Isn’t it funny to see everybody name checking Android? About a year ago, when I told tech savvy friends I was developing for Android, I got blank stares and the usual “why not the iPhone?”. Six months ago, the same friends became vaguely aware that there were other smartphones besides the iPhone and the BlackBerry. Now, those same friends are bragging about their new HTC Desire!
The amount of books for Google Android has surged dramatically over the last few months and quite a few more are announced for the Fall. It’s exciting times. Or not. One such book – admittedly still only released as a “rough cuts” on Safari Online – seems to be an iPhone book regurgitated for Google Android. By that, I meant that there are glaring mistakes, including talking about the approval process taking several weeks! Clearly, the author hasn’t even bothered to check with an Android developer, or he would have found out there is no approval process.
So jump on the Android bandwagon if you must but please, do your homework first, no one likes reading stuff that was clearly written for another market! (The irony is that the book I refer to is about marketing your apps – talk about sending the wrong message to your market!).
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