RunRev for iPhone and iPod Touch

[Andres Martinez]

Hello

Sorry Richard, but I disagree.

I recently read (maybe from this same mailing list) that the iPhone  
has more penetration than Linux within internet-connected devices. If  
I remember correctly, measurement was taken from Google visitors.

If this is correct, the iPhone would be an important platform for  
RunRev.

Regards,
Andres Martinez
www.baKno.com

On Feb 22, 2008, at 5:26 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> Terry Judd wrote:
>
>>> If I were RunRev, long before I jumped on the iPhone bandwaqon I'd  
>>> make
>>> an engine that runs on the Windows-based handhelds.  Simpler API,  
>>> and a
>>> much larger installed base.
>> A Windows mobile version of Rev would be great (hey I think I even  
>> voted for
>> one in BugZilla about three years ago) but if I could only have one  
>> mobile
>> Rev platform then it would be for the iPhone/iPod Touch. These are  
>> the first
>> handheld devices that I've seen that, IMHO, have real potential in  
>> the
>> education sector. PDAs, whether Windows powered or not, have never  
>> taken off
>> among students but these just might!
>
> It's a tough call.  The iPhone has captured some healthy mindshare,  
> but like the Mac GUI it won't be long before its gestures (and more)  
> are simply industry standard.
>
> And for the other capabilities, competing vendors don't have far to  
> go.  I got a Palm Centro for my gal, and it's quite a powerful  
> little device.  And I have to say I prefer the tactile response of a  
> fixed keypad over the where-did-I-just-press? virtual keypad of the  
> iPhone. And ideal device may be more like the Sidekick: usable  
> physical keypad with large screen display.  Add gestures and it's an  
> iPhone-killer.
>
> It'll be interesting to see whether Apple opens up the iPhone  
> architecture faster than competing vendors add gestures.  But while  
> that race is on, it would take RunRev some time to deliver an engine  
> for either device.  With both the iPhone and competing alternatives  
> in such a state of flux, the whole thing is quite a moving target,  
> and in the meantime I really, really, really need independent column  
> alignment and zero-width columns in Rev fields, as do a few thousand  
> others.
>
> So it may be best for Rev to keep focusing on honing the engine for  
> the business tasks currently asked of it, while the Handheld  
> Platform Wars play themselves out for at least another year.
>
> -- 
> Richard Gaskin
> Managing Editor, revJournal
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