http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/30/touch-cruise-latest-htc-device-to-fall-to-android/ Engadget Mobile Comments for Touch Cruise latest HTC device to fall to Android http://www.engadgetmobile.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgetmobile.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/30/touch-cruise-latest-htc-device-to-fall-to-android/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/30/touch-cruise-latest-htc-device-to-fall-to-android/Jun 30th 2008 10:57PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/30/touch-cruise-latest-htc-device-to-fall-to-android/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/30/touch-cruise-latest-htc-device-to-fall-to-android/
Also as an aside, Blackberrys don't use push, they use real email. Push is when email is converted into a text message and sent to you, which is what most devices use for email. That's what makes Blackberrys the premier device for email.]]>Jul 1st 2008 12:21AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/30/touch-cruise-latest-htc-device-to-fall-to-android/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/30/touch-cruise-latest-htc-device-to-fall-to-android/Jul 1st 2008 12:21AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/30/touch-cruise-latest-htc-device-to-fall-to-android/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/30/touch-cruise-latest-htc-device-to-fall-to-android/
At least not in its natural form. What the server does with the info before it pushes it is it's own deal.

You can get email pushed to many devices in full HTML. It just depends on the server and the client. Blackberry does in fact receive pushed emails.

The term Push does not imply worsened quality :)]]>Jul 1st 2008 2:31AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/30/touch-cruise-latest-htc-device-to-fall-to-android/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/30/touch-cruise-latest-htc-device-to-fall-to-android/
I concur with you...I have no idea where Jato got his definition of Push Email, but it is definitely not that...WinMo phones (at least when synced with an Exchange server) use push email, and they get full HTML in all its glory. It is "real email", although I would agree with the fact that the amount of text editing that can be done when composing an email on the phone is limited.

Now if you want to talk about gimmicks, how about charging a person/company extra each month to use BB Connect when you can use an exchange server (less data charges) for free? :) ]]>Jul 1st 2008 1:43PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/30/touch-cruise-latest-htc-device-to-fall-to-android/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/30/touch-cruise-latest-htc-device-to-fall-to-android/Jul 1st 2008 12:00AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/30/touch-cruise-latest-htc-device-to-fall-to-android/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/30/touch-cruise-latest-htc-device-to-fall-to-android/
Have you ever thought how small part of Android is really open-source??? Where can I get the source code for anything else than the Java based (Dalvik) application framework?

I have used and worked with application development (and on other stuff as well) on many mobile platforms. Android doesn't bring anything better, and so far there's no working ecosystem around Android that would benefit anybody. Oh yes, I guess it benefits only Google because of publicity. There are presentation slides and plans, but the full-scale practical implementation is yet to be seen. Only the free licensing and a couple of very basic integrated services seem to be positive things, but even in that perspective Android is nothing special. The same services are available to any device vendors and operators through web browsers and web run-times.

Any device vendors or operators who want to implement Android in their devices, have to put tons of money and resources on R&D in order to get their own services, applications, and user experience in place. That is not inexpensive. It's the same situation with other platforms as well, unless you are able to utilize existing code. It's frustrating to see yet-another-platform, which creates even more fragmentation in the mobile industry, without bringing any significant improvements. Android is not based on any good existing application frameworks but introduced a new one. There are plenty of other tested and working options available, for free. There are some native Linux based operating systems for mobile devices and Symbian S60 will be free to use in a short while as well. For example these ones have hundreds (or even thousands) of existing applications and services, in addition to very robust practical implementations. These offer very good run-times as well. Why to focus on a niche OS like Android (currently 0% market share) while Symbian S60 and some Linux OS's are running everywhere around the globe already in the hands of hundreds of millions of people??? Think about it...]]>Jul 1st 2008 3:41AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/30/touch-cruise-latest-htc-device-to-fall-to-android/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/30/touch-cruise-latest-htc-device-to-fall-to-android/Jul 1st 2008 10:27AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/30/touch-cruise-latest-htc-device-to-fall-to-android/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/30/touch-cruise-latest-htc-device-to-fall-to-android/Jul 1st 2008 5:55AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/30/touch-cruise-latest-htc-device-to-fall-to-android/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/30/touch-cruise-latest-htc-device-to-fall-to-android/Jul 1st 2008 6:00AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/30/touch-cruise-latest-htc-device-to-fall-to-android/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/30/touch-cruise-latest-htc-device-to-fall-to-android/
This isn't even Android, it's an early primitive SDK version of it.]]>Jul 1st 2008 3:30PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/30/touch-cruise-latest-htc-device-to-fall-to-android/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/30/touch-cruise-latest-htc-device-to-fall-to-android/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=396782

Once the official OS is released, you'll see people flashing Android ROMS on their tired old HTC devices. It's pretty slick so far.

-Mc]]>Jul 1st 2008 3:43PM