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Since Google has introduced version 3.0 of their Android OS, designed specifically for tablet computers, I was pondering the question:
Has Lone Wolf considered porting HL, AB, CV, RW, etc. to the Android OS, now that it's available for tablet PCs? |
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January 19th, 2011, 12:34 AM
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I'd be willing to pay a full license for M&M 3E on the Android platform, if it were available. |
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January 19th, 2011, 06:33 AM
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It's a heck of a lot easier for me to break out a tablet on my lunch than a full-blown laptop. |
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January 20th, 2011, 05:51 AM
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Google has released v3 of the Android platform which is specifically built for Tablets (2.3 and other versions were largely meant for phones). Combined with Windows 7 Mobile tablets & the iPad2, there's going to be a lot more demand as the next six months bombards us with these devices.
As I am waiting for those devices to all come out and drive prices down, I have no opinion on platform at the moment.  That said, having Hero Lab available on any tablet platform would definately be a selling point for it to me. |
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February 1st, 2011, 02:37 AM
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February 1st, 2011, 08:21 AM
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^_^ Maybe they could start a Kickstarter project. It's a nice and easy way to find out what user interest is because people have to literally put their money on the line, but no one gets charged anything unless the product comes off.
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February 2nd, 2011, 03:54 PM
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February 2nd, 2011, 04:52 PM
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We addressed this a bit in our "State of the Wolf 2011" update:
http://wolflair.com/index.php?contex..._the_wolf_2011 |
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February 3rd, 2011, 06:18 AM
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Cost of development is much lower on iOS, so for a small company they are far more likely to be able to afford to develop for the iPad. Not to mention the decreased cost if they first complete a MacOS X port.
Android is fragmented, with different hardware with different supported feature sets (think early Windows Direct X days with so many video cards with different hardware accelerated features that a game developer had to account for each individual video card.) A lot of well known app developers have came out against Android, but I'm sure google will eventually solve the problem. If nothing else by required all the phone manufacturers to sell the same hardware. Angry Birds developer PDF support is much better on iPad compared to Android combined with the ease of syncing new files to the iPad, I think the iPad will continue to maintain the top platform for gaming (tabletop) for a long time. |
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February 3rd, 2011, 07:01 AM
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First let me start by saying I appreciate your point of view, but feel that it is a bit flawed.
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The argument that Android is fragmented is moot, as the core compatibility is the same across all 2.x versions, and seeing as we are talking about tablet devices, which will be running either 2.x or 3.x your assertion would be incorrect; in addition iOS is just as "fragmented" as there are multiple versions of the OS out there depending on your device (iphone vs iphone3 vs 3gs vs 4) EDIT: A bit of Android "fragmentation" news http://developer.android.com/resourc...-versions.html Define a lot of well known developers. You cite one and take it a bit out of context, as they never said it was hard to develop for the platform, just that not all devices are created equal. PDF support on Android is just as good as it is on the iOS platform, syncing files to and from android devices is easy on Android as well, in my opinion it is better than in iOS as you can mount the device as a hard drive and not need another piece of software like iTunes to mediate the transfer of data. In regards to gaming, the iPad is no better than most of the tablets out there currently, and it is by no means the top platform for tabletop or any other form of gaming. Don't get me wrong I think that the iOS platform and devices are great but they are no better than than Android, just different. I can see the appeal of the iOS based devices but feel it would be a bit short sighted to think that they will be the top platform. While they appeal to the masses and have a simple interface iOS devices are not the device of choice for many of the people whom I have met in my travels. Most people I know that do tabletop gaming are for lack of a better word, geeks, who pride themselves on being in total control of the devices they own/use and the Android platform has proven itself to be go to OS for most of them, because it is mostly open, highly customizable, and very hacker/tinker friendly. Yes the iOS platform is at the top right now, but that is because until very recently that was the only real choice that you had for a lightweight OS, with long battery life. That is no longer the case. if you look at the reports Android is rising faster than any other mobile platform and will at the very least hold as large of a market share as iOS devices in the tablet space. Like I said at the beginning, I appreciate your point of view on this but don't think it is correct. Time may prove me wrong, but this is my opinion. Wouldn't it be funny if we were both wrong and somehow Rim, or HP, or even MS ended up being the eventual winner. stranger things have happened. That's my $0.02 Last edited by robrowald; February 4th, 2011 at 04:59 AM. |
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