In the last few weeks I ported the Google Android Guided Insight Meditation application to the iPhone and iPod Touch platform. The user interface is almost identical. However, there are differences. The Android handsets have very limited storage space available for applications. The Guided Insight-Meditation application has 48 videos as part of its 120Mb of content. The only effective way to deliver the solution for Android was to stream all video from YouTube. This is a sub-optimal solution as far as I'm concerned. Remember the goal of this product was for the guided instruction to be available for you at just a moments notice. That means, no dependency on WIFI networks or server communication. Who knows, you could be on retreat in a remote village with no, or an unreliable internet connection?

The iPhone Guided Insight-Meditation application packages all content together as one cohesive install bundle. Until the Android handset storage specifications change, Android users are stuck with YouTube video streaming.