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Re: iphone vs. android drivers?

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Allodoxaphobia, 2024-11-07 15:43:

> On Wed, 6 Nov 2024 17:54:08 -0000 (UTC), Dave Royal wrote:
>> On Wed, 06 Nov 2024 12:10:50 -0500, micky wrote:
>>
>> <[snip]
>>>
>>> How hard can it be to write an Android version of an iphone app?  Is the
>>> connection protocol with the stimulator inside me different?  Would the
>>> stimulator have to be changed too, or would Android phones communicate
>>> with other devices using the same protocol that iPhones do?
>>>
>> No idea - depends on all sorts of things, including contractual and 
>> licensing. Somewhere between 'not easy' and 'very hard' at a guess.
> 
> Plus the stimulator+android lash-up would have to go through all the FDA 
> approval process(es) again.

Yep - that's also a lengthy and expensive process.

My assumption: since iPhones are more common in US, the company decided
to go with an iOS version but does not want to spend the money for the
"poor" Android users who can not afford an iPhone.


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Arno Welzel
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iphone vs. android drivers? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2024-11-06 12:10 -0500
  Re: iphone vs. android drivers? Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2024-11-06 17:54 +0000
    Re: iphone vs. android drivers? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2024-11-06 20:29 -0500
    Re: iphone vs. android drivers? Allodoxaphobia <trepidation@example.net> - 2024-11-07 14:43 +0000
      Re: iphone vs. android drivers? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2024-11-07 21:38 -0500
        Re: iphone vs. android drivers? Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2024-11-08 07:22 +0000
          Re: iphone vs. android drivers? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2024-11-08 09:30 -0500
      Re: iphone vs. android drivers? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-11-08 09:19 +0100
  Re: iphone vs. android drivers? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-11-06 20:58 +0000
    Re: iphone vs. android drivers? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2024-11-06 20:30 -0500
  Re: iphone vs. android drivers? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-11-08 09:17 +0100
    Re: iphone vs. android drivers? micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2024-11-08 09:33 -0500

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