In a recent speech at the eComm conference, Google group manager Rich Miner offered both praise and disdain for Apple’s iPhone handset. The executive stated that “Apple did a number of things right first time, first device,” but that the lack of a background environment for applications has proven to be a major limitation.

Miner also cited that interpreted languages and multiprocessing apps are not supported, summarizing that “there’s a lot of restrictions.”

Last November, Google introduced the Open Handset Alliance - a conglomeration of developers, hardware manufacturers and wireless providers, the group having been nicknamed “Android”. This group currently provides an open source software developer’s kit which is available from Google itself.

via http://www.iphonealley.com/news/google-offers-praise-and-barbs-regarding-iphone-hypes-upcoming-android-product

Posted on March 17th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: iPhone News