Re: iphone vs. android drivers?

micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> Wrote in message:

In comp.mobile.android, on 7 Nov 2024 14:43:45 GMT, Allodoxaphobia
<trepidation@example.net> wrote:
 

On Wed, 6 Nov 2024 17:54:08 -0000 (UTC), Dave Royal wrote:

On Wed, 06 Nov 2024 12:10:50 -0500, micky wrote:
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How hard can it be to write an Android version of an iphone app?  Is the
connection protocol with the stimulator inside me different?  Would the
stimulator have to be changed too, or would Android phones communicate
with other devices using the same protocol that iPhones do?
 

No idea - depends on all sorts of things, including contractual and
licensing. Somewhere between 'not easy' and 'very hard' at a guess.

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Plus the stimulator+android lash-up would have to go through all the FDA
approval process(es) again.

 
Good point.  I always (well, since they came out with them) thought
there are more android than iphones** because they are so much???
cheaper and just as good, but a friend tells me there are a lot more
iphones.

Last time I investigated there were far more Android phones
 worldwide. In the US, which had the highest proportion of
 iPhones, it was about 50/50 with Android. More significant,
 perhaps, is that I bet iPhones predominate among those who can
 access this sort of medical treatment.

I wonder if the FDA have to re-approve each new release if the
 app? If so it might be expensive for the supplier to resubmit all
 the tests.  Probably depends on whether the app is deemed 'safety
 critical' - i.e. could it kill you?
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