Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.glorb.com!news-spur2.glorb.com!homer.glorb.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Steve Sobol Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Android apps development Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 09:11:22 -0700 Organization: Glorb Internet Services, http://www.glorb.com Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <92fte3FjeiU3@mid.individual.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: xoAFiuXnRqdiUJrjkwExXQ.user.posting2.glorb.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@glorb.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 16:11:24 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/3.0.4 X-Notice: Scanned by Mr. Bill Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:3569 In article <92fte3FjeiU3@mid.individual.net>, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax says... > >> 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. MMmmmm, I don't know about that, I think it will probably take a little longer than 6-8 months. I'd predict that by the start of 2012, tablets *will* have made some advances, but they won't have gone that far yet. Keep in mind that mobile devices with dual-core CPU's are still the exception, not the norm, and if you can find a tablet into which you can put 4GB of RAM, please let me know, I'll go buy one... -- Steve Sobol - Programming/WebDev/IT Support sjsobol@JustThe.net