If they would just work their magic with Android as they have with WM and put it on the Touch HD they could have a serious iPod contender.
The Touch HD hardware (minus resistive touch screen) is better than the iPhone, they just need to loose windows mobile. Android is the perfect opportunity.
All this talk about Android better than WinMo is BS. Only geeks know what Android or opensource for that matter means. And geeks don't bring revenue. The G1 only sold well because of good marketing by T-Mobile, they've always been willing to take risks with technology. They were the first to launch a Windows Mobile phone in the US aka Pocket PC Phone Edition.
However the major cariers ATT, Sprint and Verizon have clearly hinted that Android is not ready for primetime.
Omoks, you are an idiot. Your comment hints at the fact you are talking completely out of your ass. You don't have to be a geek to download applications from an app store you loser. You don't have to understand open source, to install a program on a phone. That is as complicated as user interaction goes. The Open Source factor comes into play when developing, and seeing as the average consumer is not a software developer, the information you post is in no way shape of form pertinent to the argument you are trying to make. Also, you should really check your facts, because two posts above this there is a post about Android and Sprint.
Do any of you work in a public-facing telecommunications position? Almost NO ONE understands any of this! The people who came in looking for a G1 had no idea what they were looking for really was, what they could do, how much it would cost, or why they should be in the store to begin with. Omoks was dead-on. It was marketed. Not 'well', but at least moderately successfully. After trying the android version that someone at XDA months ago figured out how to squeeze i a Tnto a cooked ROM on a Tilt, and seeing how dead-end its been so far for T-Mo, one personal criticism is the OS's a snooze.
A large number of apps for windows mobile exist solely to fix the many problems with the operating system. It's slow, it crashes often, it's interface hasn't really been updated since it's inception. On top of that it's bulky so many of the apps that exist to fix its problems only further slow it down.
Those people I know who have a G1 really like it. The apps that people are working on for Android look really interesting and in many cases useful. You tell people Google Phone and they get excited. As far as the major Telecoms: - Sprint has no idea how to run their own business, they're too busy avoiding going under - Verizon wants complete control over EVERYTHING they sell - AT&T wants to eventually sell only one platform of software on it's phones to both cut down on customer service/tech support costs, but to also control the content people can buy from there
Android for the Titan is in a very slow development process, not supported by HTC at all. Anybody who looks at the current results of that project and compares it at all to what a phone designed from step 1 for running Android would look like is being foolish.
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If they would just work their magic with Android as they have with WM and put it on the Touch HD they could have a serious iPod contender.
The Touch HD hardware (minus resistive touch screen) is better than the iPhone, they just need to loose windows mobile. Android is the perfect opportunity.
see, this is why HTC doesn't sell the goods in the US
All this talk about Android better than WinMo is BS. Only geeks know what Android or opensource for that matter means. And geeks don't bring revenue. The G1 only sold well because of good marketing by T-Mobile, they've always been willing to take risks with technology. They were the first to launch a Windows Mobile phone in the US aka Pocket PC Phone Edition.
However the major cariers ATT, Sprint and Verizon have clearly hinted that Android is not ready for primetime.
Omoks, you are an idiot. Your comment hints at the fact you are talking completely out of your ass. You don't have to be a geek to download applications from an app store you loser. You don't have to understand open source, to install a program on a phone. That is as complicated as user interaction goes. The Open Source factor comes into play when developing, and seeing as the average consumer is not a software developer, the information you post is in no way shape of form pertinent to the argument you are trying to make. Also, you should really check your facts, because two posts above this there is a post about Android and Sprint.
@ BlurMagic. LOL. Crawl back down to your basement. Let us know when mommy has stopped breastfeeding you.
Do any of you work in a public-facing telecommunications position? Almost NO ONE understands any of this! The people who came in looking for a G1 had no idea what they were looking for really was, what they could do, how much it would cost, or why they should be in the store to begin with. Omoks was dead-on. It was marketed. Not 'well', but at least moderately successfully.
After trying the android version that someone at XDA months ago figured out how to squeeze i a Tnto a cooked ROM on a Tilt, and seeing how dead-end its been so far for T-Mo, one personal criticism is the OS's a snooze.
A large number of apps for windows mobile exist solely to fix the many problems with the operating system. It's slow, it crashes often, it's interface hasn't really been updated since it's inception. On top of that it's bulky so many of the apps that exist to fix its problems only further slow it down.
Those people I know who have a G1 really like it. The apps that people are working on for Android look really interesting and in many cases useful. You tell people Google Phone and they get excited. As far as the major Telecoms:
- Sprint has no idea how to run their own business, they're too busy avoiding going under
- Verizon wants complete control over EVERYTHING they sell
- AT&T wants to eventually sell only one platform of software on it's phones to both cut down on customer service/tech support costs, but to also control the content people can buy from there
Android for the Titan is in a very slow development process, not supported by HTC at all. Anybody who looks at the current results of that project and compares it at all to what a phone designed from step 1 for running Android would look like is being foolish.