Google Announces Mobile OS Partners
Advertising
Let the advertising begin! Yea.
Am I the only one not looking forward to being bombarded with ads on my phone? I guess it is inevitable.
Am I the only one not looking forward to being bombarded with ads on my phone? I guess it is inevitable.
After reading all these things about the Google OS I've found that the only time you might see and add is when you see a "waiting" and/or "processing" something or other on the phone. So think about it! Instead of showing some glitzy animated image ...
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Open Source
The best part is that it is free and open source so if it supports atleast one HTC phone, it would be much easier to port it to other ARM processor phones. This is great news.
I would love to see a phone that I could take off the google OS and place the Mobile Ubuntu on it. I've tried to do it to an HTC-6800 but its not supported... ohh well.
VZW and ATT don't need Google
what benefit is there to the two biggest carriers? how are they going to make money off google phones? open OS? sounds like a support nightmare.
Because they won't remain #1 if someone else comes out with something better. How many companies throughout history have been knocked off the block by companies with new, innovative products or services.
Palm comes to mind. They were at the top of ...
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And if their customers want it, then they need it.
No suprise
That Verizon and ATT were not included. ATT has the iphone and Verizon is too much of a control freak company to allow the Google business model. Good news for Sprint and T Mobile though.
It doesn't have to do with Google's business model, it's a matter of VZW's borderline obessesive compulsive control over their f-ing UI.
I work for VZW and after its all said and done, that has always been my biggest gripe. 👿
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I work for VZW and after its all said and done, that has always been my biggest gripe. 👿
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Seems............
A little anti-climatic if you ask me. Hope the product is more exciting than the announcement.
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