Hi!
With Android 4.0 the complete design has changed a lot. Icons have become scalable, have direct path to different service�� daemons, written in C++, Java, Linux increasingly becomes an "event machine" reacting on streams coming over BlueTooth, Wifi, Wimax, USBGPS, GSM, SMS, UMTS, HSPA+, LTE, informing apps, starting processes.
A few thousand man-years have been invested by Google already, no chance *ever* for any team to keep up with.
Android 4.0 is a free advertising platform on handy. I am using 4.0.x on Nexus for a few days now and am really surprised. I only get AD popups fullscreen from the OS (not within the browser) what i have been searching for on different platforms in the browser or having discussed via mail, twitter, facebook ... Google seems to collect information directly from my virtual���� keyboard (i have agreed to this explicitly, so please no paranoia!).
Times have changed. You are no longer free to choose your programming language.
Have fun, Guido Stepken
St��phane Ducasse wrote:
Thanks dimity what you are doing is cool.Smalltalk on Android is going to be fantastic - and possibly a killer app.
Marcus we should buy an android device or get one: Olivier has one I think.
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Which device will you get? ��In theory it wouldn't matter but in practice it might. ��I have been considering getting an Android phone and my choice may be influenced by yours. ��I might even consider donating some small $ amount if the chosen phone aligns with my interests. ��Some random thoughts (which ended up with a lot of links, so pick and choose your fancy)...
Over christmas the "Samsung Galaxy S II" ��[1] appears to have been popular with work colleagues here in Western Australia.
Consider getting a Jenkins build going with an Android emulator. ��[2]
Consider basing first efforts on top of CyanogenMod [3] - which may be attractive to early adopters to expand the compatibility base [3a] by minimising to difference in manufacturer stack customisations. �� I personally would use CyanogenMod in any case this to increase performance by eliminating carrier installed bloatware and spyware like Carrier IQ [3b].
Have you seen the Kickstarter funding site [4] [4a] ? ��Some examples [4b] [4c].
[1] http://www.digitaltrends.com/cell-phone-reviews/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-att-review/
[2] https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Android+Emulator+Plugin
[3] http://www.cyanogenmod.com/
[3a] http://www.cyanogenmod.com/devices
[3b] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/12/carrier-iq-architecture
[4] http://www.kickstarter.com/start
[4a] http://www.kickstarter.com/help/faq/kickstarter%20basics#WhatIsKick
[4b] ��http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1541803748/punk-mathematics?play=1&ref=search
[4c] http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1992078142/building-the-open-source-bussard-fusion-reactor?ref=live
(sorry for the many links)
cheers, Ben