The question is where can developers properly leverage GPUs. Android allows you access to the GPU which apple GPU is pre-baked into things like the browser and OS but is not as accessible to developers.
- Murray Macdonald
...or hybrid with something like phonegap
- Charlie Isaacs
The HTML5 frameworks (like sencha) have made major improvements in HTML 5 performance, making phonegap apps perform better than they ever have before.
- Murray Macdonald
Windows phone allows JavaScript as a native development language. JS developers like Windows Phone.
- Murray Macdonald
That last comment of mine directed to Charlie as a musical response ;-)
- Tina Chase Gillmor
Surely the arguement really comes down to the type of App. If you are building a chat app that needs background services HTML5 is really the wrong way. A simple timetable, perhaps HTML5.
- Simon Tennant
Simon: HTML5 supports Web Workers that allow background services.
- Murray Macdonald
Charlie, yeah I thought maybe I should explain myself as Steve looked perplexed.
- Tina Chase Gillmor
the crossfade and zoom on my nexus 7 on beta.just.me is looking very smooth
- Kevin Marks
Simon: Most HTML5 app developers are using phonegap, giving their apps the same backgrounding capabilities as any app. In a browser you're right, but in an hybrid (phonegap) HTML5 app that's not the case.
- Murray Macdonald
I'm amazed that Oracle hoar themselves including the ASK Toolbar in Java updates. How much could they possibly be making from that annoyance?
- Murray Macdonald
I'm not anti nerd. Github sounds approriatley nerdy
- Tina Chase Gillmor
Have a text input faceoff next week. There are ways to beat everything you've just discussed. The disability people optimized typing speed techniques 20 years ago. The semantic compaction techniques are amazing once the user is trained. Some users over 1000 wpm
- Murray Macdonald
the beta.just.me site is performing well on nexus 7
- Kevin Marks
The speech recognition on Android is amazing. I used it in a noisy bar last night with 100% on unpredictable text. Robert: stop typing, start dictating. It's faster, easier, and more indicative of future (eg: glasses interface) The Android speech recognition is excellent.
- Murray Macdonald
Well, that's what we do, right Kevin? I don't need the company server any more.
- Ludwig Ederle
Blackberry won't catch Apple or Android in the U.S. but it might in other countries. What about Blackberry's switch between corp. and personal. Apple and others should do that.
- Michael Roberts
Michael: sorry, won't catch anything. If anything it'll stop the bleeding. That is hardly "catching."
- Robert Scoble
in security sensitive environments as corporate Germany BB will do well
- Ludwig Ederle
HTML5 is the primary viable BYOD interface and JSON APIs have become the new firewall.
- Murray Macdonald
My blackberry 8750 converted to a hockey puck at Sharks game (I dropped it never saw again)
- clive boulton
Kevin: Agree on OAuth. Beyond HTML5, iPhone is the wrong BYOD device because iOS makes it difficult to distribute apps. HTML5 makes the most sense.
- Murray Macdonald