I agree with you about Microsoft and Accessibility, they really dropped the ball with Windows Phone 7. Fortunately, there are alternatives. I only use a mac at home now, and I use an iphone and android for different things. The fact is, windows mobile 6 is a dying breed, both on phones and note takers. It simply makes no sense to pay more for these note takers, when you can get a laptop for much less, and they do more. For Sendero, it makes sense to expand their product on to IOS and Android. Right now, Android is the top smart phone OS in the world. Symbian was decent, but like windows mobile, it's on the way out. You can still get Symbian phones, but it makes no sense to buy in to a platform that is dying fast. Android and IOS are the operating systems to have and use for mobile devices, at least for the next few years probably.
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Yes, and had Microsoft come up with good accessibility standards, etc. and stood by them including with their own software we would be a lot better off now than the never ending battle for access to Windows that will never end.
So, if a developer wants the freedom to do things their way without following Apple's rules they can go to Android, and be a sloppy developer and never have to worry about being told that their work is inferior and the end user suffers as a result.
Apply those same principals in a business and the company would go under because their software developers would refuse to work together to come up with applications that will allow the company to do the things they need to do.
-----Original Message-----From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike ArrigoSent: Monday, June 06, 2011 6:26 PM To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: sendero GPS on iphone and android
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.
-----Original Message-----From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike ArrigoSent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 6:55 PM To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gps-talkusers] sendero GPS on iphone and android
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 APIto 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 the logical first choice I think.To change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation mode):http://senderogroup.com/social_media/email.htm
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