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Android’s future. . .
I have been very bullish about Android in the past. More recently I have been frustrated – i.e. every OS has growing pains. But at the end of the day I think Google has a real winner on its hands – 2010 is going to be the year of Android. Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt announced on an earnings call yesterday that, “Android adoption is about to explode.“ I tend to agree with him. Why? There is simply too much momentum behind Android for it to fail. Too many HUGE companies are betting the farm on Android. There are now 12 handsets available for Android, 32 carriers have or are about to launch an Android phone in more than 26 countries.
Whatever the fate of our little business, our success will be a direct result of Google’s strategy of ‘giving it away’. Google had a bold idea: provide a free worldwide license to users, developers and carriers for a cutting edge mobile phone operating system. Google’s CFO, Patrick Pichette, described the smart-phone as a trans-formative device – “transforming how people live on a mobile basis”. Google is changing the lives of thousands of developers around the world. It is true. I have had the privileged of traveling the world to meet other Android developers and I have been floored by all of the innovation and creativity that Google has unleashed. Apple has made a similar impact, but in the long run I believe in people more than I believe in corporations – I believe people will make Android great. Thanks again Google!
It will be interesting to see if Apple falls victim, yet again, to the same stratigies it employed with its OS in the 80s.
Comment by Joshua — October 16, 2009 @ 1:04 pm