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Week in Review: Dawn of the Android
T-Mobile commanded an Apple level of gadget attention this week when it introduced the G1, the world's first phone to feature Google Android. That being, of course, Google's cellphone operating system that anyone can design applications for, making it not unlike another phone you may have heard of. The difference, though, is that Android is open source, giving app designers much more freedom than Apple's proprietary method. Want to know more? Take the video tour, read our hands-on impressions of the G1, and find out why columnist Stewart Wolpin thinks the iPhone will still kick Android butt.
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By Rob Enderle at 10:43 PM ON 09/27/08
> Stewart Wolpin thinks the iPhone will still kick
> Android butt.
Please save us from idiots who have columns.
Android is a platform, not a phone.
There is one model of Iphone, there will/can be dozens or hundreds of Android powered system.
Apple is a small bit player in the smartphone business worldwide just like for computers and even a lesser player in the overall cell phone business
Nokia's Symbian OS is still the overwhelming leader in this field and now that it open source it, there is nothing to indicate it will stop being so.
By Monster at 7:01 PM ON 09/28/08
So let me get this straight... ANYBODY can develop applications for a Windows Mobile device and can do so for free and distribute those applications for free without restrictions (unlike Apple) and DVICE is getting excited over inferior mobile OS's which also have very small market share?
I quote the article, "Google's cellphone operating system that anyone can design applications for, making it not unlike another phone you may have heard of. The difference, though, is that Android is open source, giving app designers much more freedom than Apple's proprietary method. Want to know more?"
Last time I checked there are tens of millions more Windows Mobile devices out there vs Apple and Android and ANYBODY can make applications for them and not have to be locked into restrictive terms and conditions and pay a commission to Apple!
By Aceofspades at 4:39 PM ON 09/29/08
@MONSTER
You missed a big point monster, NONE of the apple NOR windows phones OS'S are open sourced wheras android OS itself is opensource...
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@MONSTER You missed a big point monster, NONE of the apple NOR windows phones OS'S are open sourced wheras android ...More »