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. 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