There's no date on this document. For all we know that document is from a year ago and this doesn't say anything other than that Google picked some handset maker and carrier as an example -- hardly the smoking gun some people are making it out to be.
"Plotted"?! why make it sound so nefarious? they choose an OEM and release the code after the first device hits market.
Florian Mueller is spinning this as news and people are echoing him unthinkingly. There is nothing new here nor is it any sort of foul play just the spins of interested parties.
The document in question cites both Motorola and Verizon as an example of this strategy in action not as exclusive partners "ie. Motorola and Verizon" (Motorola Droid).
The later releases of the HTC made Nexus one, and Samsung made Nexus S clearly show that Google wasn't favoring one manufacturer in the long run.
Google is losing future revenue from Android. Amazon is forking it, basically eliminating Googles services, including the App store, and replacing the services with their own. I'm sure Google sees the writing on the wall. Android will further fragment, much worse than the fragmentation thus far.
Baidu is forking Android which means Google is basically out of the worlds biggest cell phone market. Not too mention that their reputation in China was so tarnished that we wouldn't assume Google to grab market share. Apple seems primed to compete in China with the iPhone against Baidus Android fork. But there seems to be no doubt that Googles out.
It's appears to be in Googles interest to create their own cell phone with closed source additions on top of Android, leaving the other major handset manufacturers without the code. But to also provide handset manufacturers with a version of Android that is second tier, but that provides revenue through the Google app store and services.
OK, how is this different to whatever version of Windows Mobile, iOS or whatever?
If you somehow had access to some pre-release version of iOS or Windows ce/mobile/7/8/9/whatever, you would be under NDA.
If Google is working on some super awesome new features, why would they want Apple and Microsoft getting a heads up about it months before it's ready for customers to buy as part of an Android-powered phone?
It would be more revealing if they excluded Android OEMs other than Motorola even if they are building to spec under NDA, and had no history of leaking like a sieve.
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[ 3.5 ms ] story [ 27.3 ms ] threadFlorian Mueller is spinning this as news and people are echoing him unthinkingly. There is nothing new here nor is it any sort of foul play just the spins of interested parties.
The later releases of the HTC made Nexus one, and Samsung made Nexus S clearly show that Google wasn't favoring one manufacturer in the long run.
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Baidu is forking Android which means Google is basically out of the worlds biggest cell phone market. Not too mention that their reputation in China was so tarnished that we wouldn't assume Google to grab market share. Apple seems primed to compete in China with the iPhone against Baidus Android fork. But there seems to be no doubt that Googles out.
It's appears to be in Googles interest to create their own cell phone with closed source additions on top of Android, leaving the other major handset manufacturers without the code. But to also provide handset manufacturers with a version of Android that is second tier, but that provides revenue through the Google app store and services.