On Mar 17, 8:54 pm, Kevin Duffey <[email protected]> wrote: > I still do not > understand for the life of me why google (and even iPhone) did NOT make this > charge directly to the carrier bill.
Carrier billing is very hard to do. I don't think Google is rushing to monetize Android. Honestly I don't think anyone should rush to monetize Android. There will be plenty of money for us all to share. At my local Mall I visited a Sprint store, a T-Mobile store, a Verizon kiosk, and an ATT kiosk. They were were all willing to sell me Android phones. The ATT Kiosk guy had no idea what Android was, and he couldn't demo his phone, but he could sell it. The T-Mobile Store guy said he's selling mostly smart phones, and those are mostly Android. They don't sell HotSpot @Home phones anymore, I miss those dearly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_Access_Network or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unlicensed_Mobile_Access The Sprint Store guy said he was selling plenty of the Samsung Android device. The Verizon Kiosk girl said she was selling Droids, and that she did not yet have Devour's in stock, but the bigger store. Have yall read this? http://metrics.admob.com/ were you one of the 108? I think I was. -My 2 cents, MK PS Enjoy the lack of carrier billing while everything is free. Enjoy free tethering, for example. As soon as there is carrier billing, on android, with monthly subscriptions, I expect them to charge for tethering. I'm not sure what that means for people like me that have paid for the improved version of PDA Net. (I wanted my https.) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
