On Dec 3, 2:46 pm, Chris Adamson <[email protected]> wrote: > The hardware manufacturers and carriers are loath to > have a standard -- any standard -- because that deprives them of a > means of making their products and services distinctive, and therefore > have an advantage over competitors.
Good point. Apple will probably hide the differences between their iOS devices as much as possible since it's a competitive advantage for attracting and keeping developers. On the Android side, most manufacturers and carries will try to make the phones as different as possible since they want to compete on "features" and "value-add", not just on price. Sidenote: Android head honcho Rubin really called the crapware and restrictions that carriers and manufacturers put on Android phones "value-add" (http://www.tipb.com/2010/10/08/android- founder-carriers-add-spit/). -- 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.
