Re: R V Jones
Been watching it recently...
All seven episodes are on YouTube as "The Secret War".
A couple of people have made playlists.
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"When released its no wonder that the Apple take on the netbook had such a wow factor. Now Intel are trying to create the netbook replacement in pc's and are following the trend started by Apple."
You do know the MBA was created from an Intel reference design, right?
"But once Google has a preferred hardware partner that it owns outright, it is hard to see why its former partners – now rivals – would wish to continue with Android."
Wow, 10/10 for conjecture.
Every now and again, different manufacturers are selected to produce the flagship model (HTC, Samsung, LG). This doesn't result in all the others throwing a hissy fit.
Neglecting manufacturers other than their own subsidiary would dismantle the Android community. Any particular business reason for that?
Compared to ads, Android isn't a huge moneyspinner for Google. It's about establishing a platform for their services and advertising that they can't be locked out of, like Chrome.
Most other commentators have reasonably figured that the 24,500 patents might have something to do with it.
iOS5 borrows Android notifications, wifi sync, short message chat, background downloads.
Microsoft tries to take the credit :
@joebelfiore
Feeling flattered today. Lots of great WP ideas headed to iOS. (Camera button/above lock, auto-upoad of pics, better notifications ... )
@joebelfiore
Feeling flattered today part 2 ... wi-fi sync, built-in twitter, background downlad service, short-messaging chats (though we do Facebook!)
If the inner workings of search were completely open, then their search engine would be useless. The first few pages of any query would be full of spam due to SEO people gaming the system.
If the core Android apps were open source (gmail, browser), then you could be encouraged to install themed, gimmicky derivatives that would look out for credit card details, etc. and forward them on transparently to scammers.
Just common sense, really.