Comments on: Coverage of the Android Heavy Google IO Developer Conference Today

By: Ernie

Ernie — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:22:51 +0000

I figured most of that stuff, including the eye roll, but I’d hoped they might have a little more inside info. Oh well.

No word about App2SD or whatever it was called?

By: Markus

Markus — Fri, 29 May 2009 06:32:17 +0000

Thank you, I really appreciate your infos

By: Michael Martin

Michael Martin — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:54:52 +0000

The Android engineers said the G1 will NEVER have true multi touch as the current hack to do so is just a limited version.

No mention about Apple blocking them from using it.

As far as rooting the phones publicly they don’t mind it and privately they told me they love some of builds like JesusFreke and welcome those advancements.

By: Michael Martin

Michael Martin — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:40:02 +0000

It is pretty sweet as I always said I NEED a physical keyboard to avoid the fat finger frustration but the one on this Ion Phone is really responsive and even a iPhone fanboy says its at least as good as that on the iPhone.

By: Michael Martin

Michael Martin — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:34:32 +0000

All the Android engineers groaned and rolled their eyes when I ask about Flash.

They say its out of their hands but they see the limited processing and internal memory of the G1 preventing FULL FLASH support.

Its on Adobe to deliver as they promised by the end of the year, so it will come from them as a separate download and not as an OTA update.