blom tentu sih.. viewty ama Prada aja waktu itu sempet berjaya banget kan...

On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 10:56 PM, willy senjaya <[email protected]>wrote:

> Setuju. LG pegang, ga yakin bisa sebesar ini android.
> On Aug 18, 2011 10:45 PM, "Eddo Linus" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Kalo dulu dipegang LG, bukan HTC, mungkin Android tidak sebesar ini
> >
> > Sent from one of these: iPhone 4, Droid Pro, & 9780
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Yoshwar S <[email protected]>
> > Sender: [email protected]
> > Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:59:57
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Reply-To: [email protected]
>
> > Subject: [id-android] WTI: awalnya LG yg terpilih utk membuat Android
> phone pertama
> >
> > sumber dari
> >
> http://www.unwiredview.com/2011/08/17/what-a-blunder-lg-had-a-contract-to-build-first-android-phone-but-walked-away-from-the-deal/
> >
> >
> > *What a blunder. LG had a contract to build first Android phone, but
> walked
> > away from the deal*
> > By Staska on 17 Aug 11
> >
> > Wow! Is this LG’s biggest strategic blunder or what?
> >
> > According to Wall Street Journal (subscription required), back when
> Google
> > was still working on it’s mobile OS in secret, they had a deal with LG to
> > build the first Android phone.
> >
> > Then LG backed out of the deal, and Google had to turn to HTC for the
> > Android launch hardware. The rest is history, as they say.
> >
> > LG went on to tinker with it’s Chocolate franchise and build iPhone
> > wannabe’s like LG Prada and Arena. Then they made an ill fated strategic
> bet
> > on Windows Mobile in early 2009, just as Microsoft was end-of-lifing the
> OS
> > and switching it’s development resources to Windows Phone 7. Leaving LG
> > without the needed expertise and competitive hardware and in 2010, just
> as
> > smartphone growth exploded.
> >
> > I wonder what prompted LG to drop Android back in 2007? My guess – it was
> > LG’s hubris.
> >
> > Remember – 2007 was the year the first iPhone launched with great
> success.
> > And LG was the only company in mobile who had a very similar device, that
> > was almost ready to ship on the day Steve Jobs announced iPhone. That was
> LG
> > Prada KE850.
> >
> > LG’s contract with Google for the first Android phone must have been for
> a
> > Blackberry look alike device, just like those first Android prototypes.
> Come
> > to think of it, I actually never heard who made those first prototypes.
> > Could it have been LG?
> >
> > When Google decided to reset it’s Android development efforts, and make a
> > full screen touch phone, LG balked. In their minds – they were far ahead
> of
> > the industry to make a true iPhone competitor. In early 2007 LG managers
> > were walking around and telling everyone who’d listen that Apple stole LG
> > Prada design to make an iPhone. And they already had LG Viewty, a phone
> far
> > ahead of iPhone in every spec you can name, in advanced development
> stage.
> > All LG needed to do, was to tweak their software a bit and they will have
> a
> > true iPhone killer. Why the heck would they share their touchphone lead
> with
> > Google?
> >
> > Only tweaking that software to make a desirable touch phone turned out
> not
> > to be as easy as it seemed at first. Even LG Arena, a touchphone launched
> > two years later – in 2009, with a fancy S Class touch interface, was a
> > usability nightmare compared to iPhone.
> >
> > In the meantime, HTC went on to build the first Android smartphones, bet
> > heavily on Google, and today is the 4th most important player in
> smartphone
> > market. Shipping tens of millions of devices and raking in tons of cash.
> >
> > While LG’s mobile division is bleeding money, and is still considered to
> be
> > a bit player among smartphone vendors.
> >
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