Comments on: Is Android in danger of spectacular failure? http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/08/is-android-in-danger-of-spectacular-failure/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:50:58 -0500 hourly 1 By: Harlekkin http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/08/is-android-in-danger-of-spectacular-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-980181 Harlekkin Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:35:28 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=40311#comment-980181 The iPhone is great, I'm sure the G1 is not too bad either, but none of these two can beat the Japanese. The Japanese have combined all of the above. They integrated wireless ticketing/payment devices (like Paypass) into phones with 840x480px screens (on average). Screens with such a high resolution and 7.2Mbps downlink speeds surely don't have trouble opening ANY website. And to make things even better - SHARP and Toshiba have long worked on platforms that combine 3D graphics and serious grunt into one. TV OneSeg, HSDPA with 3D graphics chips on a WVGA screen - beat that oh western world. The iPhone is great, I’m sure the G1 is not too bad either, but none of these two can beat the Japanese.

The Japanese have combined all of the above. They integrated wireless ticketing/payment devices (like Paypass) into phones with 840×480px screens (on average).
Screens with such a high resolution and 7.2Mbps downlink speeds surely don’t have trouble opening ANY website.

And to make things even better – SHARP and Toshiba have long worked on platforms that combine 3D graphics and serious grunt into one.

TV OneSeg, HSDPA with 3D graphics chips on a WVGA screen – beat that oh western world.

]]> By: J Rob http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/08/is-android-in-danger-of-spectacular-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-879114 J Rob Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:50:14 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=40311#comment-879114 Android doesn't have to compete with the iPhone at this stage of the game. Even if Android WERE to show some real innovation beyond the iPhone, how many iPhone users would switch from AT&T to T-mobile for the privilege of using an Android device? Android has to show that it is competent on it's own, winning it's own cadre of supporters, and then rise to the task when the FCC allows Google's "Free The Airwaves" white space broadband initiative through. Then we'll have the potential for some real wireless competition. What if Google finds a way to provide a combined voice and data plan for $30/month using white space radio, subsidized by Ad Sense revenue and running only on Android devices? How many developers would show up to the party at that point? It makes me giddy just thinking about it . . . Android doesn’t have to compete with the iPhone at this stage of the game. Even if Android WERE to show some real innovation beyond the iPhone, how many iPhone users would switch from AT&T to T-mobile for the privilege of using an Android device?

Android has to show that it is competent on it’s own, winning it’s own cadre of supporters, and then rise to the task when the FCC allows Google’s “Free The Airwaves” white space broadband initiative through. Then we’ll have the potential for some real wireless competition.

What if Google finds a way to provide a combined voice and data plan for $30/month using white space radio, subsidized by Ad Sense revenue and running only on Android devices? How many developers would show up to the party at that point?

It makes me giddy just thinking about it . . .

]]> By: Nick http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/08/is-android-in-danger-of-spectacular-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-879105 Nick Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:45:13 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=40311#comment-879105 It's funny how people are giving their opinions about a phone and OS that have not even hit the market yet. Android will have it's bugs. HTC's Dream isn't the prettiest phone ever, but they are creatign a new breed of phones, not one Google phones. If google designed the phone and sold it, it would take them years to acheive significant market share. By offering the OS for free to phone makers, Android will be available on phones from everyone's favorit phone makers and for a price that will not shock the world. http://htcsource.com It’s funny how people are giving their opinions about a phone and OS that have not even hit the market yet. Android will have it’s bugs. HTC’s Dream isn’t the prettiest phone ever, but they are creatign a new breed of phones, not one Google phones. If google designed the phone and sold it, it would take them years to acheive significant market share. By offering the OS for free to phone makers, Android will be available on phones from everyone’s favorit phone makers and for a price that will not shock the world.

http://htcsource.com

]]> By: EJ http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/09/08/is-android-in-danger-of-spectacular-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-878947 EJ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:43:05 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=40311#comment-878947 Whatever its shortcomings, it's often understated that the iPhone - and the underlying OS that's been in development for nearly a decade - is an amazing feat of software engineering. It's not a given that anyone, even Google, will be able to quickly duplicate it and match it in quality like competitors did with the Razr. Whatever its shortcomings, it’s often understated that the iPhone – and the underlying OS that’s been in development for nearly a decade – is an amazing feat of software engineering. It’s not a given that anyone, even Google, will be able to quickly duplicate it and match it in quality like competitors did with the Razr.

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