, 215 carriers, 310 devices, 112 countries, 400,000 activations per day, 200,000 apps in the Android market, 4.5 billion apps installed. (shamelessly stolen from :http://jjinux.blogspot.com/2011/07/google-io-2011.html http://jjinux.blogspot.com/2011/07/google-io-2011.html) If that is not all to deter you, Developing the class of games you can develop on Obj-C because it produces native code. cannot be done on Dalvik/java. Writing GL/SL shaders is very tough compared to Obj-C which has better support as it is C. You have excellent debugging tools at your disposal on iOS and then look at Android Debugger :( You never know, You can never optimize your games on android the way you can on iOS, Just because it generates a native executable. Sure some day even android would support native apps, But that day the app delivery promise would be broken. You would have to make games for at-least the major mobile manufacturers and test them on major variants. And You would still end up not reaching potentially every android device. Because of Hardware profile inconsistency. So the whole reachablity is a myth. Add to that the day someone starts developing an App on android in C++ whats the advantage ? There were many Open platforms before android whats new ? Look at Openmoko.org Sure android is great for freeloaders but the consumer just ends up paying the same amount in-spite of the OS being free. What the point really that android is making ? that no one else before it made ? Android is a ton of hype + Google Marketing + Semiconductor Gangs(Samsung+LG+others..)

untog 15y ago
Standing up for Android? 70% of apps in android market wont work on Kindle The Kindle is not Android. I mean, technically- to the HN crowd- it is. But as far as Google, Amazon and the consumer are concerned, it isn't. So Android Market not working with it is an irrelevance. OpenMoko? No-one used it. "What's new" with Android is the millions of people using it. Of course there is plenty of money to be made there.
- pankajdoharey 15y ago
  Frankly give me an example of straightaway success like iOS on Android, Just one example would be enough. I tell you there is none. And then there is a growing problem of pirated apps on android. Now i will give you an example of straight away success on iOS, tapulous.com and many more are there, iOS is where millions could be made, Android impossible. Lead by example.

untog 15y ago

Standing up for Android? 70% of apps in android market wont work on Kindle The Kindle is not Android. I mean, technically- to the HN crowd- it is. But as far as Google, Amazon and the consumer are concerned, it isn't. So Android Market not working with it is an irrelevance. OpenMoko? No-one used it. "What's new" with Android is the millions of people using it. Of course there is plenty of money to be made there.

pankajdoharey 15y ago
Frankly give me an example of straightaway success like iOS on Android, Just one example would be enough. I tell you there is none. And then there is a growing problem of pirated apps on android. Now i will give you an example of straight away success on iOS, tapulous.com and many more are there, iOS is where millions could be made, Android impossible. Lead by example.