Demo: Ice Cream Sandwich on Asus Transformer Prime
My ongoing battle with whether I should get a new (or even vaguely usable) Android device. Will ICM make a big difference? Will it address latency and allow more music apps in?
Fwiw, my guess is that yet another iteration of an already fragmented OS is precisely what developers do not want. Add to that the fact that developers make almost no money from android (recent analyst report by piper jaffray states that 90% of all app revenue across all OSes is spent on ios, and this is predicted to only fall to about 70% by 2015) and it's pretty clear what will happen. Android is morphing into the symbian of the 2010s. Most phones and tablets will probably run some variation of it, but most people will be using those phones and tablets as phones and basic Internet devices. All the content creation and the most fun will be on iOS for years to come.
You got Android right they are the next symbian. I love folks with the free android phones saying to me "I can play Angry Birds" like that is the most amazing thing you can do on a phone. After playing brick breaker for a decade on a Blackberry I bet it does feel great.
Windows8 is a good idea looks slick but we will see it seems to take a long time for Microsoft to fine tune something to actualy be fuctional. Most places I work with have not moved from XP but believe that Microsoft will have it togeather with for the next upgrade with about 10 years and 5 new versions. Most of the stuff people don't like about iOS seem baked into Windows8 mobile too so it is not going to be the free for all some people hope. I do think they will kick Androids ass though.
I'm no expert on the Windows mobile stuff but I have been looking at it from afar now and then. It's unclear to me if Windows 8 Mobile will run unmanaged code. I think the tablets will, less sure about the phones. It's been a policy decision in the past for Microsoft to only allow managed code on their phones, which means that developers can't port existing c++ codebases to the device and there's no access to the nice fast assembler code that most serious music apps are in need of.
Android seems a right old mess with a history of pot-shot attempts at an audio API, none of which are in any way fit for purpose with regards to real-time audio. ICS seems another fail in this regard, and what's more it has a silly name. Come on Google and the manufacturers, sort it out!
Let the flame wars commence....
ReplyDeleteFwiw, my guess is that yet another iteration of an already fragmented OS is precisely what developers do not want. Add to that the fact that developers make almost no money from android (recent analyst report by piper jaffray states that 90% of all app revenue across all OSes is spent on ios, and this is predicted to only fall to about 70% by 2015) and it's pretty clear what will happen. Android is morphing into the symbian of the 2010s. Most phones and tablets will probably run some variation of it, but most people will be using those phones and tablets as phones and basic Internet devices. All the content creation and the most fun will be on iOS for years to come.
Windows8 will destroy Android next year.
ReplyDeleteYou got Android right they are the next symbian. I love folks with the free android phones saying to me "I can play Angry Birds" like that is the most amazing thing you can do on a phone. After playing brick breaker for a decade on a Blackberry I bet it does feel great.
ReplyDeleteWindows8 is a good idea looks slick but we will see it seems to take a long time for Microsoft to fine tune something to actualy be fuctional. Most places I work with have not moved from XP but believe that Microsoft will have it togeather with for the next upgrade with about 10 years and 5 new versions. Most of the stuff people don't like about iOS seem baked into Windows8 mobile too so it is not going to be the free for all some people hope. I do think they will kick Androids ass though.
I'm no expert on the Windows mobile stuff but I have been looking at it from afar now and then. It's unclear to me if Windows 8 Mobile will run unmanaged code. I think the tablets will, less sure about the phones. It's been a policy decision in the past for Microsoft to only allow managed code on their phones, which means that developers can't port existing c++ codebases to the device and there's no access to the nice fast assembler code that most serious music apps are in need of.
ReplyDeleteAndroid seems a right old mess with a history of pot-shot attempts at an audio API, none of which are in any way fit for purpose with regards to real-time audio. ICS seems another fail in this regard, and what's more it has a silly name. Come on Google and the manufacturers, sort it out!