Re:Why Xiaomi, Lenovo, and Huawei Can't Compete with Apple
by signal11 on Monday February 15, 2016 @08:16AM
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> the first mobile device manufacturer to commit to making ad-hoc and mesh networking fully available to developers in a functionally secure fashion will profit immensely
Ironically, Apple did this in iOS 7, and this resulted in chat apps that could work even in the absence of a phone signal (e.g. FireChat, which now works on Android too). I think a big blocker from getting these to work on TVs is that TVs had non-standard OSes. With more TVs running Android, and Apple pushing SDKs for tvOS, I'll be surprised if these apps don't become more popular.
Ironically, Apple did this in iOS 7, and this resulted in chat apps that could work even in the absence of a phone signal (e.g. FireChat, which now works on Android too). I think a big blocker from getting these to work on TVs is that TVs had non-standard OSes. With more TVs running Android, and Apple pushing SDKs for tvOS, I'll be surprised if these apps don't become more popular.