The Economics of Android

Posted in Chronicle by wmuscato on October 7, 2008
How will Android compare to the iPhone?
New York Times Tue, 07 Oct 2008 3:23 PM PDT
Google ’s Android is as an open-source operating system meant to give smart phone manufacturers a powerful platform on which to base their phones. It’s even been touted as a challenger to Apple ’s iPhone OS.
Google apes Microsoft
Bangkok Post – Thailand’s English news Tue, 07 Oct 2008 1:46 PM PDT
For the second time in three weeks, Google got good reviews by doing what Microsoft has been doing for years – copying other people’s ideas but making them better; and uncannily, just like Google had the intuition to know the world needed another browser, it realised that there are not nearly enough mobile phones, so it made another one; this time it’s an Android phone and immediately a lot of …
How Will Android Compare to the IPhone?
PC World Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:42 AM PDT
Google’s Android is as an open-source operating system meant to give smart phone manufacturers a powerful platform on which to…
Android’s bright future? T-Mobile reports heavy presales
Ars Technica Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:21 AM PDT
T-Mobile is experiencing “heavy pre-sale demand” for G1, the first mobile phone powered by Google’s Android open-source OS. Early predictions from the device’s manufacturer and a strong, competitive smartphone market could spell early success for Google’s unique approach to mobile phones. Read More…
Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Says iPod Is Dying And The iPhone Is Too Closed
paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:31 AM PDT
Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak, who has been retired from the company since 1987, still has a love for gadgets, technology and computers, but in an interview with the Telegraph, he is startlingly frank about where the industry is headed and his thoughts and opinions when it comes to the Web 2.0 movement; the iPod’s longevity and the iPhone when it’s compared to the Google Android operating …
T-Mobile Sells Out Early Inventory of G1 Android Phones
NewsFactor via Yahoo! News Tue, 07 Oct 2008 8:16 AM PDT
T-Mobile may have at least a short-term shortage of its G1 Android-powered phone as customers flood the company with preorders. T-Mobile said it has already sold its presale inventory of the first Google Android phone.
Maverick Boys & Girls Club facing closing
KVII 7 Amarillo Tue, 07 Oct 2008 8:19 AM PDT
Posted on Tuesday, October 07, 2008 at 10:10 a.m. ProNews Seven has learned an Amarillo tradition is among the many in financial crisis. Did you know Google makes cell phones? Their newest release is called the Android.
Pre-orders cause Google Android phone shortage
PC Advisor Tue, 07 Oct 2008 2:37 AM PDT
T-Mobile G1 orders three times greater than expected Preorders for the first Google Android phone have been three times greater than expected, according to T-Mobile, which said it won’t promise to ship any more G1 handsets in time for the October 22 US launch.
iPhone squares up to Android
The Register Tue, 07 Oct 2008 3:07 AM PDT
Have at you with your Google Street View Apple is aiming to get off the back foot when it comes to phone features with the forthcoming release of iPhone firmware – hopefully before the Googlephone gets into circulation.…