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Motorola Introduces Android Phones, Social Software
ruphus13 was among the readers sending word of Motorola's Android handsets yesterday, along with a "socially aware" application layer called MotoBlur. The Motorola Cliq is expected in a few weeks. T-Mobile is Motorola's carrier partner in the US. A second Android phone will be marketed in other countries under the name Dext. Reuters called the market's reaction to Motorola's announcement "muted." "Dr. Sanjay K. Jha, Co-CEO of Motorola and CEO of the company's Mobile Devices division, unveiled Motorola's Android platform play. ... Key to both of the phones, and key to Motorola's overall Android strategy, is a new interface and application layer called MotoBlur. It's focused on 'a single stream' for social networking features, software updates, messages, syncing, e-mails, videos, photos... The Cliq phone has a 5-megapixel camera, slide-out keyboard, 24 frame-per-second video capabilities, GPS, a headphone jack, an advanced browser from Google, integrated Exchange service, and Google roaming services including Google voice search, access to maps, Google calendar, and more. It also provides one-click access to Android Market and the thousands of Android applications there."
Wow, how did you get modded insightful?
What's wrong with the iPhone being a niche market, or Macs being a niche market for that matter? It's overall profits that matter to Apple, not having a majority marketshare.
Licensing Mac OS or iPhone OS X to others would spell the death of the company -- not to mention, it would create crappy, low-quality clones. Apple is a hardware and systems integration company, and that's where they make the majority of their money.
And why on earth should Apple have to try to beat RIM, Nokia, Motorola, HTC, Samsung and Sony together?
You're thinking with the Microsoft/Walmart business mindset. Quantity trumps quality.
That's not how Apple thinks. Now, one can argue which is more effective, but nowadays Apple is doing very well by any standards.