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Re: Android apps development

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Nigel Wrote:
'A desktop GUI designed for operation by mouse/pointer and keyboard
ain't
going to work on a finger driven display. It requires a complete
rethink, and redesign of the human interface. That's what Apple did,
and
got right, whilst Microsoft failed to do anything.'

That pretty much sums it up right there. The power is useless without
the ability to actually work with it. The nearest thing in the desktop
world to tablet apps is some touchscreen apps (mostly seen in Retail
POS systems it seems). Convergence of the design methodologies of
desktop and tablet apps may not be possible. This means of course that
a new skillset needs to be developed to create great user interfaces
for tablet type devices to do the same job that is being done with
keyboard and mouse on a desktop. This is not a trivial challenge in
itself, and added to this is the user expectation that working with a
tablet is 'lighter and easier', and added to that again are issues
surrounding portability and limited resources. Its not so straight
forward to jump from one skillset to the other.

There is a company is China (go figure) that produces tablets to
order. The group is called Seewor Tech (www.seewortech.com). If you
are looing for a custom research or development tablet perhaps they
might help. I have not used them myself yet, but intend to around the
middle of this year when I get a few spare minutes to actually figure
out what I want. Hope that helps anyone looking for custom stuff.
There are probably other groups similar to this too of course, I only
mention this as it is one I found in my random stublings around the
net and is not intended in any way as an endorsement of them as a
company.

Cheers

The Frog

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