Comments on: Android’s Room for Improvement http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/30/androids-room-for-improvement/ The trusted source for Android news and opinion | Est. 2007 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tapjoy Announces $5 Million Android Fund to Encourage App Porting « Mr. Android http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/30/androids-room-for-improvement/comment-page-1/#comment-106744 Tapjoy Announces $5 Million Android Fund to Encourage App Porting « Mr. Android Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:17:29 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10795#comment-106744 [...] Android’s Room for Improvement [...] [...] Android’s Room for Improvement [...]

]]> By: Jose http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/30/androids-room-for-improvement/comment-page-1/#comment-13533 Jose Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:34:20 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10795#comment-13533 Wow. Well put David. I can't disagree with a single point. It all comes down everyone wanting a "shiny bauble that looks cool and runs well" doesn't it? Hurry up and buy your Android - looking forward to seeing more of your thoughts here on AndroidGuys. Wow. Well put David. I can't disagree with a single point. It all comes down everyone wanting a "shiny bauble that looks cool and runs well" doesn't it?

Hurry up and buy your Android - looking forward to seeing more of your thoughts here on AndroidGuys.

]]> By: Jose http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/30/androids-room-for-improvement/comment-page-1/#comment-13532 Jose Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:31:19 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10795#comment-13532 You are right about the MyTouch ads - and I LOVE that Cat Stevens song, its catchy! The HTC stuff came out after I wrote this piece. We need more like that though in my humble opinion. "If you want to be me - be me... And if you want to be you - be you" :) You are right about the MyTouch ads - and I LOVE that Cat Stevens song, its catchy! The HTC stuff came out after I wrote this piece. We need more like that though in my humble opinion.

"If you want to be me - be me...

And if you want to be you - be you"
:)

]]> By: david_bessire http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/30/androids-room-for-improvement/comment-page-1/#comment-13456 david_bessire Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:28:44 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10795#comment-13456 Unfortunately, i think Android's problems go beyond marketing... 1. Need JIT & generational garbage collection in Dalvik. Every time an animation hangs because Android's busy marking-and-sweeping, someone on Apple Insider is noting it down. Every percentage point in performance counts. 2. Seriously need to address the lingering fragmentation questions, as well as address incompatibilities in the Market pre-download. (Perhaps this is already done.) 3. Developers continue to gripe about Android market experience - app discoverability, Google checkout, low downloads. Fix the market - again. Apple advertises its apps; maybe Google should start, preferably by highlighting apps which emphasize Android's capabilities lacking on iPhone. 4. Of course, paltry flash and no-official-apps-to-sd are glaring problems which should receive official support. Google should advise hardware partners to up the ram and solve the sd problem. 5. And if all else fails, hire Cyanogen & and a top-notch UI guru. Out-Apple Apple. Employ that split A-B testing used to such good effect on the search property. As others have suggested, focus on one thing at a time and polish to high sheen. Full disclosure - i don't own an Android phone, or any cell phone for that matter. i'm interested in Android because i can write a Python script on it and access the sensor APIs. i'm a geek. i'm the target audience. But the guy sitting next to me at the breakfast counter, swiping away on his iPhone email with stutter-free animations, doesn't care about how many simultaneous processes he can run. He just wants a shiny bauble that looks cool and runs well. Unfortunately, i think Android's problems go beyond marketing...

1. Need JIT & generational garbage collection in Dalvik. Every time an animation hangs because Android's busy marking-and-sweeping, someone on Apple Insider is noting it down. Every percentage point in performance counts.

2. Seriously need to address the lingering fragmentation questions, as well as address incompatibilities in the Market pre-download. (Perhaps this is already done.)

3. Developers continue to gripe about Android market experience - app discoverability, Google checkout, low downloads. Fix the market - again. Apple advertises its apps; maybe Google should start, preferably by highlighting apps which emphasize Android's capabilities lacking on iPhone.

4. Of course, paltry flash and no-official-apps-to-sd are glaring problems which should receive official support. Google should advise hardware partners to up the ram and solve the sd problem.

5. And if all else fails, hire Cyanogen & and a top-notch UI guru. Out-Apple Apple. Employ that split A-B testing used to such good effect on the search property. As others have suggested, focus on one thing at a time and polish to high sheen.

Full disclosure - i don't own an Android phone, or any cell phone for that matter. i'm interested in Android because i can write a Python script on it and access the sensor APIs. i'm a geek. i'm the target audience.

But the guy sitting next to me at the breakfast counter, swiping away on his iPhone email with stutter-free animations, doesn't care about how many simultaneous processes he can run. He just wants a shiny bauble that looks cool and runs well.

]]> By: Andrex http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/30/androids-room-for-improvement/comment-page-1/#comment-13431 Andrex Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:50:47 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10795#comment-13431 Umm, the MyTouch 3G ads are pretty much <b>just</b> targeted at the layman (or woman.) And as mentioned the HTC ads are fantastic for this. Umm, the MyTouch 3G ads are pretty much just targeted at the layman (or woman.) And as mentioned the HTC ads are fantastic for this.

]]> By: Jose http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/30/androids-room-for-improvement/comment-page-1/#comment-13427 Jose Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:40:41 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10795#comment-13427 Google isn't marketing Android at all - are they? I like your idea, Ill do a 30 second spot for Google! Google, here I am!! <smile> Google isn't marketing Android at all - are they? I like your idea, Ill do a 30 second spot for Google! Google, here I am!!

<smile>

]]> By: Jose http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/30/androids-room-for-improvement/comment-page-1/#comment-13426 Jose Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:39:33 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10795#comment-13426 Pretty chick... plane............. pretty chick... plane..... Hmmmm, Ill get back to you on that one :) Pretty chick... plane............. pretty chick... plane.....

Hmmmm, Ill get back to you on that one :)

]]> By: Jose http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/30/androids-room-for-improvement/comment-page-1/#comment-13425 Jose Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:38:55 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10795#comment-13425 BINGO!! I wrote this a while ago. Although the HTC commercials don't really promote Android directly thats EXACTLY what I was talking about! YAY for HTC! :) BINGO!! I wrote this a while ago. Although the HTC commercials don't really promote Android directly thats EXACTLY what I was talking about!

YAY for HTC! :)

]]> By: droidin http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/30/androids-room-for-improvement/comment-page-1/#comment-13424 droidin Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:36:22 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10795#comment-13424 I think Sony ads are move to the right direction - I'll take pretty chick on a bike over stealth bomber any day :) I think Sony ads are move to the right direction - I'll take pretty chick on a bike over stealth bomber any day :)

]]> By: Michael http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/30/androids-room-for-improvement/comment-page-1/#comment-13415 Michael Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:52:55 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10795#comment-13415 "Commercials that emphasis less mechanics and more memories, less stealth bombers and more something for everyone, are needed." What do you think HTC is doing with their "You" line of commercials? "Commercials that emphasis less mechanics and more memories, less stealth bombers and more something for everyone, are needed."

What do you think HTC is doing with their "You" line of commercials?

]]> By: ari-free http://www.androidguys.com/2009/11/30/androids-room-for-improvement/comment-page-1/#comment-13396 ari-free Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:50:08 +0000 http://www.androidguys.com/?p=10795#comment-13396 "but the marketing around it and the early adopters seem to have a techie bent." as opposed to Palm's insane and creepy marketing :) I think google should do something like a firefox flicks campaign. Let the users come out with their own commercials and people would vote for the best ones for Google to air. Except this time, it wouldn't be such a limited TV airing "but the marketing around it and the early adopters seem to have a techie bent."

as opposed to Palm's insane and creepy marketing :)
I think google should do something like a firefox flicks campaign. Let the users come out with their own commercials and people would vote for the best ones for Google to air. Except this time, it wouldn't be such a limited TV airing

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