http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/ Engadget Comments for Checking in with the pundits on Android and the Open Handset Alliance http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/Nov 9th 2007 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/
Man, all I got out of this entire article was a food craving! When did I last eat!?

Umm, still cautiously optimistic about Android...]]>Nov 10th 2007 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/Nov 9th 2007 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/Nov 9th 2007 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/Nov 9th 2007 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/
An instant voicemail send feature would be nice too.
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Take the iPhone for example. Yes, Apple is getting crazy kickbacks from AT&T, but they would move many exponentially more units were they sold at all carrier outlets.

While the whole Google announcement was extremely underwhelming, they could have something if they can truly keep the platform open - both software and carrier wise.]]>Nov 9th 2007 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/
Seriously, all these guys know how to do is talk shit.]]>Nov 9th 2007 10:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/Nov 10th 2007 6:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/Nov 9th 2007 11:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/]]>Nov 9th 2007 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/
Does Google have the resources to railroad a 34 company committee into a successful Open Source project? Out of all the negative responses Engadget has collected in this post, that really the most interesting and insightful question raised.]]>Nov 10th 2007 8:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/About Symbian Limited

Symbian is a software licensing company that develops and licenses Symbian OS, the market-leading open operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones known as smartphones.]]>Nov 10th 2007 2:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/So, does anyone a track record for either Balmer's prognostications, or Dvorak's? Because, frankly, the only thing I ever hear them spouting is BS about "x will be a flop" (and then it isn't) or "y will be a major transformation for the industry" (and then it isn't).

I think the industry would get more value out of using them for a wind energy source than anything else.
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Christ.]]>Nov 10th 2007 12:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/
For those who are actually excited to see a change in the mobile phone industry thats not fruit branded check www.ohadev.net. ]]>Nov 10th 2007 1:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/
For those who are actually excited to see a change in the mobile phone industry thats not fruit branded check http://www.ohadev.net.]]>Nov 10th 2007 1:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/Nov 10th 2007 1:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/Nov 10th 2007 11:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/Nov 10th 2007 5:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/
Judas phone be damned it only has one LCD - booo - no streaming ad reels for you - bah!]]>Nov 10th 2007 5:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/
Regarding to John Dvorak + Steve Ballmer, they're douche bags all right. It's tough to find more negative people than those two around silicon valley.]]>Nov 10th 2007 8:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/
People point out its known limitations, which were explicitly stated by Apple: Shut up! It's not out yet! You don't know what Apple's plans are! The iPhone will do everything!

The iPhone is then exactly what Apple told us it would be.

Google announces Android: *yawn*

Morons criticize it based on their ridiculously poor understanding of mobile phones and mobile software: They're right! It is a press release! It's vaporware! Why are you defending it? How can you possibly believe what Google is telling us?

Unlike the iPhone, an SDK for Android will be available in two days. We'll know exactly what it is capable off, and we won't have to hack it to use it to its full potential. When the first device is on the market, an "ecosystem" for it will already exist.]]>Nov 10th 2007 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/
It's a fine distinction, but a telling and important one. Kudos to you, and your website!]]>Nov 10th 2007 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/Nov 10th 2007 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/Nov 10th 2007 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/
I think this is why many people in the forums, who would normally scoff at a boring press release like the one we saw, are excited about this. If Microsoft announced something as the next big world changing thing and it turned out to suck, nobody would be surprised and MS would not lose any reputation. Google still has something to lose. They still have not released anything embarrassing.

It will surely take years to significantly break through with a mobile OS, but I personally believe that more phones running Android will be sold than, say, OSX in 2009.]]>Nov 11th 2007 5:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/Nov 10th 2007 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/Nov 10th 2007 11:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/checking-in-with-the-pundits-on-android-the-open-handset-allia/Nov 10th 2007 11:51PM