Comments on: Google ‘lacking mass market strategy’ for Android http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/09/google_lacking_mass_market_strategy_for_android.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:15:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: CraigB http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/09/google_lacking_mass_market_strategy_for_android.html/comment-page-1#comment-245730 CraigB Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:07:18 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=9416#comment-245730 Hmmm, today's FierceWireless headline: "First Android phone to showcase Google brand". I guess that settles it for the Dream. Hmmm, today's FierceWireless headline: “First Android phone to showcase Google brand”. I guess that settles it for the Dream.

]]> By: CraigB http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/09/google_lacking_mass_market_strategy_for_android.html/comment-page-1#comment-235569 CraigB Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:07:18 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=9416#comment-235569 Hmmm, today's FierceWireless headline: "First Android phone to showcase Google brand". I guess that settles it for the Dream. Hmmm, today's FierceWireless headline: “First Android phone to showcase Google brand”. I guess that settles it for the Dream.

]]> By: CraigB http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/09/google_lacking_mass_market_strategy_for_android.html/comment-page-1#comment-229473 CraigB Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:07:18 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=9416#comment-229473 Hmmm, today's FierceWireless headline: "First Android phone to showcase Google brand". I guess that settles it for the Dream. Hmmm, today's FierceWireless headline: “First Android phone to showcase Google brand”. I guess that settles it for the Dream.

]]> By: smstextnews http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/09/google_lacking_mass_market_strategy_for_android.html/comment-page-1#comment-229431 smstextnews Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:05:12 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=9416#comment-229431 That's something to think about....<br><br>2008/9/18 Disqus <> That's something to think about….

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]]> By: CraigB http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/09/google_lacking_mass_market_strategy_for_android.html/comment-page-1#comment-229430 CraigB Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:52:26 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=9416#comment-229430 It'll be interesting to see just how 'Google' the Google phone turns out to be. Meaning, after the first few Android models are released, how much will the mass market care about the phone's Andriod OS vs the Manufacturer/Model/Carrier it's running on. For the most part, normobs don't care much what their underlying OS is. Andriod may not change that as much as we think (or hope). It'll be interesting to see just how 'Google' the Google phone turns out to be. Meaning, after the first few Android models are released, how much will the mass market care about the phone's Andriod OS vs the Manufacturer/Model/Carrier it's running on. For the most part, normobs don't care much what their underlying OS is. Andriod may not change that as much as we think (or hope).

]]> By: smstextnews http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/09/google_lacking_mass_market_strategy_for_android.html/comment-page-1#comment-229404 smstextnews Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:37:18 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=9416#comment-229404 Agreed, but whatever way you look at it, there's an expectation --<br>particularly from the General Public that a 'Google Phone' should work or at<br>least be similar to the iPhone.<br><br>2008/9/17 Disqus <> Agreed, but whatever way you look at it, there's an expectation –
particularly from the General Public that a 'Google Phone' should work or at
least be similar to the iPhone.

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]]> By: CraigB http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/09/google_lacking_mass_market_strategy_for_android.html/comment-page-1#comment-229403 CraigB Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:33:26 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=9416#comment-229403 “We saw that with the first generation iPhone. Lots of people admired the device but were quite happy to sign-up to another 18-month contract and get a new boring Sony Ericsson candybar. Because it was ‘free’ whilst the iPhone was, comparatively, very, very expensive.”

Absolutely true, but iPhone vs Andriod incentives isn't an apples to apples comparison. The iPhone is complete device, soup-to-nuts, with Apple as the device manufacturer. Google/Andriod is merely a SW platform from which a manufacturer will created a finished product. It'll primarily be up to HTC, etc to incentivize carriers on their phones, as with any other of their models.

]]> By: Peter Cranstone http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/09/google_lacking_mass_market_strategy_for_android.html/comment-page-1#comment-229380 Peter Cranstone Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:16:24 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=9416#comment-229380 It's easy to get access to the billing relationship. You just have to figure out how to get access to "Me". We showed your partner Patrick how to do that awhile ago. Once Google have access to three critical pieces of information it's all over. The pieces are (real time) who I am, what I am (device characteristics) and where I am. Then the carriers become pipes. This problem has already been solved and Patrick has seen it demoed.<br><br>Cheers,<br><br><br>Peter<br><a href="http://www.5o9inc.com">www.5o9inc.com</a> It's easy to get access to the billing relationship. You just have to figure out how to get access to “Me”. We showed your partner Patrick how to do that awhile ago. Once Google have access to three critical pieces of information it's all over. The pieces are (real time) who I am, what I am (device characteristics) and where I am. Then the carriers become pipes. This problem has already been solved and Patrick has seen it demoed.

Cheers,

Peter
http://www.5o9inc.com

]]> By: JimAtJaxtr http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/09/google_lacking_mass_market_strategy_for_android.html/comment-page-1#comment-229369 JimAtJaxtr Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:25:48 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=9416#comment-229369 Somehow, I'm not too worried about Google not having an underlying strategy, but then again, we'll see how things pan out with Android. Somehow, I'm not too worried about Google not having an underlying strategy, but then again, we'll see how things pan out with Android.

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