[gps-talkusers] Re: sendero GPS on iphone and android
- From: Mike Arrigo <n0oxy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 18:26:10 -0500
Well, that can be a risk of any operating system, the best way to avoid that is
good old fashion common sense, granted, on IOS that's probably not as much of a
risk, but you're stuck having to do everything the way Apple wants, don't get
me wrong, I like both platforms, but for different reasons.
On Jun 6, 2011, at 7:24 AM, Tanner, David (DEED) wrote:
> And, of course, with Android you get the added pleasure of all the malware
> that comes along with it for free.
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> Hey everyone, was thinking a bit more about the possibility of the full
> Sendero GPS product being developed on the iphone and Android. Actually, I
> would think it would be easier on Android than the iphone for a couple of
> reasons. First, Android allows self voicing apps to be developed much easier.
> On the iphone, there is no way for applications to speak using the TTs engine
> that is built in to the iphone, which is what voiceover uses. So, Sendero
> would need to either include their own tts engine, which would increase cost,
> or rely on voiceover to read everything, which would not allow the app to
> really be used in the background. Also, there would be no easy way to copy
> maps to the iphone, unless the entire country was included in the app the way
> Navigon and TomTom work. Or, it could just download maps as it needs them the
> way the look around app does, but the TTS would still be a major issue. On
> the other hand, Android would not have any of these problems. It provides an
> API
> to create talking applications, and it works in the background, the way
> Google navigation does. Also, copying maps to Android devices is easy since
> you can just connect the phone in mass storage mode and copy the maps to the
> SD card. And of course, with android, there is no approval process to deal
> with, which is why the look around app could be updated so fast. For these
> reasons, if Sendero does plan to expand to other platforms, Android would be
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