Comments on: AndroidGuys mix it up with GTalk web app http://cimota.com/blog/2008/07/05/androidguys-mix-it-up-with-gtalk-web-app/ Matt Johnston's Blog About Tech, Innovation, Startups, Opportunity ... and Sailing Tue, 22 May 2012 17:46:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: mj http://cimota.com/blog/2008/07/05/androidguys-mix-it-up-with-gtalk-web-app/comment-page-1/#comment-23039 mj Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:05:39 +0000 http://cimota.com/blog/?p=976#comment-23039 At the moment, No. We have a demo on stage at the Keynote and a screenshot of an icon in the demo video of the App Store. Honestly guys, you seem to mix up 'shipping software' and 'non-shipping software' an awful lot. Android may beat the iPhone at some point but can we at least see a shipping 1.0 before you start claiming victory. At the moment, No. We have a demo on stage at the Keynote and a screenshot of an icon in the demo video of the App Store.

Honestly guys, you seem to mix up ‘shipping software’ and ‘non-shipping software’ an awful lot. Android may beat the iPhone at some point but can we at least see a shipping 1.0 before you start claiming victory.

]]> By: Scott Webster http://cimota.com/blog/2008/07/05/androidguys-mix-it-up-with-gtalk-web-app/comment-page-1/#comment-23038 Scott Webster Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:57:46 +0000 http://cimota.com/blog/?p=976#comment-23038 "They claim it’s a limitation of the iPhone SDK that the web browser page needs to be open on your device in order to start working. It’s actually more a limitation of being a web app - of running in the Safari sandbox. It can’t take advantage of the new Push service that Apple is releasing later this month for all iPhone users." It's because they had to make a web app rather than a full install. The argument about battery problems with an installed app like GTalk... what about the AOL one? They have a full program, right? “They claim it’s a limitation of the iPhone SDK that the web browser page needs to be open on your device in order to start working. It’s actually more a limitation of being a web app – of running in the Safari sandbox. It can’t take advantage of the new Push service that Apple is releasing later this month for all iPhone users.”

It’s because they had to make a web app rather than a full install. The argument about battery problems with an installed app like GTalk… what about the AOL one? They have a full program, right?

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