hueheheh.. situasi memanasss :D kapan kuwar tu 7? >.< apa bareng gingerbread lagi @_@
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Agus Hamonangan <[email protected]>wrote: > Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer seems unimpressed with the > progress Google (NSDQ:GOOG)'s Android operating system has been making > in the mobile space. In fact, he's of the mind that Android comes with > plenty of associated costs due to its reliance on Microsoft patents. > > In a video interview with Fortune last week, Ballmer suggested that > the fast growth of Google's Android mobile operating system should be > weighed against its patent licensing implications. > > "There's nothing free about Android … as we certainly have asserted in > a number of cases, there's an intellectual property royalty due on > that," Ballmer said. "Whether they happen to charge or not for their > software is their business decision." > > It wouldn't be much of a stretch to say that Microsoft is getting > frustrated with the industry lovefest that's building around Android. > Google's I/O conference last week was dominated by Android 2.2, code > named Froyo, which added Flash support, Wi-Fi tethering and faster > performance, as well as Microsoft Exchange support. > > What's more, Google's I/O event came on the heels of an NPD Group > report that showed Android overtaking the iPhone for the number two > spot in smartphone unit sales. Android is hot, and the contrast to > Microsoft's mobile situation couldn't be more dramatic. > > Windows Phone 7 may help, but devices running it won't arrive until > some as-yet undefined timeframe later this year. Meanwhile, Apple > (NSDQ:AAPL) is likely to unveil a new, fourth generation iPhone at > next month's Worldwide Developer Conference, and other handset vendors > aren't going to be twiddling their thumbs either. > > Although Microsoft's partners are confident that Windows Phone 7 will > help right the ship, they're not underestimating the significance of > what Google has achieved with Android. Scott Stanfield, CEO of Vertigo > Software, a Richmond, Calif.-based Microsoft partner, sees Android as > a threat to Windows Phone 7 in Microsoft's traditional comfort zone of > the enterprise. > > "Now you have a platform that Java developers can work with, unlike > iPhone which is Objective-C," Stanfield said. "We can’t count > Microsoft out yet: from what we’ve seen, Windows Phone 7 will be their > best phone yet. But is it too late?" > > Andrew Brust, chief of new technology for twentysix New York, a > Microsoft solution provider in New York City, says Google's success > with Android stems from borrowing elements from the Microsoft Windows > Mobile model and then adding its own improvements in specific areas. > > "Android took Microsoft’s software-plus-OEM approach and added far > superior Web browsing, good cloud services integration and an open > developer platform and market," Brust said. "Google's reward for > taking that risk is that they now have a product that the market likes > better than Windows Mobile 6.x." > > http://www.crn.com/software/225200013 > > -- > Salam, > > > Agus Hamonangan > > http://groups.google.com/group/id-android > http://groups.google.com/group/id-gtug > Gtalk : agus.hamonangan > Follow : @agushamonangan > E-mail : [email protected] > > -- > "Indonesian Android Community [id-android]" > > Join: http://groups.google.com/group/id-android/subscribe?hl=en-GB > Moderator: [email protected] > ID Android Developer: http://groups.google.com/group/id-android-dev > ID Android Surabaya: http://groups.google.com/group/id-android-sby > ID Android on FB: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=112207700729 > -- "Indonesian Android Community [id-android]" Join: http://groups.google.com/group/id-android/subscribe?hl=en-GB Moderator: [email protected] ID Android Developer: http://groups.google.com/group/id-android-dev ID Android Surabaya: http://groups.google.com/group/id-android-sby ID Android on FB: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=112207700729
