By: Lionel

Lionel — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:33:55 +0000

I believe Android if the equivalent of the command-line driven device that you are looking for. Open operating system and rich SDK being are the new “command lines” that techies are looking for.

By: Ajit Jaokar

Ajit Jaokar — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:39:44 +0000

many thanks Damian for your comments and your kind words rgds Ajit

By: Damian Flannery

Damian Flannery — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:28:05 +0000

Hi Ajit – I too am a fan of the command line approach inspired by unix/linux – however, for three reasons, I don’t think that this will work on the mobile phone (possibly ever, but at least not in the near future).
1) The input to these mechanisms for these devices is just too clunky/slow.
2) Mobile devices are for people on the move. Even the most multi-tasking of people will end up walking out in front of a bus while trying to remember and type the correct regex format in order to search for that important email!
3) Using command line in your office or at conferences around other developers may make you look cool – but on the street, it will not! I have the iPhone and I love it. For me, what makes it great is the web 2.0 philosophy i.e the (semi) openness of the appstore. Eventually, of course – Android will win out as manufacturers compete to build the best hardware and users compete to build the best software on a truly open platform.
Nice blog, keep up the good work.

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