Comments on: X is for X-Ray: Cool, interactive kids' app http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/x-is-for-x-ray-cool-interact.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 09:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: SteveKiwi http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/x-is-for-x-ray-cool-interact.html#comment-1283192 SteveKiwi Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132112#comment-1283192 Fucking X-Rays, how do they work? Fucking X-Rays, how do they work?

]]> By: Projectile Grommeting http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/x-is-for-x-ray-cool-interact.html#comment-1282997 Projectile Grommeting Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132112#comment-1282997 Maggie, I've thoroughly enjoyed your contributions. If you would be so kind as to contact me, I would be so kind as to buy you an iPad so that you might see what all the fuss is about. Maggie, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed your contributions. If you would be so kind as to contact me, I would be so kind as to buy you an iPad so that you might see what all the fuss is about.

]]> By: paul beard http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/x-is-for-x-ray-cool-interact.html#comment-1282957 paul beard Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132112#comment-1282957 Andy Simmons' response is as clear as anyone could want. Just because something is "free" doesn't mean market forces are suspended.  Andy Simmons’ response is as clear as anyone could want. Just because something is “free” doesn’t mean market forces are suspended. 

]]> By: flosofl http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/x-is-for-x-ray-cool-interact.html#comment-1282947 flosofl Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132112#comment-1282947 Right on! Down with usability! Technology should be a struggle, reflecting the struggle in life those of us who toil for the 1%. Solidarity! (from a user of both Android and Apple's latest gen devices) Right on!

Down with usability! Technology should be a struggle, reflecting the struggle in life those of us who toil for the 1%. Solidarity!

(from a user of both Android and Apple’s latest gen devices)

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/x-is-for-x-ray-cool-interact.html#comment-1282845 Lobster Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132112#comment-1282845 Occupy Apple? Occupy Apple?

]]> By: pizzicato http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/x-is-for-x-ray-cool-interact.html#comment-1282740 pizzicato Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132112#comment-1282740 No need hazarding a guess... Android users are cheapskates, they like being free and free beer! They are also the 99%! Yea pretty awesome app thou... A pity, but I wouldn't spare a dime on it, because I am a android user. You only need to Google Apple customer demographics to show, brand loyalty, income skew, i.e. rich and idolatry No need hazarding a guess… Android users are cheapskates, they like being free and free beer! They are also the 99%!

Yea pretty awesome app thou… A pity, but I wouldn’t spare a dime on it, because I am a android user. You only need to Google Apple customer demographics to show, brand loyalty, income skew, i.e. rich and idolatry

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/x-is-for-x-ray-cool-interact.html#comment-1282723 Lobster Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132112#comment-1282723 "Start up the motor and whiz where you like." Already do, childrens' e-book.  Already do. “Start up the motor and whiz where you like.”

Already do, childrens’ e-book.  Already do.

]]> By: Andy Simmons http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/x-is-for-x-ray-cool-interact.html#comment-1282686 Andy Simmons Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132112#comment-1282686 Sounds like your problem isn't so much with app development in general, but with Android's failure to penetrate the market with a unified platform.  Developers know that they can write one universal app, and it will run on both generations of iPad, three generations of iPhone, and probably the last couple of generations of iPod Touch.  That's a lot of potential customers.  But if they want to release their app on Android, they have to consider the varied landscape of Android device capabilities, form factors, and supported versions of the OS. Add to that the fact that report after report has shown that Android users on the whole are apparently reluctant to actually *pay* for apps, and it's not hard to see why developers find it an easy decision to pass on Android. Sounds like your problem isn’t so much with app development in general, but with Android’s failure to penetrate the market with a unified platform.  Developers know that they can write one universal app, and it will run on both generations of iPad, three generations of iPhone, and probably the last couple of generations of iPod Touch.  That’s a lot of potential customers.  But if they want to release their app on Android, they have to consider the varied landscape of Android device capabilities, form factors, and supported versions of the OS.

Add to that the fact that report after report has shown that Android users on the whole are apparently reluctant to actually *pay* for apps, and it’s not hard to see why developers find it an easy decision to pass on Android.

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