Comments on: Google Android: How to kill a perfectly good platform http://blog.zedray.com/2007/11/18/google-android-how-to-kill-a-perfectly-good-platform/ Some notes on Android, Java and Politics. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:45:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Mark http://blog.zedray.com/2007/11/18/google-android-how-to-kill-a-perfectly-good-platform/#comment-8204 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:07:48 +0000 http://blog.zedray.com/2007/11/18/google-android-how-to-kill-a-perfectly-good-platform/#comment-8204 Fragmentation == death If Google do a free open source platform, then everybody can do compatible hardware and the consumer benefits from innovation and low prices - A bit like Microsoft did for the desktop. Hmm.. maybe not a good comparison? What I think will happen is that a bunch of Chinese factory's will be able to eventually churn out cheep medium range Android hardware, cheap enough to give away with happy meals. Fragmentation == death

If Google do a free open source platform, then everybody can do compatible hardware and the consumer benefits from innovation and low prices - A bit like Microsoft did for the desktop.

Hmm.. maybe not a good comparison?

What I think will happen is that a bunch of Chinese factory’s will be able to eventually churn out cheep medium range Android hardware, cheap enough to give away with happy meals.

]]> by: Dave http://blog.zedray.com/2007/11/18/google-android-how-to-kill-a-perfectly-good-platform/#comment-8170 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:28:26 +0000 http://blog.zedray.com/2007/11/18/google-android-how-to-kill-a-perfectly-good-platform/#comment-8170 All this makes me wonder why a bunch of open-source enthusiasts don't start a whole new architecture, consisting of a single-chip cellphone, low-power ARM linux board, bluetooth radio chip, colour LCD, CMOS camera, mic, speaker and buttons. All this makes me wonder why a bunch of open-source enthusiasts don’t start a whole new architecture, consisting of a single-chip cellphone, low-power ARM linux board, bluetooth radio chip, colour LCD, CMOS camera, mic, speaker and buttons.

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