Originally Posted by sivan:
Funny stuff! But how is any of this supposed to make me want an Android phone? Because Android makes money (free), or it will run in my car (I'm buying a phone), or its SDK is amazing (don't need a phone to develop and I won't be making money anyway). Who gives a **** about any of this? The UI sucks.
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I see you don't know much about investing in the stock market. A a company with a poor management track record normally doesn't do as well as a company with a good management track record. Investors are interested in those types of details since they impact the profitability of the company. Certainly, I would not be investing in Chrysler right now and GM is ify. Ford is probably okay as well as the Japanese manufactures if you look at track records of their respective management teams.
Likewise, the way in which Palm manages its development support for their phone is very important to the wise end-user: The SDK is important so developers investing in the platform know they can both develop and support their products.
As for the UI, you are entitled to your opinion but instead of stomping around like a 3rd year old wailing about how the world is a mean, cruel place, why not provide some constructive criticisms of what you don't like?
Originally Posted by sivan:
More hilarity. Yes, HTC and Samsung can built great bricks, but they will never come up with something like a gesture area, or slide out portrait keyboard in a compact device, or small keys that are still easy to type on, or the Touchstone. They're just generic hardware manufacturers with no clue in design.
Really? Do you know the difference between the OS and the Hardware?
Android will support gestures in future releases (the hardware running android to date doesn't preclude it). The main issue for the lack gestures is the Android Development Team needs to do so in a way that complies with patents they come accross to support the input type as well as the more mundane engineering required to make it work.
And the HTC SenseUI that HTC developed is getting a lot of praise and also has the effect of making their phones unique from the Google Expierence phone.
But again, these companies make a lot of money from people who clearly do not share you views.
Now, is there anything else I can either instruct you on or otherwise help you with?