Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Google's mobile move: awe-inspiring and terrifying
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| It is also another awe-inspiring -- or terrifying, depending on one's
>| perspective -- display of the engineering and business resources Google can
>| unleash and of the power it has to influence, disrupt and rearrange markets.
> `----
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071106/tc_infoworld/93133
They have very deep pockets.
>
> Nokia says door open to Google alliance
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Nokia may still join Google's new mobile software alliance, which is seen as
>| rivaling Nokia's own plans.
> `----
>
> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6217202.html
>
> Here we go. Devices are the future, which is why Microsoft is nervous (turning
> attention back to its mobile failures by reducing kernel weight).
>
Nokia are huge in devices, indeed, the N800/N810 is a cracking example
of this. Google, on the other hand, are looking to monetise their
offerings through advertising.
Google would be well advised to adopt everything they can from Nokia's
experience with maemo.
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