Tell that to your fellow Applebots. They are the Ayatoullahs of personal attcks. They have been doing that on here for years.
“Many can remember before that, and the fact that they are new to the phone market.”
The Apple Newton (a consumer product) was released over 20 years ago, long before Google was even founded.
“The Newton platform was an early personal digital assistant (PDA) hardware/software and the first tablet platform developed by Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.), the second platform being iOS (previously named iPhone OS), used in the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Development of the Newton platform started in 1987 and officially ended on February 27, 1998”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Newton
“The company Google bought had a LOT of experience in just that.”
That's like saying Microsoft got plenty of OS experience when they hired David Cutler from DEC, just like lots of other firms before that hire people for their expereince in one field or the other. It doesn't change one whit the fact that Google had never written an OS before
“Of course this doesn't count that Google is famous for having made MASSIVE contributions to Linux.”
Plenty of programmers all over the world make contributions to Linux. So what?
“Google has many consumer software services, several of which are leveraged by Android.”
Where is their consumer hardware prpoduct before the Nexus One at?
“You mean together Motorola, HTC, LG, Samsung and others have managed.”
I mean Android has managed to clobber Apple in smartphone market share in just 2 years.
“For good reason: they weren't very good”
They WERE pretty good actually, and some versions had good market share in China and other Asian countries.
“They were also fragmented, as the Linux marketshare was made up of several different efforts. “,/i>
Android is merely another “fragmentation” of a version of mobile Linux.
“That was expected. “
Yeah?
“One new phone maker on one carrier in the US selling only premium smartphones is not going to topple the established #1 maker across all carriers and price ranges in the US smartphone market that quickly.”,/i>
Versions of mobile Linux had plenty of careers, plenty of hardware makers, and plenty of support from firms like TI and Qlacom and still goit easily clobbered bny the iPhone..untill Android came up.
“16 months. That is “quite a bit” of time for the iPhone to you”
That is 16 months headstart the iPhone had over Android, onl for Android to swftly ctacvh up to then overtake the IPhone..and Android is still growing at a staggering 886% annually, even after overtaking the iPhone.
That's your job if you see it. I'm telling you. Take responsibility for your own abuse, don't deflect to others.
The Apple Newton
Destroyed on the other thread.
That's like saying Microsoft got plenty of OS experience when they hired David Cutler from DEC
Google BOUGHT an entire company that had been working on phone software for two years, and had extensive experience prior to that. The Microsoft equivalent would have been if Microsoft bought DEC, produced a VMS variant, and you were here claiming Microsoft had no experience with VMS.
Basic logic: By buying a company with extensive experience in a field, your company instantly gains that experience. Duh. That's the main reason tech companies buy other tech companies.
Plenty of programmers all over the world make contributions to Linux.
Linux operating system development experience. And don't even equate Google's massive contributions to Linux (most of which haven't been released) with "plenty of programmers all over the world."
Where is their consumer hardware prpoduct before the Nexus One at?
You stated consumer products.
I mean Android has managed to clobber Apple in smartphone market share in just 2 years.
What's this Android? Can I go into a store and buy an Android? Or do I buy any one of dozens of phones from Moto, HTC, LG, Samsung, and others?
Android is merely another “fragmentation” of a version of mobile Linux.
And it is the ONLY one with most of the powerhouses of the cell phone industry behind it. Quite different than each manufactuer fiddling with its own implementation.
That is 16 months headstart the iPhone had over Android, onl for Android to swftly ctacvh up to then overtake the IPhone
Your biased choice of words still shows. 16 months is a LOOOOONG time for the iPhone to build its sales. 2 years is a SHOOOORT time for android devices to build their sales.