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A billion Android devices. That's truly remarkable.

by chiph 12y ago

gress 12y ago
Only if you think most of them are Samsung Galaxies or Moto X's. Most of them are just replacements for the low end Nokia's that used to be predominant. A billion cheap phones is not a new statistic.
- hellbreakslose 12y ago
  Well you have to take into consideration that most of the population of this world can't afford to buy a smartphone. Then you have to think that in 3rd world countries acquiring a smartphone means success... and of course that smartphone is going to run on android. Stop thinking that Europe + America + Australia have more population than the rest of the world :)
  - gress 12y ago
    What exactly are you arguing with and why are you telling me to stop thinking things? That sounds rude. I don't disagree with any of the statements you have just made, and nothing I said in my previous comment contradicts that - so why the attitude?
    - hellbreakslose 12y ago
      Ok sorry for my wording. English is not my first language. I wasn't trying to be rude. You are right that the way I wrote the comment sounded a bit assaulting. Sorry about that.
ibisum 12y ago
100% agreed. It was a very clever play by a search engine company. What intrigues me about the Android-equation and the way it entered Googles' playbook is that, indeed, the game is not over. Any other young upstart can arise, almost immediately, and challenge the hegemony .. all you have to do is be willing to commit to a real platform strategy. I believe the Android vs. iOS challenge for the mainstream is a very vibrant industrial action; echoes of this gameplay can be definitely observed, elsewhere in the F/OSS eco-system. A fundamental difference between iOS/Android: one is closed, the other is open. A new, open challenge to Android could indeed eat its lunch, if the open challenge were won in such a way that it would attract the hunger-economy of the giants. I personally would like to just have a phone that is 100% open source. I've had both Android/iOS in my life, equally, since inception, and ultimately I find the industrial-baggage load to be pretty high. In the new NSA era, what the hell is the point of trying to hide anything any more .. the new cool is completely open. I bet it would solve the immense-cruft problem we can easily witness in heft with iOS/Android, as both platforms NIH/NIMBY their way across the 'developer mind-control' table. Imagine this: someone builds a challenger OS, for free, that runs on everyones' phone, regardless of manufacturer-lockout/lockin. Methinks there are ways to do this under the radar right now ..

A billion Android devices. That's truly remarkable.

by chiph 12y ago

A billion Android devices. That's truly remarkable.

gress 12y ago

Only if you think most of them are Samsung Galaxies or Moto X's. Most of them are just replacements for the low end Nokia's that used to be predominant. A billion cheap phones is not a new statistic.

hellbreakslose 12y ago
Well you have to take into consideration that most of the population of this world can't afford to buy a smartphone. Then you have to think that in 3rd world countries acquiring a smartphone means success... and of course that smartphone is going to run on android. Stop thinking that Europe + America + Australia have more population than the rest of the world :)
- gress 12y ago
  What exactly are you arguing with and why are you telling me to stop thinking things? That sounds rude. I don't disagree with any of the statements you have just made, and nothing I said in my previous comment contradicts that - so why the attitude?
  - hellbreakslose 12y ago
    Ok sorry for my wording. English is not my first language. I wasn't trying to be rude. You are right that the way I wrote the comment sounded a bit assaulting. Sorry about that.

ibisum 12y ago

100% agreed. It was a very clever play by a search engine company. What intrigues me about the Android-equation and the way it entered Googles' playbook is that, indeed, the game is not over. Any other young upstart can arise, almost immediately, and challenge the hegemony .. all you have to do is be willing to commit to a real platform strategy. I believe the Android vs. iOS challenge for the mainstream is a very vibrant industrial action; echoes of this gameplay can be definitely observed, elsewhere in the F/OSS eco-system. A fundamental difference between iOS/Android: one is closed, the other is open. A new, open challenge to Android could indeed eat its lunch, if the open challenge were won in such a way that it would attract the hunger-economy of the giants. I personally would like to just have a phone that is 100% open source. I've had both Android/iOS in my life, equally, since inception, and ultimately I find the industrial-baggage load to be pretty high. In the new NSA era, what the hell is the point of trying to hide anything any more .. the new cool is completely open. I bet it would solve the immense-cruft problem we can easily witness in heft with iOS/Android, as both platforms NIH/NIMBY their way across the 'developer mind-control' table. Imagine this: someone builds a challenger OS, for free, that runs on everyones' phone, regardless of manufacturer-lockout/lockin. Methinks there are ways to do this under the radar right now ..