Mobile dev: times & OS changes

For those who develop mobile solutions, times are changing and platforms too.

iPhone provokes a gold rush for Apple developers; its a shame that those policies that limit Flash, Java & other apps that needs a VM or a runtime are kept left.

Microsoft is burning its ships and betting to their new OS Win phone 7; in the VS 2010 no mobile develoment is provided and they are promising a bundle to support development for the new platform.

And the new kid in town, Android, is the one that shakes the market. With smartphones, tablets and other devices targeted, and an open source support this may be the way.

Time will tell.

Image from wired.

iPad and Chromium: the cat sandbox

Hurray!!! The new Apple´s table is here and the tablets war has begun.

Hurray!!! Google is launching this year their new OS for netbooks: Chrome OS or Chromium. Fast as lighting. Boots in 10 seconds. Fear it MS.

However, behind these new box office hits , some bad news arise:

1. iPad is not multitasking, no USB ports, no camera, no Flash, and will not allow to install anything but Apple blessed products. Even the battery is sealed. The business are the services.

2. Chromium (Chrominux), will turn the netbooks in a web browser with steroids and will NOT work if you are offline; no wifi, no OS, no netbook. The business are the Google services.

This restrictive policies are not taking us to the next level. Is like when you educate your cat to do its needs in its sandbox. Outside of it, punishment will prevail.

Any new gadget must allow to install what ever you want or what ever you code. Closed systems are condemned to be instant legacy.

Besides, open source products are everywhere, so whats the point of having a text editor or other tools online??

Services are a great idea, but the cloud must evolve to turn this more democratic. I don´t have a datacenter yet.

Want to try Chromium???
VBox VM
USB install