I'd suggest that Android has a crtain level of momentum. The 2 devices we have definite release dates for are not in my opinion, what your average consumer would forgo an iPhone for. The devices you want to be thinking about, will be being released later in the year. From HTC, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and others.
It is very difficult for a manufacturer to differentiate themselves on the Android platform without doing quite a lot of work, where is HTC's Touch Flo, in development I'm sure, along with branded applications from Sony Ericsson and Samsung along with others which will help their devices to stand out from the cloud of clones. Having open source mobile os' around like Android and Symbian which allow any device manufacturer to get in on the game makes it imperative for the big boys to raise their game. Otherwise there's no reason to buy their devices (barring highly superior hardware which only works for their top of the line models). Just my thoughts Sena On 3 Mar 2009, at 05:48, jkk251 wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
