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Remember my rant titled “Google releasing their own Android smartphone … what are you, retarded?” in which I slammed Scott Moritz and Ashok Kumar for saying Google was going to make a phone? I said:
Google would never, ever, make an Android device. That would hurt their relationships with current vendors, it requires a completely different skill set than what any Google employee currently has, and most importantly it would tarnish the image of Android since all other devices would be compared to Google’s hypothetical ultimate smartphone.
Andy Rubin, the guy working at Google who actually heads the Android project, had a few things to tell C|Net:
- We’re not making hardware
- We’re enabling other people to build hardware
- Making phones would be “a fundamental shift” in Google’s business model, and one the company does not seem prepared to make
It feels so good to be right. Pretty. Pretty. Pretty good.
About The Author
Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
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