The Economics of Android

Posted in Chronicle by wmuscato on October 9, 2008
Google’s Android may lead to major market changes
MacNN Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:06 PM PDT
Google’s Android platform could be the cause of a major concept shift in the smartphone market, not because subscribers call for features, but because wireless operators and phone makers see the value of standard platforms, argues ABI Research. The firm predicts that the success of Android rests with the ability to first convince phone builders that they need to replace the operating systems
Google’s Android Could Signal a Tipping Point in Smartphones
Cellular-News.com Thu, 09 Oct 2008 8:17 AM PDT
If Google’s ambitions for its recently-launched Android smartphone operating system are fully realized, the new OS will represent a tipping point in attitudes towards the whole concept of a smartphone.
A Closer Look at Google Maps on the Google Phone
WebProNews Thu, 09 Oct 2008 8:50 AM PDT
Google is giving those interested in the new Google Phone (the G1 from T-Mobile) a closer look at the different aspects of it on the Google Mobile Blog. Today Android Product Manager David Conway talks about the Google Maps capabilities on the device
BlackBerry Storm: ClickThrough based on Synaptics technology
infoSyncWorld Thu, 09 Oct 2008 4:55 AM PDT
Synaptics, which provides the touch solution found in the Google Android based T-Mobile G1, enables tactile feedback and multi-touch gestures in the BlackBerry Storm.