Comments on: Australia’s ‘Agora’ Android phone gets agoraphobia, delayed indefinitely http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/01/16/australias-agora-android-phone-gets-agoraphobia-delayed-indefinitely/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:18:09 -0500 hourly 1 By: Much fabled Kogan Agora Android phone prototype gets hands-on’d http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/01/16/australias-agora-android-phone-gets-agoraphobia-delayed-indefinitely/comment-page-1/#comment-984690 Much fabled Kogan Agora Android phone prototype gets hands-on’d Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:59:18 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/01/16/australias-agora-android-phone-gets-agoraphobia-delayed-indefinitely/#comment-984690 [...] Back in December, the Kogan Agora was revealed and caused all kinds of excitement amongst mobile geeks. Not only was it going to be dirt cheap (around $250 bucks, unsubsidized), and not only was it being pushed out by what was about as close as you can get to a mom-and-pop electronics manufacturer, but it looked like they were going to beat just about everyone besides HTC to getting an Android product on the shelf. Then it got canned. [...] [...] Back in December, the Kogan Agora was revealed and caused all kinds of excitement amongst mobile geeks. Not only was it going to be dirt cheap (around $250 bucks, unsubsidized), and not only was it being pushed out by what was about as close as you can get to a mom-and-pop electronics manufacturer, but it looked like they were going to beat just about everyone besides HTC to getting an Android product on the shelf. Then it got canned. [...]

]]> By: Aussie Android phone Kogan Agora release delayed indefinitely | GadgetLite - Latest gadgets and technology news... http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/01/16/australias-agora-android-phone-gets-agoraphobia-delayed-indefinitely/comment-page-1/#comment-971768 Aussie Android phone Kogan Agora release delayed indefinitely | GadgetLite - Latest gadgets and technology news... Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:31:18 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/01/16/australias-agora-android-phone-gets-agoraphobia-delayed-indefinitely/#comment-971768 [...] [via Crunchgear] [...] [...] [via Crunchgear] [...]

]]> By: Kontra http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/01/16/australias-agora-android-phone-gets-agoraphobia-delayed-indefinitely/comment-page-1/#comment-971737 Kontra Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:53:17 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/01/16/australias-agora-android-phone-gets-agoraphobia-delayed-indefinitely/#comment-971737 The iPhone has climbed to the top of the most popular smartphones in the U.S. with a single model. Except for a very small list of obvious hardware differences between the iPhone and iPod touch, Apple’s mobile platform by now offers a uniform market of 20+ million users, all carrying an identically configured device. Same industrial design, same OS, same multi-touch UI, same iTunes multimedia content, same DRM, same peripherals, same purchasing process, and same coherency that has already resulted in 10,000+ apps and half a billion downloads at the App Store. iPhone developers do not have to worry about differing UIs or device configurations. They don’t have to accommodate all kinds of input devices from trackballs to multi-touch to stylus. They don’t have to invent their own syncing or notification systems. They don’t have to negotiate for different app stores. And as Kogan found out too late, they don’t have to worry about “compatibility and interoperability in the near future” in the form of varying screen sizes and resolutions. Ironically, if the iPhone platform can fail to dominate the smartphone market because it’s too closed, the Android platform may fail because it’s too open, as I explain here: "Agora phone exposes Android's Achilles Heel" http://counternotions.com/2009/01/19/agora/ The iPhone has climbed to the top of the most popular smartphones in the U.S. with a single model. Except for a very small list of obvious hardware differences between the iPhone and iPod touch, Apple’s mobile platform by now offers a uniform market of 20+ million users, all carrying an identically configured device. Same industrial design, same OS, same multi-touch UI, same iTunes multimedia content, same DRM, same peripherals, same purchasing process, and same coherency that has already resulted in 10,000+ apps and half a billion downloads at the App Store.

iPhone developers do not have to worry about differing UIs or device configurations. They don’t have to accommodate all kinds of input devices from trackballs to multi-touch to stylus. They don’t have to invent their own syncing or notification systems. They don’t have to negotiate for different app stores. And as Kogan found out too late, they don’t have to worry about “compatibility and interoperability in the near future” in the form of varying screen sizes and resolutions.

Ironically, if the iPhone platform can fail to dominate the smartphone market because it’s too closed, the Android platform may fail because it’s too open, as I explain here:

“Agora phone exposes Android’s Achilles Heel”
http://counternotions.com/2009/01/19/agora/

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]]> By: Australia’s ‘Agora’ Android phone gets agoraphobia, delayed indefinitely http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/01/16/australias-agora-android-phone-gets-agoraphobia-delayed-indefinitely/comment-page-1/#comment-970838 Australia’s ‘Agora’ Android phone gets agoraphobia, delayed indefinitely Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:00:42 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/01/16/australias-agora-android-phone-gets-agoraphobia-delayed-indefinitely/#comment-970838 [...] Australia’s ‘Agora’ Android phone gets agoraphobia, delayed indefinitely by Doug Aamoth on January 16, [...] [...] Australia’s ‘Agora’ Android phone gets agoraphobia, delayed indefinitely by Doug Aamoth on January 16, [...]

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