Sarath
iDota
I sometimes wonder, what are they gaining by making a full fledged software for a mobile phone and giving it away for free?
As we stand today, all three major OSes - iOS, Win Mo and Android, are almost similar. Tomorrow when both iOS and WM are bringing in new features and charging for the same accordingly what will happen of Android? Sure they will innovate too but new R&D needs a lot of money. Google has lots of it but that doesn't mean they will throw it away. So will it mean that we will see less innovation or Google will eventually start charging for the OS? (esp when R&D costs will keep increasing)
I am talking about the future of the OS. The present seems to be pretty peaceful with Android being open source and then having to pay royalties to MS to iron out the differences.
As we stand today, all three major OSes - iOS, Win Mo and Android, are almost similar. Tomorrow when both iOS and WM are bringing in new features and charging for the same accordingly what will happen of Android? Sure they will innovate too but new R&D needs a lot of money. Google has lots of it but that doesn't mean they will throw it away. So will it mean that we will see less innovation or Google will eventually start charging for the OS? (esp when R&D costs will keep increasing)
I am talking about the future of the OS. The present seems to be pretty peaceful with Android being open source and then having to pay royalties to MS to iron out the differences.