Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!feeder.news-service.com!newsfeed.kamp.net!newsfeed0.kamp.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Android apps development Date: Fri, 06 May 2011 10:53:29 +0100 Organization: Dirk Bruere at Neopax Lines: 28 Message-ID: <92huoiFh10U4@mid.individual.net> References: <92fte3FjeiU3@mid.individual.net> Reply-To: dirk.bruere@gmail.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net tkzlvncLohpwD+XgZnFU6gbSykNzGSboOETaBq9SbMp1T7bMmN Cancel-Lock: sha1:+3JUbtGDKklqscBbN2Q1DWvUyyo= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110414 Thunderbird/3.1.10 In-Reply-To: Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:3656 On 06/05/2011 00:48, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > In message<92fte3FjeiU3@mid.individual.net>, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: > >> On 05/05/2011 06:13, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> >>> In message, Roedy Green >>> wrote: >>> >>>> From the quick exploration I did, it does not even support AWT, SWT or >>>> Swing. >>> >>> That’s right. Desktop-oriented GUIs are a waste of time on an ultramobile >>> device, as Microsoft found out with Windows Mobile. >> >> Only this year. >> A bit down the line and Tablets will be as powerful as today's desktop. > > Tablets are a different kettle of fish again. Look at Microsoft’s attempts > to transplant the regular Windows desktop UI onto them—doesn’t work. Like in browsers, the bloated MS bureaucracy has been caught totally off guard. The fact that they are PAYING Nokia billions to run their offering shows how panicked they are. -- Dirk http://www.neopax.com/technomage/ - My new book - Magick and Technology