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The Future of Android — Does It Belong To Bing and Baidu?

Posted by timothy on from the jaws-of-victory dept.

hype7 writes "Given the recent publicity about Android and Google, the Harvard Business Review are offering another interesting perspective. They argue that Google runs a serious risk of losing control of Android, as competitors such as Bing and Baidu move in. It certainly presents an interesting possibility — that Android could win but Google wouldn't see any benefit out of it."

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  1. Android Future is Here Now... by BoRegardless · · Score: 0, Troll

    & Equals Fragmentation.

    The average person is going to start to look at all the different Android phones like I and so many people already look at media center/TV remotes.

    They are ALL DIFFERENT, all hopelessly filled with buttons we never use and with frustrating results when we get into sub-choice menu situations where we can't easily figure out how to get back to where we wanted to be, which is usually just to a new station.

    Consistency breeds a certain comfort level in being "competent" to figure out how to use a device. Car manufacturers figured this out over 50 years ago.