Phones that come 'with Google' have GMail, Google Calendar and the Android Marketplace applications installed - for which the manufacturer pays a licencing fee. To come 'with Google' the phone has to go through an approval process with Google (to ensure the hardware works well with Android) and must also meet certain minimum hardware requirements - this includes the presence of WiFi, an accellerometer and phone hardware (the tri or quad band radio). This last item prevents anybody producing a 'wifi only' device from even applying for the 'with Google' handle, hence explaining why big name players like Toshiba can produce a 10" tablet and then say 'no marketplace'. At risk of going slightly off-topic I find this both frustrating and stupid: http://blog.surfsoftconsulting.com/2010/09/get-your-act-together-google
On Sep 30, 8:38 pm, Moandji Ezana <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: > > Pre-bundled all Google apps and tied to Google's services, with > > vanilla Android user interface. > > According to > this<http://www.asymco.com/2010/09/30/is-googles-income-from-the-iphone-of...> > : > > Google Phones “with Google” have been optimized for use of Google Mobile > > > Services, providing easy access to Search, Voice Search, Google Talk, Google > > Maps, Gmail, Sync, YouTube and Android Market (where available). > > The HTC Desire has all those apps. And it's not about having vanilla > Android, as the Evo 4G is "with Google", but has Sense UI. Maybe it's just a > contractual thing. > > Moandji -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en.
