Et tu Disney? (Disney World Testing Droid As Tour Guide)

[Chupa Chupa]

Saw this on Engadget this AM and had to do a double take. Interesting to see a company where Jobs is the largest shareholder test out an android device. Jobs can't be too thrilled. Wonder why they are not testing out an iPhone 3GS -- or maybe they are and we aren't being told that part of the story.

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[deeddawg]

Android market share is big enough that WDW would be stupid not to support it as well.

 

[Wicked1]

I think it would be cool if all of Disney's parks had Wifi and a special App so when you are there you can read special notes of interest, or watch videos or even have a Tour Map, but I guess they are heading to this, but your right, strange how they selected Android, but nothing states they will never make it ready for iPhone's.

Should be interesting to see how this pans out.

 

[grantsdale]

They've tested TONS of different things. So far, none of them get passed that.

The closest, believe it or not, to getting to market was a Nintendo DS that you had to rent for the day and return.

This isn't just an app. This is a specially tailored device.

 

[kdarling]

Disney also makes extensive use of Flash.

Here, price and comparative ruggedness could be factors.

Maybe it's just being used as a "tablet" based on WiFi, which means it has to be available to be bought without a cellular contract.

Perhaps it's just going to be a downloadable Android app, and whoever took that snapshot didn't understand that it was simply being tested on an Eris.

Btw, there's already an iPhone Magic Kingdom app, although it's not as extensive.

 

[WiiDSmoker]

Disney is also a huge supporter of Blu-Ray. Dumbass Jobs is not.

 

[Centient]

Clever title.

 

[Small White Car]

There are already a ton of 3rd-party iOS apps having to do with the Disney parks. If Disney ever wanted to come out with their own, they could certainly do that, and it wouldn't mean they wouldn't want Android apps as well.

And as for Jobs' involvement...lets not forget how long it took the Apple stores themselves to start using iPods to check people out.