RunRev for iPhone and iPod Touch
Andres Martinez
andres at bakno.com
Fri Feb 22 17:38:14 EST 2008
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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