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 $100,000 for developing a top app for Google's upcoming Android mobile phone OS. To get an idea of where the trend in mobile computing is heading, all of the top ten use location-based data via GPS. Check out the winners.
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Member since:2005-06-28
>Also Android phones are gonna be more expensive than Nokias
And who told you that?? Only the non-touchscreen phones by Nokia MIGHT be cheaper, not the S60 4.0 touchscreen ones. People who want a real modern smartphone will go for touchscreen, so prices between Nokia and Android might not be as far off as you think.
Member since:2006-01-12
Have you seen specs for HTC Dream(500Mhz processor!)? Fact that Nokia N95 which has touchscreen uses only 333Mhz which is cheaper to buy(not to forget pure fact that Nokia pays less per HW than most of the other manufacturers). Ones Nokia start kicking out touchscreens as standard part the cost of those phones will sunk.
So far for HTC Dream we have heard it costs about 200$ with 2 year contract, isn't that same as iPhone? So my point is that during price war Nokia has tons of advantages against something like HTC 1) It's the biggest manufacturer 2) it has most streamlined production 3) it buys parts cheapest. Again the geeks will atleast try Android but standard users might be happy what they use now and in many cases it's Nokia S40/S60 UI which they are familiar.
Also as inside info I know that Nokia had emergency meetings when Apple announced iPhone, they didn't have those now so Android is less threat than iPhone.
Member since:2005-07-06
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2006-01-12
Excuse me what planet you live. Ever heard Nokia and its S60 platform? Strike 1! Also why you say things look similiar since they aren't. Back in IBM vs Apple battle most people didn't have computers, now almost everyone has mobilephone, strike 2! Also Android phones are gonna be more expensive than Nokias and other traditional manufacturers phones offering all that most people need for mobile phone(calling, SMS, MMS and internet). Strike 3! Your comment is out really.