Linked by David Adams on Sat 30th Aug 2008 16:32 UTC
The day after Google announced its answer to Apple's iPhone App store, it has announced the winners of a contest wherein developers win $275,000 or $100,000 for developing a top app for Google's upcoming Android mobile phone OS. To get an idea of where the trend in mobile computing is heading, all of the top ten use location-based data via GPS. Check out the winners.
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Buying a phone is a smaller step than buying a computer
by TLZ_ on Sun 31st Aug 2008 16:35
in reply to "RE[3]: Comment by Kroc"
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Linux has some problems that keeps it from getting really popular. (It's getting better though, I bet Linux will start growing slowly but steady in desktops in a couple of years...)
Anyway. Android seem to be stable, and it's a bit different computers. Macs, and maybe esp. Linx haven't taken over partially because they're not included on a lot of computers. Few people bother with actually installing another OS than the one that came with it. (Or even understand this!)
Same with mobile phones. However, buying a new mobile phone is a a much smaller step than buying a new computer IMHO. Mobiles are cheaper. And besides: people break them all the time, so they need new ones!
Just my cents(or ører to be exact)...
RE: Buying a phone is a smaller step than buying a computer
by MysterMask on Mon 1st Sep 2008 08:11
in reply to "Buying a phone is a smaller step than buying a computer"
Member since:2005-07-12
Linux has some problems that keeps it from getting really popular.
Maybe Android will have those, too?
Anyway. Android seem to be stable
??
On what hardware is it 'stable'? And BTW: Android is a beta.
.. because they're not included on a lot of computers.
Neither will be Android.
However, buying a new mobile phone is a a much smaller step than buying a new computer IMHO.
Not when it comes to smartphones. Prices are not that much different. And maybe you have less data / apps on a smartphone than on a Mac. However, moving data / apps from Mac to Mac is a lot easier. On the other side, moving data / apps when you change to another smartphone OS, things get more difficult, especially if you think of the time you need for similar apps on the new OS and setting up the device like configure data syncing between desktop / mobile or configuring mobile mail, etc.
And why did the iPod survive? Buying a new MP3-Player is even easier.
Sometimes, people are not satisfied with 'good enough', when 'better' actually means 'not more expensive', 'better support', 'easy to use', 'hipp', 'good quality', 'don't need a weekend to configure'.
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The last time a closed and controlled computer platform took on an open and uncontrolled platform, the former lost.
Poppycock! By your logic, Linux would have swept away Windows / Macs on the desktop and Sun / HP / IBM on the servers a long time ago.
And we heard exactly the same arguments about how the 'closed' iPod/iTunes will loose after it's initial success against the 'open' Creative / Dell / Napster / "Plays for sure" / Zune / <whatever> on the long run (as if the freedom to pay licence fees to Microsoft has anything to do with 'open' or 'free').
It's rather simplistic to predict future events on some selected past events. Wishful thinking, I guess. Still problems to accept that Apple has not surrendered against mighty (boring) Microsoft?