The Economics of Android

Posted in Chronicle by wmuscato on October 10, 2008
Google prepping iPhone-customized ads?
New York Times Fri, 10 Oct 2008 1:12 PM PDT
Just because Google is will soon release its mobile operating system Android, it?s not ignoring the iPhone.
Will you forget about Android?
ZDNet Fri, 10 Oct 2008 7:53 AM PDT
Chris O’Brien from the Silicon Valley Mercury News has an interesting article on why he thinks we will soon forget about Android. When you look at Android up against iPhone, you have to agree that it’s going to be a an uphill battle. But if anyone can do it, it would be Google right? Well, not exactly. Out of all the products Google has launched, only two have achieved the level of success that …
Nokia Comes with Music must come with operators
telecomasia.net Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:36 PM PDT
Andy Rubin, who heads up Google’s Android efforts, spoke to me yesterday about his vision for the Android Market. In particular, we talked about how the market will be different from Apple’s iTunes App Store and some other efforts, which also peddle software for cell phones.
O’Brien: Why we’ll all soon forget about Google’s Android
San Jose Mercury News Thu, 09 Oct 2008 6:18 PM PDT
Now that Google has officially unveiled the first Android phone, we”re left to wonder what it all means. The answer: not much. The mobile phone platform is another curious effort from Google that is unlikely to have much impact.