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And that (in ref to the last few paragraphs of the article) might turn out to be a good thing. Google knows what it is upto. Unless it really wants Android to be recognized as Galaxy then God save Android.

So is 'open source' the problem here? -- "sell an "Android phone" makes you a cheap commodity play. Nobody wants that, they all want to be cool and different. Leave Android to the Chinese knock-offs."




Unless it really wants Android to be recognized as Galaxy then God save Android.

A few weeks ago I heard a CNN reporter refer to the "iPad and Galaxy ecosystems." I wonder if it's already too late.


There's also the Amazon App Store for Android. People I know with Kindle Fires just talking about 'downloading apps from Amazon'. I don't think they know what Android is.




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