Android turns
Watch the following video,
It’s a nice a video that reveals that the rest of the players in the market (read nokia, MS) are freaking afraid of google, somethings to note,
- Ballmer arrogance never changes,
- He makes a similar argument as the one he did when the iphone came out.
- He says that they made a great work in openness, he has a very particular definition of open…..
- Symbian representative dismiss the project saying that, “it’s just another linux platform” and he is right. The problem is that this one is supported by google (a successful company, with great employees and a lot of budget) and many others vendors and carriers and that it’s half GPLv2 and half ASL (thing that i think symbian is not even close).
Here is where the competition begins and the options seems to be,
- iPhone
- Windows Mobile device
- Android device
I tried the android sdk too and it feels good, also the videos are short and very educative,
Presentation(I guess only Sergey Brin can wear that t-shirt on the announce of the software platform that will probably rule cellphones in the next years)
Androidology -Part 1 of 3
Androidology -Part 2 of 3
Androidology -Part 3 of 3
This post is available in spanish and english.
tara_h wrote:
Maybe the big guy’s Android reactions are just a poorly hidden. Fear of the unknown. Fear of losing $. Some are not as afraid, or pretend not to be. Maybe Ballmer is one of them. Open source can move faster (in some cases). As soon as people think of new features they want, they try to find a way to get them. If Android has a UI/browser that supports new features we want, we’ll look for a phone with that. (btw FF is considering mobile browser! yay!)
Will the open source community contribute a lot to this? When/why does open source get big? If the frustration with existing products is very high? If it costs too much?
If phone operators can save a TON of money, they will. Who knows how much it pays to get windows mobile on hardware?
Apple = special case. Customers pay a lot for a certain product that fits their expectations and is often cutting edge. They are willing to give up certain things for their love. (ie: choice of carriers).
In the meantime, I have some minor issues with WinMo6, but I can still Use it…
Posted on 20-Jun-08 at 7:11 am | Permalink