Android vs iOS vs Windows

[Volktar]

Interesting that someone has a android emulator for windows 8. Basiclly allowing access to 750k apps. I wonder if these guys will port it to windows 8 phone or Rt.

Hmmm. I wonder if that's the emulator that comes with the development kit or a different one.

The Google development kit you use to make Android apps has an emulator that runs in Windows but it's so awful that nobody uses it unless they have to (like to emulate an Android version you don't have). The place I work at does all development on actual phones. I hear the Google people do too, which is why the emulator sucks.

It works, it's just obnoxiously slow, and that's on an Intel I7. I doubt it would be usable on a phone.

I can comment on this..
For the last 4 years or so, Ive used the HTC HD2 (Windows).
I loved it for about 2 weeks. The limitations in the app market is insane. Most apps these days come out for iP/Andriod/Blackberry, with no windows version. Its a pain.

Long story short, I ported my phone to Android.
Its not something that is availible for every phone. It takes the phone nerds time to "hack" that specific phone to make it possible. I know the HD2 took over 2 years before they could get android stable. The beautiful thing about it is, I can change the OS on my phone whenever I want. New features come out that your phone didnt have (wifi calling, etc)? No problem. Find a new andriod version (Gingerbread, Honeycomb, etc) and load it up. Its easy once you get the hang of it.

THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE ON THE iPHONE

XDA Developers is your go-to source for andriod development.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/index.ph...94e4368142