I tend to agree. Google is not going to build a phone. I believe they
are being smarter than that. Other people will build the phone.
The plan (based purely on public information) would seem to be to an
attempt to repeat the Microsoft PC OS commoditisation story of the
early 80s. Once the PC OS was commoditised, the PC software industry
could flourish, innovators could really spread their wings. The guess
is that Google wants to catalyse that in the mobile handset arena.
Of course the bet on google's part is that they can out-innovate
everyone else in such commoditised space. Which seems a fair bet thus
far.
The one fly in the ointment so far: Java as the platform language!
P.
On Nov 12, 2007, at 08:06, Reinier Battenberg wrote:
And, a lot of people just want a phone, not a cool phone. With a
platform, ike
the gPhone, you can built a cool phone, but also a normal phone.
Then you
start tapping into the market of people who are now using a simple
Nokia ad
happy with it. Now, that is volume.
On Monday 12 November 2007 07:23:27 McTim wrote:
On Nov 12, 2007 1:08 AM, Kenneth Kabagambe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
too little too late? mac boys in germany continue to line up for
their
unlocked iphones.
depends on price and feature set innit?
There is lots of disposable income around the world, if the Gphone is
cool enuf, it'll be spent on the Gphone.
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