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from the article Android phones must adhere to a "compatibility" standard determined by Google. In an e-mail on Aug. 6, 2010, Dan Morrill, a manager in the And
by credo 15y ago
from the article
Android phones must adhere to a "compatibility" standard determined by Google. In an e-mail on Aug. 6, 2010, Dan Morrill, a manager in the Android group, noted in passing that it was obvious to the phone makers that "we are using compatibility as a club to make them do things we want."
Whether that club is an anticompetitive weapon is an issue in the court case.
- yanw 15y agoThe 'times are making it all sound more nefarious that it should be, and Skyhook's case is actually hanging by a thread. Apple, RIM, Nokia, everyone without an open source OS use their own location db why shouldn't Google? Using a compatibility sticker to actually insure compatibility is valid and since the option of introducing a non-compatible handset exists that only bodes well for Google in this suite.