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Android is fascinating, even without this news. It's the Microsoft Windows to MacOS race all over again (open vs. proprietary, licensed hardware vs. not). I'v
by Poiesis 17y ago
Android is fascinating, even without this news. It's the Microsoft Windows to MacOS race all over again (open vs. proprietary, licensed hardware vs. not). I've been trying to come up with "this is why the iPhone is winning this time" but coming up flat. Just first to market, maybe?
- nwatson 17y agoGoogle is patient and the G1 phone was the beta that let Google work out many Android kinks. I was surprised when people declared Android "dead" after "only 1 million phones sold in the first year." This will be a long war and Android will build its user base more quickly than most expected two months ago. Focusing on development for the Android platform is starting to make sense.
- stanleydrew 17y agoI've thought about this a lot, and I think it has to do with the fact that phone hardware doesn't need to be as interchangeable as computer hardware. There's just not that much demand from OEMs for swappable commodity phone hardware. So in a situation where hardware doesn't matter as much, Apple wins by controlling the entire platform and user experience. I think this will probably change, as we are starting to see, now that phone manufacturers can get a smartphone operating system for free.