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"Google buys a smartphone OS, competition already doing ok but probably tweaked some things." Android played a huge role in pushing the mobile web to consumers
by bishnu 14y ago
"Google buys a smartphone OS, competition already doing ok but probably tweaked some things."
Android played a huge role in pushing the mobile web to consumers. How long was the iPhone exclusive to AT&T, like 3 years? Without Android all those other wireless providers would be hawking much less functional Blackberries, Windows 6.x, Nokia handsets.
- daliusd 14y agoNokia handsets were quite functional at the time iPhone appeared. E.g. Python for S60 is older than iPhone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_for_S60 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_for_S60). Apple brought a lot of innovations to smartphone market but functionality is not one of them.
- davidw 14y agoI think it's pretty cool to participate on a site where "functional" is defined by someone as "having Python"! That said, my guess is that for the average consumer, things like that are far less important than having lots of easy to get apps, and a general look and feel that work well. And I have to say that from that point of view, my cheap Samsung Android phone is just night and day ahead of the Nokia with Symbian that I had. The Nokia had Google Maps, Gmail, and some other stuff, but it was extremely clunky in comparison.