There have been plenty of articles written about Google’s Nexus One. This offhanded comment from the Macalope pretty much sums up my feelings:
“The Nexus One seems like a nice enough phone, but it’s nothing revolutionary (it’s got a trackball, for God’s sake). Everyone is still operating inside the same box that Apple defined three years ago.”
On one hand, I’m glad to see some competition for Apple. But I don’t know that most consumers can see what’s happening: Google is playing the Microsoft game. Copy Apple as closely as possible and as quickly as possible. Android will always be a second-rate smartphone (or super-smartphone).
Google’s Android phone operating system will rearrange the icons, change the colors, and maybe even do a couple unexpected things. But the genius at Apple is already working on the next big thing – not trying to copy their competitors.
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Nice post. I tend to agree with your post. Although, not sure if I completely think it will be ‘second-rate’ phone but competition is good! My next phone will definitely be an Android phone or unlocked iPhone as I am a T-mobile customer…I grow tired on my BlackBerry!
The one thing I like about Nexus is the fact that Google will be selling to both the GSM and CDMA wireless companies. Again, competition is good!
I think the thing that really speaks to the innovation (or lack of), is if you go back to the original iPhone rumors before Apple announced it for the first time. Even the fan-boy artist concepts of what it could be were generally uninspiring. Sure there were clean lines and geewiz concepts, but in the end, the iPhone blew not only the existing phones away, but the fictitious concepts of what they could be.
The Nexus One might match, but certainly doesn’t blow away the existing iPhone.
To Google’s credit, they caught up quick. But they are matching year-old technology. The question really is if they can pull ahead in any meaningful way. My bet is that the next iPhone will make the Nexus look quaint for about year until Google catches up again.
Cheers,
Peter