So what exactly are you expecting to inspire them? Google isn't going to go around dishing out cash just to get people using Android.
Mind you, you never know, ADC II might actually require a hardware component :). Al. P.S. Thanks for not misquoting me this time, it was so nice to see you admit your mistake. Nickname wrote: > We inspire them??? > > Are you taunting me with a chicken-egg jest ;0 > > The #'s of free downloads from Android app stores hosted by Google and > 3rd parties vs the 1M handsets sold by TM might have cooled off quite > some Android developers' passion. > > We, as app developers, are less capable of enlarging the pie bigger > than Google and the mabile makers together can do, IMO. > > On Dec 22, 11:44 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> First off, please don't misquote me. I said absolutely nothing about >> quality in my email, all I pointed out was that HTC is a more widely >> known brand than the Chinese ones. >> >> Secondly; It's up to us to inspire them to use it, not down to Google to >> give incentives to every manufacturer on the planet just to get them >> building Android hardware. >> >> Al. >> >> >> >> Nickname wrote: >> >>> You're right on nothing to stop mabile phone makers use Android. >>> >>> But the problem now is nothing so far has ever encouraged or even >>> inspired them. >>> >>> Don't be stubbornly fooled by western's "MIC=bad quality" slander, >>> please. Or, you will regret sooner or later, i'm sure. >>> >>> Quality needs time. >>> >>> Time stands by those Chinese manufacturers. >>> >>> We will see. >>> >>> On Dec 22, 8:58 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Nothing stopping those manufacturers using Android, but for the first >>>> 'phone I think Google made a good choice by going with a manufacturer >>>> that is a well known name in the industry and is known by 'phone techies. >>>> >>>> Al. >>>> >>>> Nickname wrote: >>>> >>>>> IMO, Google should not have partnered with HTC but those vendors who >>>>> make powerful but cheap chipsets/parts for China piratic phones, clone >>>>> phones, robber phones or so-called "mabile" phones, eg. Taiwan >>>>> MediaXXXX as a leader in the "industry". >>>>> >>>>> With only 1/2-1/4 price of OEM phones, mabile phones boosted sales to >>>>> nearly 200M handsets and $Bs. >>>>> >>>>> One year of 200M could put IPhone to dust and make many Android >>>>> developers millionares!! >>>>> >>>>> Folks, second me! Don't bash me!! >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> ====== >>>> Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the >>>> company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, >>>> 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. >>>> >>>> The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not >>>> necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's >>>> subsidiaries. >>>> >> -- >> ====== >> Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the >> company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, >> 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. >> >> The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not >> necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's >> subsidiaries. >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
