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Mr Operator on the Google Phone: Bring it on!

Started by Ewan · 9 months ago

Android-joy has been spreading across the marketplace and beyond into normob territory this week. So just what does Mr Operator, our friendly mobile industry titan, think of Google’s Android and the ‘Google Phone’?
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  • Dane

    9 months ago

    Yeah I'm sure Mr. Operator has no stake in this at all. Please. MNO's love Android because its a stick they can beat Nokia services with. The reality may be very different. The mapping wars have only just started.
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  • Ewan

    9 months ago

    Dane, I got this reply to your comment sent in by Mr Operator:

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    Of course I have a stake in this. My job is to get the best-possible customer experience for the lowest-possible cost. Android is one of many opportunities to deliver this - either by providing it, or using the threat of providing it to lower costs / raise performance from other vendors.

    Maybe in Dane's world MNO's are Nokia charities, but back in the real world things are slightly different. People love Google. Google is free. Give the people what they want. If Gmaps offers free pedestrian nav with performance on par with Nokia, then Nokia's offering better be free. Don't get me wrong - Google can be a complete pain in the ass to deal with, and labyrinthine doesn't begin to cover the possible implications of a deal. But their Kool-Aid is - er - kool, and if I want to shift devices it's one hell of a resonant brand.

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