Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Arno Welzel Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: iphone vs. android drivers? Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2024 09:19:36 +0100 Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net TyU7XyjTHZg40UaXQZIf2Q3NtViiWLNROQrjdPnfcRgzheP62+ Cancel-Lock: sha1:+WvAJ+x/GsWpNFPftbPWVOcsHWg= sha256:F3d2oH9F466OsfCMz4tsrnIbmHqE0mzPZMEsZJldOmY= Content-Language: de-DE In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:144051 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. -- Arno Welzel https://arnowelzel.de