Oh yeah. I know. Blur really involves some customization of the OS and it makes the phone a lot more usable straight out of the box. That's what was what the OS needed. Either Sense or Blur or Touchwiz. The Nexus One and Droid showed that raw Android itself was not ready for general use.
It seems like Google delivers a 90% complete product and then relies on the manufacturers to get to that 100%. Kinda annoying.
They could ship a billion phones running Android and it wouldn't help Googles bottom line one bit. That is the funny part about all of this.
I don't think Blur is used on the Droid X. Maybe, they integrated some Blur stuff into it. The only difference I could tell immediately was the home screen has the dots on the bottom which you can use to quickly jump to different panels.
I actually prefer the look of webOS over both Android and iOS.
I prefer the function of WebOS (mostly multitasking), but found the look of the OS a bit boring.
Considering WebOS never moved from anything bigger than a dinky 3 inch screen, the whole multitasking bit was completely useless for the few days I owned a Pre Plus, considering how little you could actually get done on that thing.
Doesn't mean it's not a good idea, app switching on Android/iOS is much harder (although they both let you get to recent apps by holding the home button now).
Mobile search = mobile ads = more money for Google.
They could ship a billion phones running Android and it wouldn't help Googles bottom line one bit. That is the funny part about all of this.
They could ship a billion phones running Android and it wouldn't help Googles bottom line one bit. That is the funny part about all of this.
The operative wording in that article is *could* and that money they *could* make is not BECAUSE of android but BECAUSE of their advertising which is available on other platforms.
Google search is what is generating the revenue and that is available on multiple platforms. That money would have been there either way. The same could be said about subscription.
Now, the question is weather or not their mobile advertising is improving their bottom line. The answer to that question is most certainly yes.
You have to ask if the increase in advertising and subscription revenue is caused by the android platform. The answer is no.
Not true. Google gets a cut of every app sold in the Android Market. Additionally, Android phones work best with Google services, which encourages users to use gmail, google search, maps, voice, etc...which provides a nice, neat package of user data that Google can integrate into their search and advertising system. And the continued improvement of said systems is what generates billions of dollars in profit for Google.
So yes....I would say Android does indeed help Google's bottom line. Nice try, though.
Also, you totally ignored the part about paid apps from the Android Market
The article posted talked about google revenue generated by advertising and subscription services.
If you have any data on the amount of revenue currently generated by the google app store please post it.
Apple barely adds to its bottom line from the iPhone app store.
(~1 percent of Apples grose profit)
They could ship a billion phones running Android and it wouldn't help Googles bottom line one bit. That is the funny part about all of this.
Does Google get a cut of the sales of apps sold on the apps store?They are predicting a 10 billion dollar a year from all these Android handsets.
Now, the question is weather or not their mobile advertising is improving their bottom line. The answer to that question is most certainly yes.
You have to ask if the increase in advertising and subscription revenue is caused by the android platform. The answer is no.
The article posted talked about google revenue generated by advertising and subscription services.
If you have any data on the amount of revenue currently generated by the google app store please post it.
Apple barely adds to its bottom line from the iPhone app store.
(~1 percent of Apples grose profit)
The strangest thing about these market statistics is the dominance by Nokia. Who the hell is buying these nokia phones? Here in Los Angeles, its all blackberry, iphone, and android for the "smartphones."
The people that I know with a Nokia phone are the people that answer "I have no idea, it was free" when you ask them what phone they have.
Overseas they're HUGE. LA isn't the world fyi.
Dude, just admit you're wrong. Do you really think Google would invest all this energy into Android if it didn't impact their bottom line? Come on man, think for a second. THINK GOD DAMNIT!
/facepalm
Android most certainly impacts Googles bottom line.