[Gvsig_english] gvSIG mobile question

[Miguel Montesinos]

Hi Chris,

I agree with you, with some consideration to be taken. I explain my
personal point of view below. Please notice that it's just my personal
POV not the project's one.



> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: gvsig_internacional-bounces at listserv.gva.es
[mailto:gvsig_internacional-
> bounces at listserv.gva.es] En nombre de Chris Puttick
> Enviado el: jueves, 29 de abril de 2010 10:15
> Para: gvsig_internacional at listserv.gva.es
> Asunto: [Gvsig_english] gvSIG mobile question
> 
> A silly one, some might say, but why is the focus of gvSIG mobile on
an officially
> dead operating system? The next version has been announced as being
officially not
> backward compatible 

Well, gvSIG Mobile was started on 2007. That year there were no news
about Android, iPhone, and so on. We tried to find Linux based mobile
platforms, but there were no commercial available platform, apart from
some experiments or retired ideas (Sharp Zaurus,...). OpenMoko was
something to explore in the beginning, as you know.

Compatibility issues are real but for .NET code on Microsoft platform.
.NET Compact Framework is not compatible with the new Windows Phone 7
platform. It really doesn't affect gvSIG Mobile code, as it's Java code.
The problem will be to have available Java Virtual Machines (CDC) for
the new platform.

> and the platform with the widest support, fastest growth and
> greatest number of handsets is Android. 

I completely agree with you about his point. Market trends are proving
this fact [1]. As a matter of fact, new devices are appearing, even
ruggerized ones.

> Any chance focus will shift to Android anytime soon?