Introducing Android
The creators of Android talk about their new open platform for mobile phones and the Open Handset Alliance.
To learn more, visit:
http://www.openhandsetalliance.com
Duration : 0:2:19
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Tags: alliance, android, andy, cellular, design, developer, Google, gphone, handset, Mobile, OHA, open, Platform, robot, rubin
April 14th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Android Sucks WebOS …
Android Sucks WebOS is better =)
April 14th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Get a free android …
Get a free android phone see our vid or a his amd hers android phone
April 14th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
I’m sorry, …
I’m sorry, politically we have not evolved in over two hundred years. We are actually devolving into collectivism.
April 14th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Are way of life is …
Are way of life is the cause and effect of thousands of years of political and technological evolution. Genetically we are no different then humans that walked the earth eighty-thousand years ago.
April 14th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
If you want to …
If you want to really start at the beginning. Then we should go back to Nikola Tesla, who is practically responsible for every electronic device around us. The guy was a super genius of biblical proportion.
April 14th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Yes, it was Steve …
Yes, it was Steve that brought those theories into practice. He pushed the technology of the time so hard, that it cost him his early career with apple. I guess that you will not appreciate that because you are one of those negative types. That is why you had to reply to my comments.
April 14th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
I’m not sure ” …
I’m not sure “multi-tasking” is really the issue per se, but it does enable applications to run in the background (e.g. updating information made available through the apps on your phone, doing incremental backups of your precious data, etc.) WHILE you are IM’ing a continuous stream of LOLs to your friends.
Clueless? Perhaps, but it’s probably not the folks at Google.
April 14th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Gee, I thought it …
Gee, I thought it was Xerox.
April 14th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Steve Jobbs for …
Steve Jobbs for President.
April 14th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Apple is …
Apple is responsible for bringing us the user interface that all are computers run on. So show some respect.
April 14th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Apple has a history …
Apple has a history of quality first.
April 14th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
The only reason …
The only reason Apple is strict about its platform. Is to maintain quality control.
April 14th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
They are trying to …
They are trying to reinvent the iphone. I love how they act like they are making something new, What bunch of crooks.
April 14th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
What do you think …
What do you think about Tap Tap KEYBOARD for Android ?
April 14th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Well I wasn’t a …
Well I wasn’t a geek before, but I’ve completely converted now. They have floored me. To the point of switching my Bachelor’s from a Philosophy to a Computing one. Fwar. Love them.
April 14th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
lol.. fake laughter …
lol.. fake laughter at the end
April 14th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Heard of alt-tab? …
Heard of alt-tab? Yeah, thats how. And being able to listen to spotify while doing ANYTHING can be said to be a feature that “people” want. That Andoird is “meh” is your humble opinion. And Im not for android for other people, if for android for me. And its success will benefit me.
April 14th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
It’s a 3.5″ screen …
It’s a 3.5″ screen how much multi-tasking can you effectively have? This is why you guys are so clueless! People want a phone that does Communications and Messaging very well and everything else is gravy. The iPhone does that! Trying to make an argument that because you can’t run this wile running this and watching at the same time is a red herring! iPhone nails the most desired features and yeah its not perfect at everything else…but Android is just meh!
April 14th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Sure, iPhone has …
Sure, iPhone has more apps now, but that wont last for long.
And important apps like Spotify are worthless without multitasking.
April 14th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
OMG The apps I want …
OMG The apps I want are on a closed proprietary platform! I’m going to go to the open platform that doesn’t have the apps I want…
That will show them!
April 14th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Incorrect. Firefox …
Incorrect. Firefox started out exactly like this. It took the market slowly and steadily by being better. Being completely open source is a HUGE attraction to developers. The target market will slowly make use of it as word of mouth spreads. When everyone around you is telling you how much better a product is, you give it a try. When you realise it’s a million times better, you stick with it.
April 14th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
You’re assuming …
You’re assuming that this marketing is targeted towards end users, and that Android and the iPhone compete it’s not, and they don’t. Android is trying to get developer and handset manufacturer interest from people that would develop for, or base their devices on Windows Mobile.
April 14th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Clearly with the …
Clearly with the name “Android”, with installable “widgets”, marketing videos like this one, and your uber-unsexy Android Market website, your target market is geeks. It will be harder to beat the iPhone in market share or get a comparably sized user base when Apple that is targeting the entire mobile phone market. Smaller market share leads to less incentive for developers to develop on your platform even if it is obviously technically superior. Even the screenshots in news articles look geeky.
April 14th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
They have a …
They have a combination of shared and proprietary source.
They use parts of FreeBSD.
April 14th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
As for the …
As for the comparison — I meant differences in desktop OS.
Android looks pretty much like any Linux OS… Not an ‘eyecandy’ sure thing.
But there’s one important aspect I didn’t mention before. Android can be used with some joystick, and keypad present in many smartphones. That is why android’s interface can’t be fully compared to that of an iPhone. In my humble opinion iPhone still rules. Just because of the the design and some interface features. That is my opinion as an interface designer.