Comments on: Why consumers should care about Google’s mobile platform

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 05:10:49 +0000

Completely disagree with Chris, Chicago, IL. iphone is very closed. Works with AT&T only. VOIP not supported. SDK is getting opened after pressure from Europe.

By: John Smith, Seattle, WA

John Smith, Seattle, WA — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:41:25 +0000

Competition might be stressful for business leaders, but I think it’s a net benefit for humanity. What’s really going to be interesting to observe in the next few years is the Gphone makes all media more ubiquitous, and how that ubiquity will impact company profits. That can benefit both consumers and investors. The NewsVisual article on Google’s Open Handset Alliance http://www.newsvisual.com/newsvisual/2007/11/google-and-moto.html implies that it’s really personal connections among business leaders that determine future success in the competitive marketplace. But consumers can also benefit from the new products those alliances spawn.

By: Chris, Chicago, IL

Chris, Chicago, IL — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:49:49 +0000

Guess what? The iPhone is a mobile communications platform as well. Why more people don’t realize this is beyond me. Once the SDK is opened up in February of ‘08, we will see applications for this OS X (Unix) based platform by the gazillions, some of them reusable on other OS X based portable devices like the iPod Touch. One of the first applications will be a VoIP app to leverage the iPhone and iPod Touch WiFi interface.