Fake Steve must have an amazing hammer…
…because he hit the nail on the head. And yes, I realize how sensual that sounds. Recently wrote a pretty great post about why doing business with Google might not be the smartest move for somebody looking to make a profit in the lucrative smartphone market, from a business point of view. This is my favorite part:
Google isn’t just trying to screw us, they’re also screwing every company that has licensed Android. Think about Motorola. They’ve hardly got the Droid out the door and now, bam! You guys come along and blow it out of the water. Yes, Motorola sent a guy to the Nexus One press conference. You know why? Because Motorola expected to get hit with questions, and they needed to put someone up there to put a brave face on it. It’s called jumping on a grenade. You may have noticed that the Motorola guy was “delayed in traffic.” Right. Secretly, or actually not so secretly, the guys at Motorola are apeshit crazy pissed off at Google right now. They’re also plenty mad at themselves, or they should be. Because it’s just now dawning on them what a huge mistake they’ve made. They’ve bet their future on a company that they can’t trust. A company that will gladly stab them in the back.
And it does suck, because two weeks ago I would have reccomended a DROID to anybody. With the release of the Nexus One on T-Mobile now and on Verizon in a few month’s time, I’m not sure I’d reccomend it to anybody.
…then again, look at the usability of that screen of that thing when used outdoors. I’m sure Apple’s just shaking in their pillowy boots. Full of money.