Comments on: Internal Storage, Battery Life, Application Sales: 3 Crucial Ingredients Android Lacks

By: Dadical

Dadical — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:06:27 +0000

There are some options for improving batter life for certain devices (e.g., Hero, Magic, etc.). For example, Screebl, one of the ADC2 finalists, (http://www.keyeslabs.com) offers some improvements for me…

By: Android Tapp

Android Tapp — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:22:09 +0000

@t4g @Danny Peck so you can honestly say 256 megabytes is large enough and SD card is fast enough to handle advanced gaming on Android phones??? Honestly???

By: zotje

zotje — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:41:32 +0000

I agree the internal storage needs to be larger. However, the need to be able to install apps on the SD card is a real need. Some apps need to be installed on the internal memory for speed, however, a lot of apps with low speed requirements could be put in the SD card. Besides, forcing people to save to a specific location and letting the OS manage it sounds so…itunes like!

By: Danny Peck

Danny Peck — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:21:47 +0000

t4g++ — Totally disagree on Point #1. Developers can put pretty much all of the heavy resources right on the SD card. The internal memory is only for core data. You can easily fit hundreds of apps on your Android.

By: t4g

t4g — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:03:42 +0000

I disagree in points 1 and 2:

1 – Developers can use the space in SD for app content, you don’t need the whole app in internal memory. Many apps already do this, it’s a developer choice. Games with many gigs are possible if game content (textures, images, sounds etc) are stored in SD. GPS apps like Sygic and Ndrive already do this, Doom and Quake ports too.

2 – Yes battery needs to get better, but if some app leave a service running in background when there isn’t need to, its app fault not platform’s. Also, users shouldn’t have to concern with power management, this needs to be automatic. Yes it can improve in Android.

By: aspitzer

aspitzer — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:37:18 +0000

I had an iPhone for over a year before I want to a myTouch. The myTouch battery lasts AT LEAST 25% longer. This is without doing anything fancy like having Locale turn things off an night.

Dont get me wrong, it is not great, but at least I can get through the day which is more then I could do with the iPhone. Plus, I can also swap out batteries on the myTouch.

By: ari-free

ari-free — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:27:14 +0000

please do your own research:
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gameloft-supports-the-2nd-generation-of-android-phones-71750762.html