Agreed. (I run a product development shop mostly working on mobile projects these days).
As a former embedded Linux developer, I really really want android to knock the socks off of the world. But its not.
Problems:
Its carrier based OS update model causes hideous OS Version fragmentation.
Eclipse is so painful to use many people just avoid it and use the command line tools.
You have to write Java.
There are a dozen deal breaking quirks between basic control behaviors on the different systems.
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All this with the fact there are HUGE economic issues with 85% of the world being unable to charge for apps in the Android store, flooding the market with free apps, makes the Android platform a bit of a question mark.
With Windows 7 Phone going with a Centralized OS Version release as Apple is doing, I think we're going to recommend it as a secondary platform over the free Android.
As a former embedded Linux developer, I really really want android to knock the socks off of the world. But its not.
Problems:
Its carrier based OS update model causes hideous OS Version fragmentation.
Eclipse is so painful to use many people just avoid it and use the command line tools.
You have to write Java.
There are a dozen deal breaking quirks between basic control behaviors on the different systems.
--
All this with the fact there are HUGE economic issues with 85% of the world being unable to charge for apps in the Android store, flooding the market with free apps, makes the Android platform a bit of a question mark.
With Windows 7 Phone going with a Centralized OS Version release as Apple is doing, I think we're going to recommend it as a secondary platform over the free Android.