...A tetanus shot,... How well will Google serve end customers in their deal with the carrier(s)?
Apple is in a good position to communicate value. They may end up with more leverage with, and partnership with, folks like AT&T Mobility. Maybe Google will buy Sprint. Time to customer acceptance on new use models is a while. Google may have to run their own network for 18 months, before any of the US carriers will have good comprehension. Apple may just make the deal sweet enough to get the freedom to innovate on AT&Ts network. No idea if this is coherent... I think Google wants network effects that require a lower price point than where Apple is now. This lower price point is the carrier's core business and can mess up their revenue models. There is significant benefit to low latency, low data rate location capability that would not have to threaten existing revenue streams, and if cookies can pull up local images from a cookie jar, Google can get what they want from a low data rate, location rich service plan. I don't know how much group think they have at Google. There are many, many people who could benefit from a low data rate, location rich service plan. The carriers could view this as incremental revenue that does not siphon off existing high margin customers. I don't know if there is much software in the portfolio that will run in that environment right now. Anyway, pain is its own drug. (-: On Jul 19, 11:15 pm, JP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jul 19, 10:34 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > The 1725: Present the 50 in a positive light. Point out possible use > > models so Google can choose or not choose to accommodate them. Put > > food on the table by some other mechanism, until figuring out if > > Android will be more or less locked out than Apple. > > Are you sure you didn't get something other than Novocain? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
