Comments on: My Two Concerns for Android http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Cheap Hosting Reviews http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-104187 Cheap Hosting Reviews Fri, 08 Apr 2011 07:15:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-104187 Good post bro, keep them coming, nice observation!!..

]]> By: Id0ntkn0w05 http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-103955 Id0ntkn0w05 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 01:58:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-103955 nonetheless is one word look it up!

]]> By: Djnoel http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101653 Djnoel Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:22:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101653 Although.. one word.. nonetheless also one word. We’re letting this guy write articles?? I won’t read anything else he writes.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101607 Anonymous Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:53:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101607 Wow – you sound like one of those miserable people who complains about any and everything. It’s a tech blog – not the Communist Manifesto – get a freaking grip!

]]> By: UnderDoc http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101601 UnderDoc Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:02:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101601 Then why are those people reading a weblog?

If you like healthy and tasty food, don’t go into the nearest fast food joint.

]]> By: Ymir http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101340 Ymir Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:47:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101340 I guess some people just like clear and competent language.

]]> By: Ymir http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101341 Ymir Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:47:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101341 I guess some people just like clear and competent language.

]]> By: grammarliberationfront http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101331 grammarliberationfront Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:24:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101331 You understood his post. You claim it was unreadable, but then reference his statement that “nobody cares”, showing that you did read it. His point is valid, as long as a comment is readable, it serves its purpose. In fact his typos reinforce his statement. It’s not a college thesis, it’s a comment on slashgear.

]]> By: Mike http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101326 Mike Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:02:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101326 @Ben It doesn’t take an English major to see that your article was rushed. My response was mostly to anonymous. Even though paragraph 4 was especially difficult, I did not mean to make it seem that I felt that your article was entirely unreadable. You are correct in saying that you (and others) do a pretty good job. While this particular article did have an area with some readability issues, the primary amusement came from reading the post by anonymous.

]]> By: ezra baraka http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101325 ezra baraka Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:59:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101325 Well i think someone should develope a smart spell checker that examines the sentence structure and puts what makes sense.

]]> By: Ben Bajarin http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101307 Ben Bajarin Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:01:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101307 I do appreciate the feedback. We do have an editor but he was out at the time of writing this and I wanted it to be timely. I looked it over a number of times but have been sick and working in an environment with no heat and very cold hands, I simply didn’t catch my errors.

We do take pride in our writing and we will admit its not perfect all the time. We work at a much faster pace than the larger outlets and sometimes in the interest of time things slip past. We will continue to do our best to avoid the distractions.

That being said if you look at the body of work by myself and others I think you will find we do a pretty good job. Depending on your definition of youth, I don’t believe any of our editors fit that description. Contrary to popular belief these types of blogs are not run by people under 30 or by college students. It is however run by people who have been in this industry longer than most and have a passion for technology and gadgets.

]]> By: Mike http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101303 Mike Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:36:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101303 @anonymous That is amusing! Your own spelling and punctuation were atrocious in that little post. They contributed to a severe ambiguity in deciphering your intended message (meaning it was unreadable). Also, claiming that nobody cares is completely erroneous. Matt cared enough to say something. I showed my wife and we had a good laugh about it. One of my colleagues in another state laughed and said, “Technological advancement seems to be heralding a linguistic regression among this nation’s youth.” I tend to agree. If spell check doesn’t fix it, it’s not wrong… right? Butt awl ways rim ember, a spelling Czech Ken Sea know airs inn this sin tense.

]]> By: UKohio http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101300 UKohio Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:18:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101300 Executives are always going to go for locked down, controlled devices. thats why many are now going a vpn route instead of a corporate mail client etc on the device.

I think theres definitely a middle ground between Open Market and Appstore and depending on your personal risk strategy the consumer should choose accordingly. That said, most non-techies will be going to the better policed app markets.

]]> By: UKohio http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101301 UKohio Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:18:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101301 Executives are always going to go for locked down, controlled devices. thats why many are now going a vpn route instead of a corporate mail client etc on the device.

I think theres definitely a middle ground between Open Market and Appstore and depending on your personal risk strategy the consumer should choose accordingly. That said, most non-techies will be going to the better policed app markets.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101221 anonymous Tue, 22 Mar 2011 03:35:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101221 dude nobody cares as long as its readable who gives a damn.what is it wirh ppl and bitching about this stuff lately.

]]> By: Slammer http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101210 Slammer Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:37:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101210 Concern # 1 solution: Goolge can put Android under LGPL (Lesser Gnu Public License), just like GTK. This allows businesses to develop applications for Android and still make money. Only cellphone companies (developing custom ROMs) like Motorola, HTC and Samsung have to make their code public too. DRM content could be a third party library which could be put under proprietary license.

]]> By: Ashiedu Nwadiei http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101199 Ashiedu Nwadiei Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:27:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101199 Definately two major concerns.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101194 Anonymous Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:54:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101194 @Vig

While yes I know Linux isn’t a company it more or less belongs to a certain community, I couldn’t decide between calling the community open source or Linux so I just picked linux.

Second the fosspatents article he posted talks about copyrights on how certain parts of linux in android could be considered a copyright infraction. That is why I asked if Oracle could sue over linux stuff, because the article makes no mention of Oracle property/java.

]]> By: Matt http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101192 Matt Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:34:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101192 Good article, good points…but extremely distracted by the spelling and grammatical errors…just run through a spell/grammar check before posting please. Thanks!

]]> By: Squinkle http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101190 Squinkle Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:12:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101190 I’m not worried at all. Android is a solid OS and platform. Put a couple of hackers on the payroll and have them get on it.

http://bit.ly/dI3hcF

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101189 Anonymous Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:06:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101189 CIOs and IT department managers are absolutely concerned with security on mobile devices. Android or other. RIM here is the safe bet for them.
But intentionally or not you did put in some FUD in your statements. If those statements came from the executives, that only proves that FUD reached it’s intended audience.

Of all legal issues, patents are the only to worry about. The Oracle related copyrights are going to give Google some financial headache, but nothing more. Linux and GPL issue, is a non issue at all.
And the patents part isn’t even an issue to manufacturers that don’t produce devices for US.

]]> By: Pradyuman Vig http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101188 Pradyuman Vig Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:59:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101188 Two things my firend… one… Linuk is not a company in the strictest sense… second, Oracle is NOT suing on behalf of Linux… they are suing because of the fact that code inside Androidis Oracle’s property (in a way).

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101187 Anonymous Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:51:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101187 Can Oracle sue on behalf of linux though? The article you linked to was all about linux, not java which has been (as far as I can tell) Oracles weapon after acquiring Sun.

Assuming Oracle cannot sue on behalf of linux, I do not see anyone really pushing towards a lawsuit because of the potential linux copyrights. Linux has a lot to gain from android going big, ranging from getting its name out there down to drivers being linux compatible on new hardware(which has been a large stumbling block). Is it morally right? Probably not, but as long as a symbiotic relationship is there I can’t see linux copyrights coming into play.

]]> By: jambalaja http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101185 jambalaja Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:26:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101185 Microsoft is the Devil. North korea

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101184 Anonymous Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:23:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101184 I don’t see a problem with the malicious apps since they fixed the problem very efficient and swiftly plus when more of those malicious apps appear again and things become actually a real problem google can always change how things run in the android market and problems once again get solved. Things that can be solved are not really problems…

As for the lawsit is concerned if google wins all ok. if oracle wins, google changes the code (which as i have heard it is supposed to be easy, plus it is not something important on android code, not sure though, correct me…). On the other hand why will microsoft sue htc/moto/samsung where they are possible business partners on windows 7 platform…

]]> By: sansenoy http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101181 sansenoy Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:18:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101181 I’ve noticed that people are saying/writing “loose” instead of “lose” a lot these days, is that some weird change in the US english grammar or just typos???

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101180 Anonymous Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:17:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101180 1.) Lawsuits happen constantly. I didn’t see anyone calling for people to abandon IOS when nokia/motorolla/htc/etc sued Apple or for people to stop using Microsoft Office after Microsoft lost their battle. Even if companies started going after manufacturers who were involved in the OHA(open handset alliance) the OHA would have enough patents in their bags to preserve themselves and each other via cross licensing. It’ll be years before the Oracle vs Google case ends(in either decision) and likely even longer before anyone wins a dispute with a manufacturer for using android after that.

2.) I agree with some of what you said and then wonder why the tangent away from apps themselves. Google does need to get a handle on the malicious apps in the official market. There is some refuge in outside markets(such as the closely monitored amazon one) but Google does need a little more monitoring on the market.

2.5) Outside of Apps android is one of the more secure mobile OS’s out. Reference is the past pwn2own contests. Even with apps the malicious code went after flaws that were fixed in 2.2.2+(which at last check around 60%+ has froyo).

]]> By: Ben Bajarin http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101174 Ben Bajarin Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:41:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101174 Yes in the security case Google must continue to address this as they claim they did with 2.3. We will see.

The lawsuit one has me the most concerned. Here is a good read from a patent perspective on the damage potential to especially developers should the Linux end of this lawsuit stand up as well.

http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/03/googles-android-faces-serious-linux.html

]]> By: UnderDoc http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101171 UnderDoc Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:24:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101171 I believe you; we can expect nothing less from top executives but to be cautious and slow in adopting technology. It is the task of companies who want adoption of their products to convince those executives of the merits of said products. However, this has little bearing on how secure Android actually is.

]]> By: Nospam http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101170 Nospam Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:22:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101170 If you can’t tell the difference between lose and loose, you won’t be “fortunate enough to have the opportunity to work with the majority of smartphone, tablet and PC OEM’s” for very much longer.

Doesn’t slashgear have subs who read this crap before it’s posted on the web? It makes you look like morons.

]]> By: Ben Bajarin http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101167 Ben Bajarin Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:15:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101167 I agree fragmentation is a concern but from those at these companies there is optimism that this problem gets solved. These other two are a little more serious I think that could dent consumer the consumer mindshare more than fragmentation.

I’m not sure those non-techie consumers who use Android are aware of what version of the OS they are on and they may not even care.

]]> By: Ben Bajarin http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101166 Ben Bajarin Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:11:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101166 I’m just saying…. Some key folks are legitimately concerned.. I’m hearing this a good deal from executives who make these decisions.

]]> By: UnderDoc http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101164 UnderDoc Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:07:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101164 On SlashGear’s menu today, Philip Berne took care of the whine, while Ben Bajarin was in charge of the FUD.

You guys should open a restaurant, seriously.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/my-two-concerns-for-android-21141379/#comment-101162 Anonymous Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:55:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141379#comment-101162 I’m really surprised that fragmentation isn’t on the list. Patents are a concern, but they’re not the forerunner on my mind. I have a Droid, and officially it appears to be stuck at 2.2.

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