Linux integration for android.

[cooz0977]

I just got the g1 alittle over a month ago and now I just recieved a Mytouch. While the mytouch is much quicker than the g1 and has close to double the battery life the more I use android the more dissapointed I'm getting. After the intial WOW factor wears off we get into the phones true function.
The phone is simply Icons that links to applications. Everything is an application. Whether it is a simple alarm clock or youtube it loads like an application. If its is possible we need in phone integration of certain applications. For example windows media player on WinMo os runs quick and seamless, Itunes does the same on the Ipods/Iphones. Linux being open platform seems to almost be holding the phone back in my eyes. Hopefully I'm wrong and developers can overcome this. Even Blackberrys music player and other basic functions have under a 1 second load time and when pulling contacts up while running media is quick.
I've seen the hero and I like where their going with it, but that better have close to 512 mb of ram and utilize the full processor to run what their showing in demos right now. If this can not happen Htc needs to go dual processor with one dedicated to media.

[kaysesoze]

dude, how did you get a mytouch3g already???

[cooz0977]

T-mobile gave a few to employees. Lets stick to the topic if we can.

[kaysesoze]

T-mobile gave a few to employees. Lets stick to the topic if we can.

what was your topic ???
the title says - Linux integration for android.

but your post is basically a review of the mytouch3g !!!!

congrats on getting one early, now whats your topic ??
lol

[deserttopping]

he wants less lag.

[kaysesoze]

ahhhh ... thanks for the translation..
that first post was like reading coding... lol...

[bobzoz]

g1 was no charm at start but once its released to public it will only get better.

plus whos to say the mytouch you have is the one to be released to public?

[deserttopping]

i think he's concerned about the viability of linux as the backbone of android, not about a device. i'm not knowledgeable enough to address that, but others around here are.

welcome to AC, btw, cooz0977.

[andrews240]

I'm with kaysesoze. Other than your announcing that you have a myTouch, your post makes no sense.

All of the phones that you mentioned are essentially applications running in an OS, with icons linking to those applications. I am running the slowest of android OSes right now, Hero w/swap, and the music app loads in a second. This, of course, is after the initial launch, which takes longer than all proceeding launches, but that is just one of the ramifications of a full OS with background processes. If you want your android phone to run more like an iPhone, install dev tools, and use it to restrict the OS to one app at a time. I tried it and, even though it was faster, single tasking is a miserable existence.

Linux is in no way holding the phone back. In fact, being based on Linux will allow android to see far more innovation earlier than any other platform before it. Do you remember the early days of Blackberry? I still have nightmares of hourglassing to this day, and this was less than a year ago. And, I can't believe that you even mentioned WinMo. You have to be kidding!

Initial, processor intensive, app launches may be a little slow, but subsequent launches are quick, as you would expect with any full featured OS. I completely disagree with your entire post. Some people are just to impatient IMO. To wait a few seconds for an app to launch, to me, doesn't seem at all unreasonable or disappointing.

But, your opinions are more than welcome. And, congrats on copping that myTouch. If it had a physical keyboard, I would be jealous.

[Crashdamage]

All of the phones that you mentioned are essentially applications running in an OS, with icons linking to those applications...If you want your android phone to run more like an iPhone, install dev tools, and use it to restrict the OS to one app at a time. I tried it and, even though it was faster, single tasking is a miserable existence.

Linux is in no way holding the phone back. In fact, being based on Linux will allow android to see far more innovation earlier than any other platform before it.

Exactly. The OS Linux backbone of Android is the best thing about it and the #1 reason a got the G1.