We are part of the open source community. Android is licensed under the
Apache open source license and therefore we should prefer Android unless
iOS moves to an open license.
My thinking behind this was:
If both operating systems were equally open then we should strive to be
neutral when dealing with multiple commercial outfits (If we can't deploy
apps for both at the same time then we should prioritise by transparent
criteria).
According to Wikipedia Android has the larger market share, and all other
things being equal that would be a good reason to prioritise it.
According to Wikipedia Android is gaining market share, and all other
things being equal that would be two good reasons to prioritise it. (More
people will use it and as newer phones tend to have better cameras as we
can hope for better quality images).
There are other operating systems out there, and in my view we should
either be idealistically committing to support all of them or compromise on
all that achieve a certain marketshare, or be practical and plan to support
all that achieve a certain marketshare of phones with higher quality
cameras.
Clearly phone camera quality has improved by a huge margin in the last
decade or so, does anyone know if there are technical limitations that will
prevent it eventually catching up with cameras?
WSC
On 26 April 2012 07:30, elya <ew_wp(a)web.de> wrote:
Hello,
returning to the mobile app discussion, I'd like to share some
ideas/perspectives and receive your opinions about those.
Timewise, we will need to concentrate on one OS - Android or iOS. One
more or less simple option would be modifying the Upload Wizard for
mobile use - which would exclude iOS at the moment for technical reasons.
Another approach would be a native app either for Android OR iOS (in our
timeframe).
QUESTIONS:
* which one would be the preferred platform for us?
* What are the market shares in your country/region?
* Which other arguments for one or another platform are helpful - i.e.
camera quality or online involvement of target group for either OS?
Thank you very much!
Regards,
Elke
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