JavaFX Mobile = iPhone - Cool
Posted by Jason Rudolph on May 9th, 2007
So here’s the scene…
- Setting: Moscone Center, Main Hall
- Audience: ~15,000
- Speaker wardrobe: Blue jeans and black shirt
- Hardware on stage: Macs
- Time: Tuesday morning
- Product being demoed: New handheld tech gadget
Sounds like a recipe for success, right? Sadly, no. All that came to mind is this simple equation:
JavaFX Mobile = iPhone - cool
And for some reason, the phone they had on stage looked 10 times uglier than the one in their promo pic. (Where’s the marketing department when you need them?) Of course, the stuttering UI didn’t do much for its appeal either. And is it just me, or did they forget to turn off the spellchecker before they took their screenshot?
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May 9th, 2007 at 2:10 pm
I LOVE your equation. Sun really appears to be dropping the ball on this. That spell-checking screw-up you pointed out on the promo pic screams “RUSH TO MARKET.”