"I am starting to believe the rumors that Google plans to replace phone carriers somehow."
An interesting note to this is that Google does own 5 Mhz of spectrum nationwide as part of their investment in Clearwire who is deploying the nation's first 4G network (Wimax). Sprint, Comcast, and Time Warner are already MVNO partners on this network. Who says Google couldn't resell 4G service, too? Jeff _______________________________ Trackaroo.com Trackmaster - Motorsports Lap Timer http://trackmaster.trackaroo.com Dynomaster - Performance Dyno http://dynomaster.trackaroo.com On Jan 5, 2:04 pm, Ed <[email protected]> wrote: > I have to admit, this is all very confusing to me from a business > perspective. It seems like a middle step to something else for me, and > I am starting to believe the rumors that Google plans to replace phone > carriers somehow. Either that, or Google wants to become an Apple- > alike and be both a HW and SW vendor. > > Sorry if the above is a bit off topic, but getting back to your > question: I have to believe that there is a larger plan here, which > explains why Google would do some of the crazy things they are doing. > > --Ed > > On Jan 5, 3:44 pm, String <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Jan 5, 3:44 pm, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > - Are we now in the position where a select few companies get the > > > advantage of access to pre-relase versions of (and SDKs for) new major > > > releases, thus leaving most developers supporting hardware and an Android > > > version they can't test for prior to consumers buying it? > > > All indications are that the answer is YES. > > > > - Have Google bowed to OEMs by not making details of major Android > > > releases available prior to hardware releases? > > > You know, I thought that when the 2.0 SDK came out just days before > > the Droid. I figured that Motorola had forced Google's hand somehow. > > > But with the Nexus 1, Google essentially IS the OEM. They're calling > > the shots. If they cared about app quality, they would've released the > > SDK weeks (or ideally, months) ago. > > > > - Has Android become more "throw it over the fence when we're done" than > > > "everyone can contribute" open source? > > > As far as I can see, this has always been the case. :^( > > > String
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