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Apple's Rivalry With Google Gets Personal

Saladinos said:
That's the Nokia suit. I haven't read anything that says the HTC one is on hold.
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HTC is toast is the USA when it comes to Android. HTC needs to switch to Windows mobile, where Microsoft has the interface components that support that OS under its control.

I actually think there will be a market for Windows mobile that is bigger than android, especially as the Windows 7 interface becomes more smartphone friendly.
 
I don't think it's emotional, or vendetta driven. In fact...

"It's nothing personal, just business".

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mac jones said:
Could someone point out the underdog so I can take sides?
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Honestly, I'd look as Apple as the underdog. Google has infinite amounts of cash to use in products, services, and lawsuits. Google can reach into everything which Apple really can't.

I would be more afraid of Google in this case than Apple.
 
As long as I still get Google search, Gmail, and Google Maps, I don't care for the rest.
 
Something I wonder about is if Microsoft really wants to get involved with this battle, be it with a new phone OS or being the default search on the iPhone.

MS may view this as a chance to get in on knocking Google down a bit but they may also want to sit back and watch the fireworks to see how it all works out.
 
Darkroom said:
adobe! i think everyone should take sides with adobe because they're amazing.
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LOL. Yeah, I can tell how amazing they are by how many hours it took and how many times I had to enter in keys, passwords, and retinal scans to install creative suite last time around.
 
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Google and Apple need to bury the hatchet before Microsoft swoops in and gains momentum in the mobile market. Yes, WM6 is a POS, but between WM7's XBox/PC gaming integration and slick UI/hardware, general discomfort with Apple and Android in Enterpise, and building backlash against Apple's opaque and draconian app approval process, WM7 has the potential to take off.

Best case scenario: Apple and Google kiss and make up while Apple also replaces its app-approval process with one that is more open and based only on security/privacy concerns.
 
Deslock said:
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Google and Apple need to bury the hatchet before Microsoft swoops in and gains momentum in the mobile market. Yes, WM6 is a POS, but between WM7's XBox/PC gaming integration and slick UI/hardware, general discomfort with Apple and Android in Enterpise, and building backlash against Apple's opaque and draconian app approval process, WM7 has the potential to take off.

Best case scenario: Apple and Google kiss and make up while Apple also replaces its app-approval process with one that is more open and based only on security/privacy concerns.
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What hardware?

Slick UI? Until you want to actually do anything.
 
bnerd said:
I'm starting to think the media outlets are doing this just to get readers.

This is like the Tupac and Biggie of the tech world... it's all fun and games until someone pokes an eye out.
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I think you just pointed something out, that most people aren't seeing. A lot of this rivalry (some of it may be true to an extent) may very well be media generated hype.

The problem herein is that media generated hype turns into reality. Particularly relevant when persons within these very organizations start to believe this hype and start to react to it.

Great post. Great point.
 
"Don't be evil." --Google slogan c. 2001

"Don't be evil, unless you can do it without anyone knowing. Oh, heck. Forget that last part -- evil's OK now." --Google slogan c. 2010

As a former Microsoft employee, I find it deliciously ironic that Google has taken over Microsoft's role as the 800 pound monopolist gorilla. Or I would if it weren't for the fact that Microsoft never had a monopoly on anything -- people always had the choice to buy a Mac. :rolleyes:
 
Microsoft wants to sell you software.

Apple wants to sell you hardware and it wants total control over its computer/gadget ecosystem.

No problem with either MS or Apple there.

Herr Schmidt and the Google gestapo want to know everything about you, control you, and take over the world. That's a problem.
 
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Google and Apple need to bury the hatchet before Microsoft swoops in and gains momentum in the mobile market. Yes, WM6 is a POS, but between WM7's XBox/PC gaming integration and slick UI/hardware, general discomfort with Apple and Android in Enterpise, and building backlash against Apple's opaque and draconian app approval process, WM7 has the potential to take off.

Best case scenario: Apple and Google kiss and make up while Apple also replaces its app-approval process with one that is more open and based only on security/privacy concerns.
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This doesn't matter. Your average customer that makes up the largest percentage of smartphone sales does not give a damn about a Google-Apple feud when deciding to purchase an iPhone/Android device. Average customers don't know these companies are feuding, and to be honest they wouldn't care either way, they do not base their purchasing decisions off of things like that. The average iPhone/iPod Touch customer doesn't even know about the app approval process and again: they could give a damn! All the average customer cares about is getting the phone, the rest is completely irrelevant to them!
 
Steve Jobs should stop crying and acting like a complete baby.

Business is business. Google acquired Android way back in 2005... way before the iPhone - the plans were in stone.
 
Stella said:
Steve Jobs should stop crying and acting like a complete baby.

Business is business. Google acquired Android way back in 2005... way before the iPhone - the plans were in stone.
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No plans were in stone. Do you recall the Android beta devices before the iPhone? They looked like BlackBerrys - hard keyboard, small screen, horrible interface much like the standard BlackBerry UI. It wasn't until the iPhone was released that Android changed into what it is.

I'm not saying that Jobs shouldn't stop crying but if it wasn't for the iPhone Android would look like WinMo or BB OS.
 
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