Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.alt.net!news.kjsl.com!usenet.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!i.newsfeed.yosemite.net!newsfeed.yosemite.net!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!lust.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Android apps development Followup-To: comp.lang.java.programmer Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2011 10:48:52 +1200 Organization: Geek Central Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 118-92-92-183.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: lust.ihug.co.nz 1301784532 1602 118.92.92.183 (2 Apr 2011 22:48:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ihug.co.nz NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 22:48:52 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.4.7 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:2776 In message , Patricia Shanahan wrote: > My doctoral dissertation research was in ubiquitous computing ... How long ago was that, if you don’t mind my asking? :) (I graduated with an MSc in computer science in 1985, if that helps to even the score.) I remember the last interesting things I heard coming out of Xerox PARC was their idea of “boards”, “pads” and “tabs”, which were three different sizes of wirelessly-networked keyboardless computers. All user data lived in the cloud, so you could go into any office, pick up any one of these devices, and have all your own data immediately to hand. > One of the limitations has been the way phone companies lock things up, > making it difficult to add research applications. Android may make things > a bit more open, which would be good. Amen to that. Though some see that is simply giving more power to the handset makers and the network operators...