Analysts queue up to club Google's mobile OS over the head. Won't someone give it a chance?
An article in the FT has highlighted disquiet at the way Google is handling the launch of its Android mobile OS.With Android-powered devices expected to hit the US market (with T-Mobile) in October, the feeling among some analysts is that the internet giant has a lot to live up to in the wake of Apple's 'success' with iPhone.
"It ain't no iPhone," said Yankee analyst John Jackson. You certainly can't argue with that.
Pandora CTO Tom Conrad is slightly more expansive when comparing Android (unfavourably) to the iPhone/iTunes content model. He said: "The best experiences out there today are ‘vertical’ experiences, where the hardware and software come from the same company.”
Google is in fact expected to launch its own content store, Android Market.
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Finally, Hutchison Whampoa's Frank Meehan laid the final boot in by questioning why anyone would buy a 'Google phone' when they can get all the Google apps on a Nokia, for example.
All the criticism is a bit a unfair really as both companies are trying to achieve different things in a completely different manner. However, the shadow of iPhone seems to loom large over even the largest companies.
