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The Googlephone's missing business model

Owen Thomas — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:08:23 PST

@LT3: Oh, I axed a few other commenters recently, so I'm feeling benevolent.

The Googlephone's missing business model

twig — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:33:42 PST

I would not underestimate this. The mere existence of the Googlephone may scare other phone OS developers into opening their phone platforms further, bringing them closer to web-based devices. The further cell phones shift from being proprietary content-delivery devices towards being true mobile web devices, the easier it is for Google to monetize every phone -- regardless of software -- for free.

twig

The Googlephone's missing business model

LT3 — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:21:04 PST

@Owen. Oops. My bad. Way to go for my first comment. I'll respectfully await the executioner.

LT3

The Googlephone's missing business model

brkm76 — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:29:22 PST

appl and goog share BOD members. must be fun in BOD meetings talking abiut the iphone and goog.

brkm76

The Googlephone's missing business model

sample032 — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:06:51 PST

I'm not sure if it's to stop MS or stop Apple, but it doesn't really matter. The trend these days is to launch a product just because your competitor does, regardless of whether or not it's profitable.

Google only has 3 products that have a business model, anyway, so this isn't different from how Google already operates.

sample032

The Googlephone's missing business model

ylover — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:03:15 PST

So... what's the difference between Google's ref design and Openmoko.com?

ylover

The Googlephone's missing business model

Owen Thomas — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:22:16 PST

@LT3: Yes. And your point? I think you may have misread "Microsoft" as "Motorola."

Owen Thomas

The Googlephone's missing business model

ScalaWag — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:15:34 PST

Let's start a betting pool on how long to wait for Google antitrust trial.

ScalaWag

The Googlephone's missing business model

LT3 — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:02:05 PST

But isn't Motorola part of the alliance?

From the WSJ:

"Among the handset makers that signed on to Google's initiative were Taiwan's HTC Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. and Motorola Inc." [online.wsj.com]

LT3

The Googlephone's missing business model

mandarin — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:57:12 PST

Theres no Googlephone right now because there is a Googlephone in the future!
I wouldnt be surprised if they came out with Android with no fee for it. Advertising will take care of everything.

mandarin