I believe that most who complained about AT&T switched to Verizon before it got the iPhone, hence the lack of impact to AT&T's numbers. I don't know that for a fact, but I know people who did just that, rather than put up with AT&T to get the iPhone: it depends on where you live.
I seriously doubt you find a whole lot of people who gave up the iPhone just so they could move to Verizon. Yes a few, but not any significant numbers.
Yes. You're right. Juvenile. Although it does get "their" attention, which I'm trying to point out when stating "Ad-Droid".
It is my firm belief that is why, and the only reason why, Google has decided to develop the platform in the first place: deliver more ads.
It's Google's fans that are constantly and consistently trying to point to some other motivation, like being an open-source good buddy, that I'm trying to warn about.
No I'm not a Google-hater by any means, but I do believe that, due to Google's true and ulterior motives, as well as their bottom-line success re: ads, that they are being evil and dastardly in setting up a lot of decent tech people for a big fall... or should I say... big FAIL.
I truly think Google is gonna get tired of it, as they have shown in the past, and bale on the project. They also truly are not as good in their labs, as they think are, since a good chunk of their projects are still "in the lab" to begin with....
...and... the Microsoft elephant has not quite entered the playground yet. Not a fan of theirs either... but they will need to be reckoned with sooner rather than later I suppose. Is Google up to it to battle Apple, Microsoft, & HP? I really don't think so... but that's my opinion.
So where were we? Uh ya... Verizon vs. AT&T... no comment. I'm in Germany where we all enjoy 3g, GSM, HSDPA, HSDPA+... and very shortly full LTE coverage. Na-na-nana-na! That's "juvenile"
Android is only as open as it gets phone companies to use the software and do a bit of customizing. The moment anything affects the ad revenue, Google will close it down. Oh yeah, they already did... Imagine that?
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I believe that most who complained about AT&T switched to Verizon before it got the iPhone, hence the lack of impact to AT&T's numbers. I don't know that for a fact, but I know people who did just that, rather than put up with AT&T to get the iPhone: it depends on where you live.
I seriously doubt you find a whole lot of people who gave up the iPhone just so they could move to Verizon. Yes a few, but not any significant numbers.
Yes. You're right. Juvenile. Although it does get "their" attention, which I'm trying to point out when stating "Ad-Droid".
It is my firm belief that is why, and the only reason why, Google has decided to develop the platform in the first place: deliver more ads.
It's Google's fans that are constantly and consistently trying to point to some other motivation, like being an open-source good buddy, that I'm trying to warn about.
No I'm not a Google-hater by any means, but I do believe that, due to Google's true and ulterior motives, as well as their bottom-line success re: ads, that they are being evil and dastardly in setting up a lot of decent tech people for a big fall... or should I say... big FAIL.
I truly think Google is gonna get tired of it, as they have shown in the past, and bale on the project. They also truly are not as good in their labs, as they think are, since a good chunk of their projects are still "in the lab" to begin with....
...and... the Microsoft elephant has not quite entered the playground yet. Not a fan of theirs either... but they will need to be reckoned with sooner rather than later I suppose. Is Google up to it to battle Apple, Microsoft, & HP? I really don't think so... but that's my opinion.
So where were we? Uh ya... Verizon vs. AT&T... no comment. I'm in Germany where we all enjoy 3g, GSM, HSDPA, HSDPA+... and very shortly full LTE coverage. Na-na-nana-na! That's "juvenile"
Android is only as open as it gets phone companies to use the software and do a bit of customizing. The moment anything affects the ad revenue, Google will close it down. Oh yeah, they already did... Imagine that?
Of course, no way of knowing. Would surely have been higher, but I think they are happy with 33% growth. Many thought they would take a huge hit.
US sales of iPhone were up 155% last quarter and AT&Ts were only up 33%. I think counts as a huge hit