Google Android Phone India Launch Announced
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chandru.in
In the zone
A highly biased article.
I agree about desktop syncing, video playback and recording. But WTF is he talking about Mobile Me? If he can trust Apple with his contacts, why not Google? Does Apple support syncing with Google's cloud in iPhone? Then why should Google support Apples? Also, unlike Mobile Me(ss), Google's cloud is far more reliable and proven.
The article starts with,
The moment I saw it I knew what was coming up will not hold any unbiased commentary. It turned out true. Revealing pre-release SDK to contest winners was not that bad. Yes it could have been a bit more open but giving it to winners would help identify more show stopper flaws as they'd have a better understanding of SDK. Thus if public pre-release has fixes for major flaws, it would give Android SDK a better image. I guess this was what Google wanted to do.
But it makes me wonder why a site which is such a huge supporter of Apple is even opening its mouth about openness. Apple is probably the most closed and secretive company on the planet (far more so than Google). The initial iPhone release didn't even come with an SDK.
IronManForever
IronMan; Ready to Roll...
^^ Quite true but then again Android has to ripen. Dont you think so?
The fact that its open helps it and flaws will be eliminated within days. And yeah, it may prove to be the best of the lot out there, who knows?
The fact that its open helps it and flaws will be eliminated within days. And yeah, it may prove to be the best of the lot out there, who knows?
chandru.in
In the zone
^^ If it supports syncing with desktops and does not need Google ID to activate the phone or even if needed provides a way to entirely disabling continuous syncing with Google's cloud, it already is a great platform and also far more open than any other mobile platforms (except openMoko and open-source Symbian).
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