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Hi Guys.... I have been looking at the developers website http://apps.burlock.org and he makes an interesting point about our playbook. I have copied it below but check the website for more details: -
"Good performance
I had a comment today from a Playbook user who remarked how fast the app runs, which is great to hear, especially since I was unable to test it.
One of the reasons why it would run quickly is that Solar Explorer isn’t really an Android port, it’s actually been recompiled into native code for the Playbook....... Another reason why it would be quick is that It’s been optimised to run on my Samsung Galaxy Tab which has pretty much the same hardware as the Playbook. I’ve been told by Stonetrip, the company that makes Shiva, that in their testing the Playbook significantly outperforms the Galaxy Tab, despite them being so similar. Part of the reason for this would probably be the Sasumg crap-ware that’s bundled into the Gingerbread Android ROM. It’s well known that the Galaxy S phone was unreasonably laggy despite having strong hardware, and the Galaxy Tab is just a Galaxy S phone with a 7″ screen"
The app looks superb too
Last edited by tinker2000; 02-20-12 at 02:08 PM.
02-19-12 06:00 AM - The ISS flew over Ottawa today straight overhead at 7pm and I missed it. Which made me think "gee I wish I had an app that would show me cool satellite and spaceship passes coming up, in a format like what's up so I could just point and look, or see what something is thats going over right now."I use it as a kind of companion app to your excellent What's Up. They sit proudly side by side in my favourites panel and I've been showing them both off to everyone I can.
So yeah - just putting that out there to the universe. To the stars, if you will.02-20-12 08:48 PM - I think that BB users have been starved for good astronomy apps for far too long - the majority of them don't know what they are missing.I use it as a kind of companion app to your excellent What's Up. They sit proudly side by side in my favourites panel and I've been showing them both off to everyone I can.
The more augmented reality and virtual reality apps that arrive on the scene, the happier I will be. And I am sure that you share my enthusiasm that many Android developers will decide to port their apps using NDK (rather than taking the easy way out by just converting them). It proves what I've been saying all along - that RIM is doing all the right things to attract the very best developers to our favourite device.02-20-12 08:49 PM
