As I understand it a camera is needed to get the Google apps, and any device without the Google apps tends to have less appeal to the market, hence why they're in the minority.
One of the reasons I've recently switched to an HTC Tattoo is it's ability to use my existing Exchange account instead of Googles servers for calendar, contacts, etc, so OEMs are getting clued up to the fact that not everyone wants their data in Googles cloud, but, again, by entirely blocking that I expect they'd lose the ability to include Googles apps, which is something many OEMs want to avoid. Al. -- * Looking for Android Apps? - Try http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. 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. On 25 Nov 2009, at 06:27, JP wrote: > > As an app developer - Android all the way, in spite of the variety if > annoyances around the Android Market, Google competing with devs and a > few smaller grievances. > > For personal use, Android devices and Google branding along with it, > thus far does not fit my personal needs and tastes, but that's just > me. I can't have / don't want to see my contacts float away in The > Cloud. Totally absent in Android: A decent SIP client that's stock on > Symbian for years now (assuming it's not branded out). Another issue - > there's no non-camera Android phones, although that's increasingly > becoming an impossible wish on Symbian as well. I hope some product > manager out there (re-)discovers professionals who do not carry around > cameras. Nokia used to be pretty good about such expectations, but it > looks they had to give in to the spec rat race too... > > > On Nov 24, 8:40 am, Prateek Jain <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hey! >> I haven't used any Android device, but I've read a lot of news about >> it, and I feel it pretty cool. Though I still prefer my Symbian S60 >> more. What about you guys? > > -- > > 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. > > -- 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.
