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When the Android effort started at Google, neither Apple nor Microsoft were remotely near to being a force in the mobile market (more like Nokia and RIM). The
by eta_carinae 15y ago
When the Android effort started at Google, neither Apple nor Microsoft were remotely near to being a force in the mobile market (more like Nokia and RIM).
The target was much more obvious than that: the carriers.
Larry Page was tired of carriers dictating device models and data plans to users, so he decided to do something about it.
- spwmoni 15y agoAnd now the open nature of Android gives carriers even more control over the phones than ever before. Only Apple has properly stood up to the carriers.