<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>I think one of the issues that has been eluded to is that the cheap tablets may not have the hardware devices that the smartphones do. Things like cameras (both front and read facing), GPS, WiFi, USB device access, flash memory, etc. If you want to include support for these in the demo app you write, you'll need a device with the hardware. Part of the <span id="misspell-4" class=""><span>sexiness</span></span> of 'droid are from those capabilities. In addition, many apps build apon things like the 'droid mapping layer, which pretty much depends on WiFi or Phone Networking. Ditto with the HTTP scraping/mashing capabilities. Leaving these off, 'droid is just another Java appliance.<br></span></div><div> <span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:courier;">--- </span><br
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style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Jason Hsu <jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> tclug-list@mn-linux.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, May 23, 2012 10:59 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [tclug-list] WANTED: advice on buying an Android device<br> </font> </div> <br>
Thanks for your suggestions. I have some answers and still some more questions.<br><br>Please note that this will only be my first Android device, not my last.<br><br>I'll go with Android 2.3. Most users are still on version 2.3.3 or earlier, and an app designed for Android 2.3 will work better on an Anroid 4.0 device than vice versa. By the time Android 4.0 takes over, tablets and smartphones should be cheaper and/or much better.<br><br>I'm still not clear on why I should buy a smartphone instead of a tablet. I already have a dumbphone that I'm not even fully utilizing. <br><br>My tentative plan is to buy an Android 2.3 tablet now and buy an Android 4.0 smartphone later on. I'm sure that by the time Android 4.0 takes over or I outgrow my dumbphone, smartphones will be cheaper and/or much better.<br><br>What do you think?<br><br>-- <br>Jason Hsu <<a ymailto="mailto:jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com"
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