I elected to develop for Android rather than iPhone for several reasons a few months ago, including the fact that it's open source, and not restricted to a single hardware company. PC vs Mac all over again.
But a Google Trends search on the terms iPhone and [take your pick: Android, google phone, gphone...] shows that Android and its platforms remain out of public awareness. This is not surprising, with the relative strength of marketing campaigns mounted by carriers and by Apple for the iPhone, and for the Blackberry, and T-mobile's almost nonexistent marketing of the Google Phone G1. In fact, T-mobile's recent marketing on TV is for the Blackberry. I'm beginning to wonder if there is momentum here that will be difficult for Android to overcome. Many superior technologies have died the death of failure in the marketplace, despite the size of the company behind them. At some point, Google may just cut it's losses with this whole enterprise, as Microsoft did with many failed products over the years, leaving developer communities to count their losses. Sure, now Android is bigger than Google, being open source, targeted by many companies, etc etc. So was Linux, and it never dented Windows. Before I get too deep into Android development, I'm having the urge to pause for a bit, and see if Android is going to go anywhere. Where is Google's commitment? Are they distracted by their plethora of projects? Or am I just misunderstanding some big picture? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
