Comments on: Samsung: Two Android Phones This Year, Less Google Inside

By: Louis

Louis — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:36:49 +0000

…like the BlackJack and BlackJack II? Those sold extremely well. The Omnia is selling pretty well too.

By: Louis

Louis — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:35:50 +0000

Sounds like AT&T may be one of those two carriers. Big Blue has been hesitant about Android since they’re in bed with Yahoo (ex.: AT&T/Yahoo DSL, Yahoo is the default search client on AT&T phones, the YouTube player was pulled from TouchFLO on the HTC Fuze), and this article makes it seem like they’re looking for the best of both worlds.

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:52:29 +0000

i think it’s fine and good that the “google” can be decoupled from android, but if these companies are just duplicating efforts with their crapware, or make it hard or impossible to restore the “google,” then it’s just annoying.

if the makers are going to just customize everything to the point of it not being ‘android’, it’ll turn out the same as WinMo. but maybe google is ok with that.

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:28:01 +0000

Android as it currently stands is a dumb idea for Google. There is no money in it. Since it’s free and open source, the carriers will remove all Google products and replace with their own, Microsoft’s or Yahoo’s. In the worst case, Google will have to pay to be the featured search service. How stupid is that?

By: turn.self.off

turn.self.off — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:50:08 +0000

and what makes you think im a iphone fan?

By: Oliver

Oliver — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:13:57 +0000

@turn.self.off thank god my iPhone didn’t need any kind of Apple account. Say, iTunes….

By: turn.self.off

turn.self.off — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:44:48 +0000

one of the potential letdowns of android, was that it apparently needed a google accont to access basic functions. or at least thats how i understood some of the early news of the G1 launch.

By: Virtuous

Virtuous — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 05:30:47 +0000

In the US Samsung’s Android phones will sell about as well as their previous smartphones.

By: Josh Smith

Josh Smith — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:22:24 +0000

Wow, talk about missing the point of Android!

I was hopeful for this device but without the Google integration it’s not even worth the time.

Glad you shared this.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:17:21 +0000

I’d agree that it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense for Samsung to do this. Wasn’t one of the “value propositions” of Android (vs. other OSes) that it’s cheaper for device manufacturers? If they then end up putting a ton of customizations on top of it, those savings would be lost or reduced. Plus, will it mean different Android phones look/feel/behave differently?