On October 6, 2009
Can Verizon Help Google? Maybe Yes, Maybe No
Verizon Wireless has announced that it plans to back Google’s Android phones in a big way. It sees Android as being an answer to AT&T’s continued U.S. lock on Apple’s iPhone, and Google must be over the moon about the deal. However, that’s opportunity. Making something of it will be a lot tougher. Verizon certainly offers a way to get Android-based phones out in front of a lot of people. And despite what I’ve heard from some developers who create apps for the platform that it has that geeky look and feel to it, think about other cell phones. How many are elegant in a smartly-designed-consumer-electronics sort of way? From that view, you don’t have to jump over your own…
0 Comments