If you are a developer that isn't quite true. You can have up to 100 beta test persons. If you employ something like testflight then that number can be much larger. The fact that one uses Java instead of objective-c then that could make a differenct. J. R. -----Original Message----- From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Edward Crawford Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 11:13 PM To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [optacon-l] Re: interesting new technology Hi, There's a good reason why a small research team would have done this on an Android tablet first. On Android, any programmer can write some software and easily load it onto an Android tablet or phone. They could transfer the software using a memory card or USB cable, for example. Android is fairly open, rather like Windows or Mac, when it comes to installing software. On iPad or iPhone, any software has to go through the Apple App Store approval process, and then get installed via the Apple App Store. Thus for a small team, it's a simpler process to develop it on an Android tablet first. (Or, in due course, Windows 8 Intel-based tablets will be another easy programming option.) It's good to see another useful technology emerging, which will help blind people. It won't replace the Optacon, but it sounds like another useful technology. Ted. -----Original Message----- From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of J. R. Westmoreland Sent: Friday, 6 July 2012 1:44 PM To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [optacon-l] Re: interesting new technology I had thought of the same thing for the iPhone. I just finished taking a class at the university on iPhone development. I hope they succeed. Any screen that has multi-touch capability should work. It would be a very neat thing on the iPad, or some of the Android tablets. J. R. to view the list archives, go to: www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. to view the list archives, go to: www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject.