Comments on: Apple vs. Google – Who will own the “third screen”?

By: Wikinomics – Collaboration as competition. Microsoft decides to “collaborate”.

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:51:39 +0000

[...] month my colleague Laura Carrillo asked if it will be Apple or Google to own the third screen. Recent events have provided an opportunity for a third contender in the quest for the third [...]

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:38:43 +0000

Rumors of Verizon iPhone on the 2010 Horizon:
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/rumors-of-verizon-iphone-on-the-2010-horizon/

By: haydn

haydn — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:24:37 +0000

I’m surprised you say the iPhone dominates the market. Which market? It’s share of the smart phone market is down around 14%. Google has stepped into the smart phone production market becuase no-one is making enough os search on the Android platform – ie diminishing Google’s chances of dominating search advertising in mobile environments. That too is a measure of lacking penetration right now.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:46:06 +0000

How HTC Wins And Loses With Google Phone – http://tinyurl.com/yfj3ub3. Contains more on the Nexus phone but focuses on the company most closely associated with Google when it comes to phones, HTC.

By: Wikinomics – Going Vertical: The New Reality of Vertical Integration in the Era of Business Platforms and Ecosystems

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:34:27 +0000

[...] (for commentary on the pending handset war between Google and Apple, see Laura Carrillo’s post). With the hardware, Oracle has the potential to involve more partners and grow the business beyond [...]

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:23:20 +0000

I agree re: Droid. It’s gaining respect and customers. I assume the new Nexus phone will have an improved Android OS – improved over the Droid OS anyway. In the Droid vs. iPhone head-to-head comparisons I’ve read, the conclusions are generally that each has advantages and disadvantages that generally balance off and the choice is kind of up to the buyer – and more often than not depends, I’d guess, on the provider the buyer wants or has. AT&T ads push the quality of the experience with their network while Verizon pushes vast availability. There have been complaints about AT&T from people I know personally when it comes to availability. Google is not likely, IMO, to automatically going to gain all 20,000 Google Apps users for its phone; they did not flock to the existing Google phones as far as I can see. If all phones were available on all networks, then you’d see a valid head-to-head shootout that would tell you something. If iPhone were available on Verizon, I expect people would be buying even more. Right now, I don’t expect iPhone to take a major hit from the Nexus; I actually expect more Droid buyers since it’s here first and the Nexus will be on the T-Mobile Network.

By: Haruspex

Haruspex — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:01:24 +0000

Did you miss the Droid boat? There are a lot of positive trends you can already start looking at for Google phones. The Nexus One is only one of many Android based phones to come to market. I don’t think the Nexus One is at all considered or targeted to be _the_ direct competitor with the iPhone. It is one of many competitors in the vast array of Android phones coming to market in Q4 2009 and throughout 2010.