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I had this exact conversation a few days ago with a friend who is just starting to play around with Android. They really should define "capability classes" of some kind - ie, a 'Class A' device has minimum screen resolution of u x v, physical keyboard, GPS, etc. This would allow us to have specific targets to build against, but still allow manus to create a variety of devices. This would allow for building elegant degradation into apps so that people without the latest and greatest phones aren't completely left out (as is currently the case).


Carriers and HW companies may not like making side-by-side comparisons so easy. Alternately there should be names other than A,B,C which are not inherently ranked.




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