Comments on: Android - Will It Make An Impact? http://thesymbianblog.com/2007/11/06/android-will-it-make-an-impact/ All things symbian and then some more! Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:47:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Vaibhav Sharma http://thesymbianblog.com/2007/11/06/android-will-it-make-an-impact/#comment-501 Vaibhav Sharma Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:14:22 +0000 http://vaibhavsharma.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/android-will-it-make-an-impact/#comment-501 I quite agree. This does seem to be their bet. But somehow Samsung and HTC are the only big manufacturers among the partners and my expectations from Samsung are low. HTC will work on the platform and theirs' is expected to be the first gPhone! I quite agree. This does seem to be their bet. But somehow Samsung and HTC are the only big manufacturers among the partners and my expectations from Samsung are low. HTC will work on the platform and theirs’ is expected to be the first gPhone!

]]> By: RichB http://thesymbianblog.com/2007/11/06/android-will-it-make-an-impact/#comment-502 RichB Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:02:17 +0000 http://vaibhavsharma.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/android-will-it-make-an-impact/#comment-502 In the announcement, they explicitly noted that there would not be any advertising-funded phones and that a carrier/manufacturer could replace the GMail client with a Hotmail client. My bet is that the applications and the Java runtime will be so good that they will drive a number of people to Google's services. Even if this number is 0.5%, it will probably pay for the entire development costs via the advertising take on those services. Look at how Google funds Firefox development to the tune of $70million per year. And all because the homepage is google.com. If Google can do this and still make a bunch of money, then they are well positioned to throw money at a mobile OS project in the hope of a small percentage growth in their user base. In the announcement, they explicitly noted that there would not be any advertising-funded phones and that a carrier/manufacturer could replace the GMail client with a Hotmail client.

My bet is that the applications and the Java runtime will be so good that they will drive a number of people to Google’s services. Even if this number is 0.5%, it will probably pay for the entire development costs via the advertising take on those services.

Look at how Google funds Firefox development to the tune of $70million per year. And all because the homepage is google.com. If Google can do this and still make a bunch of money, then they are well positioned to throw money at a mobile OS project in the hope of a small percentage growth in their user base.

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