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The original pre-Google Android was a Blackberry-killer, and I don't reckon that was a good way to go.
You can see some early prototype devices here: https://www.androidcentral.com/android-pre-history
As usual for Ars, it has a far more detailed history, with pre-1.0 screenshots: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/10/building-android-a-4...
You can see that, before the iPhone, it started out as a Blackberry clone, or something like it. And that, IMHO, was far to geeky a toy to change the world as the iPhone did.
The original pre-Google Android was a Blackberry-killer, and I don't reckon that was a good way to go.
You can see some early prototype devices here: https://www.androidcentral.com/android-pre-history
As usual for Ars, it has a far more detailed history, with pre-1.0 screenshots: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/10/building-android-a-4...
You can see that, before the iPhone, it started out as a Blackberry clone, or something like it. And that, IMHO, was far to geeky a toy to change the world as the iPhone did.