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Todd Allcock wrote:
> At 23 Mar 2010 19:03:26 -0700 Bhairitu wrote:
>> Todd Allcock wrote:
>>> At 23 Mar 2010 12:30:10 -0700 Bhairitu wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I'm a big fan of Android and like the thinking behind it and of
> course
>>>> it will do everything he wants (and more that he may like once he has
>>>> it).  I think Android eventually will own smartphone the market
> mainly
>>>> because it is open source so anybody can play.  The latter is not
> true
>>>> of the platforms.  I even have some apps on the market.
>>> Maybe I'm naive, but I don't see where "open source" is any sort of
>>> advantage in the mobile market as it exists today.  I don't think most
>>> phone users care, and the barrier to entry to develop for other
> platforms
>>> is low enough.
>> It's the manufacturers who would care about open source since they
>> don't have to license anything. That's what I mean by "anyone can
>> play."  No it isn't important to the user.
> 
> I guess, but WinMo and Symbian licences are only a few bucks per device,
> and you get a pre-established ecosytem with millions of users and
> thousands of apps.  (Though the quick rise of Android has been impressive
> to watch!)  
> 
> 
>> Have you developed for other platforms?
> 
> 
> Only toyed with WinMo a bit- nothing much sportier than "Hello World"-
> type stuff.  The SDK is free (though you need Visual Studio to use it),
> and no restrictions to installing your apps on devices (unlike, say, the
> iPhone and the upcoming WinPhone 7 that requires signed apps delivered by
> a central app store.)  
> 

Okay, I have and have some apps on Windows Mobile (since 2003) and Palm 
as well (since 1998).  Originally Windows Mobile (Pocket PC) EVC++ was 
free, you could  download it or order from Microsoft at the cost of the 
CD.  Then they integrated it into Visual Studio.

Palms big mistake was not allowing legacy apps to run on their WebOS 
platform.  A third party has an application that allows them to run but 
that should not have been necessary.

What these companies ignore at the many apps made by single developers 
who fulfill the some needs for a niche market.  Some of the these apps 
are free others low cost and some expensive.  With the free development 
systems and open access developer will take a risk with their time.

I have customers who want iPhone versions of my apps but I don't own a 
Mac and not entirely sure it would be worth the effort especially 
learning a junk language such as Object C which I would only use for the 
iPhone.  Cost of developing for Android: my time and $25.  Of course I 
bought an Android phone too but that was months after I released my 
first Android app.