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Originally Posted by toady
Its quicker to write an app for an iOS device, you only to worry about a tablet or phone with a 3.5" or 4" display. Android is a nightmare with so many variations of screen size and resolution
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Ok, that's fair enough.
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Originally Posted by jamiefrost
12 months may seem excessive if the started development 12 months but I have no insight into the potential issues and problems that could occur.
From experience I know how difficult it can be accurately estimate the amount of effort required to program some thing. You could spend days getting something working and end up with a fundamental block that needs a different approach.
I think iOS devices were the right as the majority of the tablet devices in the market were iOS. Quad play customers who wanted the ability to stream over 3g were probably thought to be a smaller percentage than TV customers that want to stream locally over wifi on the iOS device.
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I do understand all of this, although if development didn't start either before or very soon after the announcement then I'd again like to know why.
However, whilst I'm sure it's difficult to estimate how long something like this might take, they've basically lifted an app that had already existed and worked for a year, and added a feature that they already knew how to offer.