John Gruber: I'll Tell You What's Fair

Re:John Gruber: I'll Tell You What's Fair by joshsharp on Wednesday June 16, 2010 @04:54AM (#1435064)

I came here to post exactly the same sentiment. Claiming Android could've competed against Blackberry instead is disingenuous - why would Google set themselves up to challenge a second-rate user experience when it could aim to be the best?

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Re:John Gruber: I'll Tell You What's Fair by isleyaardvark on Wednesday June 16, 2010 @08:06AM (#1435308)

When it first came out it could've. RIM didn't think they had a second-rate user experience, don't people remember all the talk about physical keyboards?

As far as I can tell, the first touchscreen Android phone came out in late 2009 (HTC Magic, according to this: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/google-android-htc-touch,news-34...) That's a full two years after the release of the iPhone. It took time for Google to start competing on the iPhone's turf, and that's why the relationship changed.

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Re:John Gruber: I'll Tell You What's Fair by robin_reala on Wednesday June 16, 2010 @08:21AM (#1435330)

That was the first touch-only Android device (although it came out in July), but the G1 had a touch screen and that came out in Oct 2008.

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Re:John Gruber: I'll Tell You What's Fair by archon810 on Wednesday June 16, 2010 @05:11AM (#1435088)

At this same exact moment, in an alternate universe, Gruber is making the exact same point about Android going after Blackberry instead of Apple, and poor Blackberry because Android intruded on their business so unexpectedly.

Give me a break, John.

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Re:John Gruber: I'll Tell You What's Fair by tcskeptic on Wednesday June 16, 2010 @12:25PM (#1436033)

I don't believe his point is really "Poor Apple" it seems to be more that his point is, iAds is fair.

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