iPhone killer my @£$ 23

[fullyautomatix]

Despite thousands of PHD's from major universities, they are yet to release a killer application for the consumer market. Apple seem to do it year after year with no fuss. Just what is it that the computer scientists do in Google offices is a mystery.

[Sysman]

Mr Rubin added: "It's clear that many customers like a hands-on experience before buying a phone."

"Duh!".

But that doesn't quite add up with this report,

A recent report by the market research firm NPD shows that Android phones outsold Apple’s iPhone for the first time in the first quarter of this year. That effectively makes Android the second-best selling mobile platform in the U.S. — right behind RIM’s Blackberry devices, which have been entrenched in the smartphone market for years.

There are problems however:

But that same ubiquity is also Google’s greatest issue with Android right now. There are simply too many versions of the operating system out there and that’s become a major headache both for developers and users. What follows are a few suggestions on how Google could help fix its platform fragmentation problem before it becomes an even bigger issue.

Is the Beeb report really a red herring?

[NickFitz]

From the story linked to:

BGC Financial analyst Colin Gillis said: "They clearly have retreated from the model of sort of revolutionizing the method in which we acquire our smartphones."

How can one take this person's opinion seriously when they use the phrase "sort of revolutionizing"? Presumably they view their position in society as being a "sort of financial analyst" which involves "sort of analysing stuff... sort of financially."

[scooterscot]

BBC News - Google says it will close Nexus One online store


Google - stick t advertising, it's what you do, make money from thin air.