AT&T CEO Ralph De La Vega is no fan of Google’s Android mobile operating system.
De La Vega says AT&T is evaluating Android and "is not prepared" to carry phones featuring the newly launched OS on its network. "The
platform is still evolving and needs to open up even more to offer a
wider array of non-Google applications," quotes the San Francisco Chronicle.
The comments come two weeks after Sprint CEO Dan Hesse expressed similar sentiments when he said Android isn’t good enough yet to put the Sprint brand on it.
This is not good news for Google. The success of Android will eventually depend on how telecom carriers in North America embrace devices with the OS.
So far, only T-Mobile seems to have jumped on to the Android bandwagon. The company was the first to launch the HTC G1 phone based on Android.
Can Google convince others to sign on?
Photo: T-Mobile G1 (Dan Patterson/Flickr)
-
Under :
GearFactor, Gizmodo
-
Tags: carry-phones, convince-others, depend-on-how, embrace-devices, facebook, GearFactor, Gizmodo, googlephone, north, north-america, not-prepared, reddit, sprint, will-eventually
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Of late, there has been quite a bit of press circulating which suggests that Blu-ray isn’t faring too well. At that head of those sentiments was a Samsung UK director named Andy Griffiths, who casually predicted that BD only had about five good years of life remaining. Unsurprisingly, senior VP of corporate communications at Sony Rick Clancy has hit back with an epic tale of why the format is actually not nearing its end. In fact, he suggests that Blu-ray will eventually live harmoniously with digital downloads, and he forecast that BD has “perhaps a decade” of growth to come. He also snuck in a few plugs for his PS3 and BRAVIA HDTVs, but more on the point, he essentially stated that not enough of the world had broadband (yet) for downloadable content to pose a real threat. Right, because the vast majority of the globe definitely has a few C-notes to lay on a BD player. We’re only kidding (kind of).
[Via SonyInsider]
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
RSS
Home
New Gadgets
