Google’s Android and the promise of a better mobile experience
November 16th, 2007In the United States, people hate their phones. I know that you know this. But it’s kind of like your phone bill, where you know you’re stuck with whatever has been charged to you, and it’ll be a few years before that mess is over with (or so you tell yourself) so you keep paying.
And paying. And you are feeling more pain as you go.
The pain may soon be a little more tolerable because of Google’s “Android” operating system for phones. Google’s always been about simplicity, ease of use, but with tremendous power under the hood of the car. But Google has found a way to bridge one of the critical gaps in the mobile market.
The critical gaps are overall experience things like:
“I can’t go to another carrier, I’d have to change my phone and lose all the numbers and ringtones I’ve kept on it”
“I can’t expand my phone with cool programs, that kind of behavior is for smart phone junkies.”
“I can’t really show people my phone, it’s ugly as sin. I want to be stylish but…this is a Nextel… whoever heard of a sexy Nextel?”
“I wanted to try out the phone in the store but it’s got plastic innards, I have no idea how it’ll run and work for me until AFTER I bought it, and then I’m stuck for a few years.”
Most of the above statements are factors that cover everything from people wanting style in their lives, they want knowledge and cool tools at their fingertips, and they want portability.
