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Android expected to grab 4 percent of smartphone market right from the start http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2008/09/15/daily70.html Any comments? Cheers Eric On Sep 12, 10:08 am, Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not if you are the hardware builder or OEM manufacturers.........It > takes a while to get Android ported to your platform, build custom > applications, organize, build, produce and test the hardware before it > can be shipped to market.....I believe that would be at least 6 months > gone from the time you get it started. (that's excluding all the > planning and brainstorming involved before hand.) > > So, if you wait 6 months before getting started, others are at least > one year ahead of you. > Of course, it doesn't really matter as much if you are only developing > software, time lag is small in comparison. > > >The private SDK releases and ADC funneled the early mover advantage to an > >inside track. It doesn't hurt to wait a few months and see how open T-Mobile > >and > > other operators are really going to be. > Don't forget you still have sometime before 1.0 and handset release to > catch up. It is still not too late to get started........As long as > you can get it out by launch date, you didn't lose much.........The > private SDK would get them headstart but they would still have the > wait for handset release like everyone else. I don't see major > disadvantage there since they can only sit on their apk and can't do > much before the first handset comes out. > > Prady, so what are you doing? hardware or software work? > > Cheers > Eric > Portable Electronics Ltdwww.hdmp4.com > > On Sep 12, 2:27 am, "Shane Isbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I agree with JP here, early mover advantage is over for most of us. The > > private SDK releases and ADC funneled the early mover advantage to an inside > > track. It doesn't hurt to wait a few months and see how open T-Mobile and > > other operators are really going to be. And of course, to wait and see what > > the consumer adoption is. > > > Shane > > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 6:44 AM, JP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Sep 11, 3:01 am, Prady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi All > > > > Just wanted to tell, If you sit still, you will lose the first mover > > > > advantages. > > > > That's valid for developers (software companies) and handset > > > > manufacturers too. > > > > HTC will be for example the leader among handset manufacturers. > > > > > It may be for you to think and act. > > > > Disagree. If the OP's business allows to get from zero to something > > > meaningful in three months, it cannot reasonably involve all that much > > > of an investment. Unless you're spending money like you already made > > > it, you're hard pressed to spend any money in the first months. OTOH, > > > if getting out of the gate and to market with a meaningful product > > > takes longer than a few months, the "first mover" opportunity has > > > already passed anyway. It won't hurt to wait another half year to see > > > where this will go. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
