This merger you think is emergent, will rather, immerge into thin air to emerge into something more reflective of an anti-merger. Will it ever re-emerge? No. But there are all sorts of other mergers that will in fact, merge with the future when those mergers are approved by those emergents who decide to emerge from their submergence in order to merge; all of this, of course, not being an emergency.
So relax, quit merging your mouths with hot gas to emerge nonsense, go home, and merge with your wives.
I highly doubt they have compatible frameworks. Why would they merge them? IT would seem to be more effort than it is worth versus just getting Android into a functional state and getting the damn devices out! Later on down the line, app compatibility between the two would be great, but don't spend 12 months trying to merge the two before bringing out new devices. My god, the iPhone would take over the world by then.
BTW, I love the iPhone and will be getting one soon, but I am completely rooting for Android. I hope it's a kickass product. Just like Ubuntu, Android can succeed and make a huge impact on the market if they STANDARDIZE THE USER INTERFACE GUIDELINES FOR CONSISTENCY! I honestly believe that's the single biggest problem (well... other than hardware driver support, but that's a whole other issue) with Ubuntu really penetrating the consumer desktop sector. Though there is some excellent exceptions, most software for Ubuntu (Gnome, KDE, and Linux in general) has a user interface that is at best mediocre, and at worse downright horrible. UI elements scattered about with no direction, terribly busy interfaces, multiple levels of dropdown menus, inconsistent functionality, etc. Now only are most applications poor in usability, but the worst part is the inconsistency between different apps, and the overall lack of direction and guiding principal. Software developers (and yes I am one, although I am fairly good as UI design having worked as a designer) need to quit screwing around and get a competent designer to help them that is experienced with UI design. Creating an effective UI is much harder than most people would even believe --- It is really a learned skill.
This is a major part of the attractiveness of Mac OSX to many people. The software is simple and elegant, with attractive interfaces and very intuitive design. We NEED to implement OSX type UI design guidelines in Ubuntu and Android. I'm so sick of looking at terrible software interfaces put together by completely artistically inept engineer types.
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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I hate sybian and Android looks so much more usefull/easier to use. I hope this never happens
I'm not so sure if Howard Stern would prefer Android to Sybian.
Me=FAIL XD
Symbian of course!
(In my defense, this is a new keyboard)
Damn those new keyboards and hiding "m" god known where.
Dear J.G. Ass.:
This merger you think is emergent, will rather, immerge into thin air to emerge into something more reflective of an anti-merger. Will it ever re-emerge? No. But there are all sorts of other mergers that will in fact, merge with the future when those mergers are approved by those emergents who decide to emerge from their submergence in order to merge; all of this, of course, not being an emergency.
So relax, quit merging your mouths with hot gas to emerge nonsense, go home, and merge with your wives.
Sincerely,
Mergy M. Merger
I highly doubt they have compatible frameworks. Why would they merge them? IT would seem to be more effort than it is worth versus just getting Android into a functional state and getting the damn devices out! Later on down the line, app compatibility between the two would be great, but don't spend 12 months trying to merge the two before bringing out new devices. My god, the iPhone would take over the world by then.
BTW, I love the iPhone and will be getting one soon, but I am completely rooting for Android. I hope it's a kickass product. Just like Ubuntu, Android can succeed and make a huge impact on the market if they STANDARDIZE THE USER INTERFACE GUIDELINES FOR CONSISTENCY! I honestly believe that's the single biggest problem (well... other than hardware driver support, but that's a whole other issue) with Ubuntu really penetrating the consumer desktop sector.
Though there is some excellent exceptions, most software for Ubuntu (Gnome, KDE, and Linux in general) has a user interface that is at best mediocre, and at worse downright horrible. UI elements scattered about with no direction, terribly busy interfaces, multiple levels of dropdown menus, inconsistent functionality, etc.
Now only are most applications poor in usability, but the worst part is the inconsistency between different apps, and the overall lack of direction and guiding principal. Software developers (and yes I am one, although I am fairly good as UI design having worked as a designer) need to quit screwing around and get a competent designer to help them that is experienced with UI design. Creating an effective UI is much harder than most people would even believe --- It is really a learned skill.
This is a major part of the attractiveness of Mac OSX to many people. The software is simple and elegant, with attractive interfaces and very intuitive design. We NEED to implement OSX type UI design guidelines in Ubuntu and Android. I'm so sick of looking at terrible software interfaces put together by completely artistically inept engineer types.