Saturday, March 13, 2010

Android Annoyances

A few things that the Motorola Droid lacks:

1. Multitouch (only Google Maps has multitouch)

2. Can't play Flash videos

3. No LogMeIn client (I want that)

4. No Mint client (yet -- supposedly in the works)

It appears that Flash may be added soon. It also seems likely to me that if they can do multitouch for Maps (iPhone has it), they can do it for other apps as well. Either it's on the way or violates a patent that Apple has on the iPhone. LogMeIn? I hope soon. Mint is also supposedly in the making...

04/18/2010 UPDATE. Just noticed the announcment on Adobe's site that Flash Player 10.1 which will run on Android 2.0 (& higher) will be released sometime during the first half of 2010. In addition Android 2.1 update has improved multitouch added to the browser and the photo gallery.

04/19/2010 UPDATE: The release of Adobe Flash Player 10.1 has been pushed back to the second half of 2010. Mint has been promising an Android client and here is a screenshot. LogMeIn is also apparently in development.

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