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by iamdanfox 4114 days ago
Android compatibility looks feasible since the kit will be open source [1]. That should open up the ResearchKit demographic quite a bit!

[1]: https://developer.apple.com/researchkit/
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tomovo 4114 days ago
Open? Like Facetime was supposed to be?
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Alphasite_ 4114 days ago
Why does this one keep getting trotted out, lets assume unless they get sued we're fine.
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freshyill 4113 days ago
Blame the patent trolls, not Apple for that.
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sjwright 4114 days ago
Not quite so feasible if the kit is written in Swift.
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michaelchisari 4114 days ago
As the spec for Swift solidifies, we'll see open source implementations. I wouldn't be surprised if Apple ends up releasing Swift as open source eventually as well.
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