awesome? i thought the OS was kinda slow when i saw the vid (the one where brin looks kinda stoned) on youtube.
in any case, i've heard that dell would make one.
I would be surprised if Android was any more cool or awesome than OS X on the iPhone. Trying to write software for all sorts of yet to be built devices is messy and complicated.
I think the general approach to the phone market is WAY better than Apple's approach with the iPhone.
The Android OS is open from the beginning, and even based on the most popular open OS, Linux, and they openly released the SDK for free before the OS even hit the streets
Plus, there is no one "Android phone" or "Google phone", which means there will be a different phone to get for people who use there phones in different ways. not like the one rip-off phone you have to get if you want mobile OS X.
And, oh yeah, it wont be messy and complicated, thats what the pre-release SDK and emulator are there for.
Ok, we'll wait to see, currently Apple has 4 million+ phones out there and many, many satisfied customers. Google has an SDK (well two, cause they re-released it because the first one had problems).
Yes, this is a nice ideology, but it would be nonsensical for Apple giving away their intellectual property for free. Apple sells products, not adverts. Maybe Google has the better business model in terms of making money, but for Apple to try and copy this wouldn't work.
There's nothing to say Apple won't bring out other, cheaper models of iPhone. Anyway Apple's strength is writing good software for their own hardware which they then sell as a tightly integrated product. They don't do software licensing, so they were always going to play to their strengths with iPhone.
Well if your certain, we'll see. It's a bit of a bold claim considering the SDK has been re-released already. Also Apple has a 30+ year history of developing hardware and many years experience of software and operating system development.
Personally I think Apple's approach is better for customers. Get a product out in customers hands first and make sure it is working well. Then encourage third party development in a well defined, controlled fashion. That way is far smoother for consumers.
Don't get me wrong, it would be great for Android be a success and the ideas are very nice but I think you have jumped headfirst into the hype without evaluating the situation properly (especially as we don't have much to evaluate yet!).
elppa said:I think the general approach to the phone market is WAY better than Apple's approach with the iPhone.
Ok, we'll wait to see, currently Apple has 4 million+ phones out there and many, many satisfied customers. Google has an SDK (well two, cause they re-released it because the first one had problems).
The Android OS is open from the beginning, and even based on the most popular open OS, Linux, and they openly released the SDK for free before the OS even hit the streets
Yes, this is a nice ideology, but it would be nonsensical for Apple giving away their intellectual property for free. Apple sells products, not adverts. Maybe Google has the better business model in terms of making money, but for Apple to try and copy this wouldn't work.
Plus, there is no one "Android phone" or "Google phone", which means there will be a different phone to get for people who use there phones in different ways. not like the one rip-off phone you have to get if you want mobile OS X.
There's nothing to say Apple won't bring out other, cheaper models of iPhone. Anyway Apple's strength is writing good software for their own hardware which they then sell as a tightly integrated product. They don't do software licensing, so they were always going to play to their strengths with iPhone.
And, oh yeah, it wont be messy and complicated, thats what the pre-release SDK and emulator are there for.
Well if your certain, we'll see. It's a bit of a bold claim considering the SDK has been re-released already. Also Apple has a 30+ year history of developing hardware and many years experience of software and operating system development.
Personally I think Apple's approach is better for customers. Get a product out in customers hands first and make sure it is working well. Then encourage third party development in a well defined, controlled fashion. That way is far smoother for consumers.
Don't get me wrong, it would be great for Android be a success and the ideas are very nice but I think you have jumped headfirst into the hype without evaluating the situation properly (especially as we don't have much to evaluate yet!).
elppa said:I think the general approach to the phone market is WAY better than Apple's approach with the iPhone.
Ok, we'll wait to see, currently Apple has 4 million+ phones out there and many, many satisfied customers. Google has an SDK (well two, cause they re-released it because the first one had problems).
The Android OS is open from the beginning, and even based on the most popular open OS, Linux, and they openly released the SDK for free before the OS even hit the streets
Yes, this is a nice ideology, but it would be nonsensical for Apple giving away their intellectual property for free. Apple sells products, not adverts. Maybe Google has the better business model in terms of making money, but for Apple to try and copy this wouldn't work.
Plus, there is no one "Android phone" or "Google phone", which means there will be a different phone to get for people who use there phones in different ways. not like the one rip-off phone you have to get if you want mobile OS X.
There's nothing to say Apple won't bring out other, cheaper models of iPhone. Anyway Apple's strength is writing good software for their own hardware which they then sell as a tightly integrated product. They don't do software licensing, so they were always going to play to their strengths with iPhone.
And, oh yeah, it wont be messy and complicated, thats what the pre-release SDK and emulator are there for.
Well if your certain, we'll see. It's a bit of a bold claim considering the SDK has been re-released already. Also Apple has a 30+ year history of developing hardware and many years experience of software and operating system development.
Personally I think Apple's approach is better for customers. Get a product out in customers hands first and make sure it is working well. Then encourage third party development in a well defined, controlled fashion. That way is far smoother for consumers.
Don't get me wrong, it would be great for Android be a success and the ideas are very nice but I think you have jumped headfirst into the hype without evaluating the situation properly (especially as we don't have much to evaluate yet!).
Jumped into the hype...just like everyone did with the iPhone. Except no one said anything back then![]()
Actually there is a big difference. The iPhone is a product that can be critically evaluated. Android has yet to produce anything that the general public/media can evaluate.
Theres a emulator, aint there? Demo handsets that were shown at the mobile congress?
its not even been finished yet!
A demo handset shouldn't be used to evaluate the final product. That would be unfair. And like you said earlier:
Actually there is a big difference. The iPhone is a product that can be critically evaluated. Android has yet to produce anything that the general public/media can evaluate.