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"Google’s plan to cut out the middle-man from the sales plan (that is, the mobile operators) sucks (unless you’re talking about Apple)." Maybe it's fair to say
by lwhi 16y ago
"Google’s plan to cut out the middle-man from the sales plan (that is, the mobile operators) sucks (unless you’re talking about Apple)."
Maybe it's fair to say that the problems involved in selling direct to the consumer are relatively insurmountable, unless your company has expertise in that domain.
I think Google must have underestimated the task.
- frossie 16y agoI think Google must have underestimated the task. Or overestimated their own interest in playing this game.
- drewcrawford 16y agoIf they're going to compete with Apple though, who's now firmly waltzing into Google's territory (see iAd and all the new cloud services)... ...don't they have to be interested in playing this game?
- etherael 16y agoNo, they just need to partner with people who are interested in playing this game.