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Re: Repeat after me: the Google Phone is not an iPhone killer

Dork — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:44:19 -0000

And yes I'm in the business of speculation and trend recognition, I made triple my investment off Apple already and the masses who bought the iPhone, and Android is the new 1337ness, in 2001 it was Java for phones now its Android.

Re: Repeat after me: the Google Phone is not an iPhone killer

Dork — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:41:48 -0000

After having mine for 2 weeks I'm hooked, I sold my iPhone and the HTC G1 is for ubergeeks like me. As much as the iPhone has become a status symbol which I still don't get I'll be in the corner scanning everyones bluetooth open connection. I found a terminal program for Android and once they port an internet streaming player itll rock. I use to stream DI.FM all the time on my old Nokia Linux Tablet around town and I wish so much for Nokia to come out with cellular option and HTC has done it and soon other companies, this platform which the iPhone IS a platform is going to take Apple out.

Re: Repeat after me: the Google Phone is not an iPhone killer

profy — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:55:11 -0000

Duncan, honestly can't agree on the ugly as sin, especially not on the one you used in the picture - but the one from the already leaked photos is definitely ugly and that's a pity. But the best part is that we will see multiple Android-powered devices and will be able to choose the looks we want to get - and this may be the best selling point for the phone. This one looks ugly? Just wait for the next one, I think (exactly what I'm going to do myself).

Re: Repeat after me: the Google Phone is not an iPhone killer

ryo — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:05:57 -0000

Well , I don't agree here. Ugly as sin...well the iPhone maybe. But yes, the gPhone is not an iPhone-Killer. Because the iPhone is not one of the most selling phone on the planet, and aqndroid is not a phone, but a platform. Soon, Android phone models will be sold for any consumer. For 1 Dollar with contract (the only way you will sel big amounts of phones in Europe) and the >500$ bragger-phone for elitist, which will pull iPhone snobs, too.

So you see, there is no iPhone-Killer, because no worldwide cellphone company cares about the iPhone really that much. Look at the numbers of Nokia phones selling worldwide, then you know the target of Google, and what is interesting to the providers.

Re: Repeat after me: the Google Phone is not an iPhone killer

Matt — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:55:42 -0000

The G-Phone is definitely more of a Blackberry competitor than an iPhone competitor, of course we will have to wait and see how it actually performs once out in the wild.